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The It Bag
9 oktober 2026 · 44 min
How did a practical, essential tool become an expensive status symbol? Lees meer
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The Philosophy Club: Voltaire
25 september 2026 · 33 min
The philosophy club is back with a very special one: Voltaire's poem Man of The World. Lees meer
Derek Guy and Avery discuss what it means to love this messed-up, materialist, consumerist world-- at least in the way that Voltaire does.
Special musical guest Avery Friedman
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The Resale Revival
11 september 2026 · 34 min
How did used clothing lose its proverbial and literal stink? Lees meer
An episode brought to you by The RealReal.
To see images of all the many lives of resale, including inside the enormous Real Real warehouse, head to articlesofinterest.substack.com
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The Philosophy Club: Chesterfield
28 augustus 2026 · 36 min
The Philosophy club continues. This time, Derek Guy joins to talk about Lord Chesterfield's Letters to His Son. It's kind of a weird book! Lees meer
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Lace and Labor
14 augustus 2026 · 37 min
Fear of automation, trad wives, and America First movements. None of this is new: it all happened in the history of knitting and crochet. Lees meer
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The Philosophy Club: Mandeville
24 juli 2026 · 32 min
A new series, featuring Derek Guy. Lees meer
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The Princesses of China
10 juli 2026 · 41 min
China is the land of the future. So why is everyone dressing like 16th century princesses? Lees meer
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Sizes
12 juni 2026 · 29 min
A peek into the life of a fit model: one of the stranger jobs in fashion. Lees meer
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High Heels
15 mei 2026 · 27 min
High heels are no longer as high as they were twelve years ago. What happened? An analysis of a trend. Lees meer
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The costume designer behind The Devil Wears Prada 2
6 mei 2026 · 15 min
Brought to you by Macy's: a little interview with Molly Rogers, the underground renegade behind some of the most fashionable media out there. Lees meer
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Taxes and Tariffs
24 april 2026 · 34 min
I promise, this has to do with clothes. Lees meer
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Betty & Veronica
27 maart 2026 · 37 min
The Archie comic book characters became serious fashion icons, but it all happened through a series of accidents. Lees meer
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The Great American Designer
27 februari 2026 · 41 min
The USA is a young country, but our fashion design is even younger. Like who are the titans of American fashion design? It’s Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren...these designers who are all still alive. Lees meer
And if you want to look at where these titans of American fashion design got it all from, there was a great American fashion designer who many of them were looking towards.
To see Claire McCardell's incredible modern fashions for yourself, head to articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Push-Up Contest
30 januari 2026 · 36 min
Zoe's dad made a bra that changed the world. Will it change her? Lees meer
A feature from my friends over at the audio magazine Signal Hill
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Clerical Collar
29 januari 2026 · 6 min
Pastor Zach never liked to wear a clerical collar. Suddenly, he finds himself wearing one all the time. Lees meer
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Fantasy of Fashion, Revisited
23 januari 2026 · 44 min
What role does fashion have in a time of crisis? This is one of my favorite stories I've ever made. But there have been some updates since it came out. Lees meer
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Made in USA
16 januari 2026 · 35 min
This is one of the best pieces of fashion reporting I have ever heard: it's a reworked version of a story that originally aired on the NPR podcast Planet Money. Lees meer
And to get my recommendations of well made, relatively ethically produced t- shirts, head to articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Gear: Epilogue (with Jad Abumrad)
17 december 2025 · 55 min
A recording of an intimate conversation at Ludlow House, where the venerable Jad Abumrad asked me some questions about Gear. Lees meer
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Gear: Chapter 7
3 december 2025 · 52 min
Soldiers and civilians live in different Americas. But we don't have to. Lees meer
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Gear: Chapter 6
26 november 2025 · 50 min
"Gorpcore" emerges.... from (maybe, potentially) unexpected places. Lees meer
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Gear: Chapter 5
19 november 2025 · 58 min
A pattern for blending in. And for standing out. Lees meer
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Gear: Chapter 4
12 november 2025 · 47 min
The end of the draft leads to the yuppification of the field jacket. Lees meer
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Gear: Chapter 3
5 november 2025 · 59 min
The outdoors is no longer for macho men. In fact, now it's for babies. Lees meer
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Gear: Chapter 2
29 oktober 2025 · 53 min
Gear gets defined by scientific testing and research. Lees meer
And this process was pioneered with the development of the field jacket.
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Gear: Chapter 1
22 oktober 2025 · 58 min
Almost all clothes have something to do with the military. But one industry in particular has a lot to do with the military. Lees meer
The first episode of the new season establishes how the American military came to be, and how they were dressed. To see images and learn more, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Gear: Prologue
15 oktober 2025 · 4 min
The next series from Articles of Interest Lees meer
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Zippers
18 augustus 2025 · 44 min
Zippers are the most common machine all around us. But it's a minor miracle how that came to be. Lees meer
Pictures of early zippers and other links at articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Sunglasses
18 juli 2025 · 39 min
A fashion accessory turns into a medical necessity. Images and links at articlesofinterest.substack.com Lees meer
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School Uniforms
18 juni 2025 · 46 min
How uniforms shaped the American school system. Images and a very special animation at articlesofinterest.substack.com Lees meer
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The Memory Palace
3 december 2024 · 22 min
Nate Dimeo is a longtime radio hero of mine. And praises be, now he has a book out of his stories, called The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of The Past. Enjoy this sampler of his audiobook and a favorite episode of mine. Lees meer
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Clergy
22 mei 2024 · 51 min
What Catholic priests wear, and the insight it provides into what we laypeople wear. Lees meer
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Stylists (With Decoder Ring)
6 mei 2024 · 36 min
In honor of the Met Gala, a special feature. This is an episode I produced with one of my favorite podcasts, Decoder Ring. Together we asked the questions: what is a celebrity stylist? Where did this job come from? The answer was very fun. Lees meer
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Modesty
24 april 2024 · 49 min
Why would God care what we wear? A tour through Islam, Mormonism, and Judaism, and all of their varying and overlapping commands. Lees meer
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Nudity
20 maart 2024 · 49 min
Sometimes it’s liberating to be naked. Sometimes it’s really really not. Lees meer
Notes, links, and images at articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Chromophobia
8 november 2023 · 47 min
Color. Why we need it. Why we fear it. And where its future might lie. Lees meer
Images and links at articlesofinterest.substack.com
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A Few Shoes [LIVE]
25 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
On stage in Toronto, with the help of shoe designer Aurora James and shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack, we go over a few shoes- and what they say about ourselves and the world. Lees meer
Images of all the shoes discussed are at articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Wearing Hair
11 oktober 2023 · 37 min
You and I both know this. The supply chain is super messed up. The way humans make clothing is deeply messed up. So should we just make garments made of human hair? Lees meer
A very real question, with very real answers.
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More Pockets
27 september 2023 · 37 min
This is a special re visit of one of my favorite stories: Pockets. Followed up by a special live interview with Hannah Carlson, author of the book Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close, to see what’s changed since the original episode came out. Lees meer
To see images of all kinds of pockets and to stay in the loop on articles of interest, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Plus Sizes
13 september 2023 · 45 min
Plus-sized fashion seems to live in a separate trend cycle. There are different patterns, different cuts. And most notably, women’s shirts often have holes in their shoulders. And this separate plus-sized fashion universe reveals a lot about the way clothes are made and measured… and the way clothes dictate who is allowed to participate in public life. Lees meer
This episode was made in collaboration with the show Weight For It. Links, images, and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com
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The Corduroy Appreciation Club
30 augustus 2023 · 52 min
A secret society. A secret tradition. And a cloth that somehow lends itself to ritual. Lees meer
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(I can’t believe that, fatefully, this is the 11th episode of the year.)
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Paisley
16 augustus 2023 · 40 min
Himanshu kept seeing paisley everywhere: from his home temple to his couch cushions to his mom’s pants. Some of these products were Indian but a lot weren’t. How did this pattern get embraced by the world? Lees meer
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Paper and Rubber
2 augustus 2023 · 40 min
This is about two examples of cloth-alternatives. One that went extinct. And one that’s very much alive. Lees meer
This story deals with sex and sexuality. But in a fun way!
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Fashion Without Capitalism
5 juli 2023 · 41 min
In the 1980s, Budapest was not quite socialist and not quite capitalist, and there was one fashion designer who thrived in this moment. Lees meer
This is the story of Tamás Király, an unusual artist from an unusual period of Hungarian history, both of which were unusually short-lived. Because Király was murdered in 2013.
Photos of Király and his designs are at https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/
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The Black Fashion Museum
21 juni 2023 · 31 min
The tricky thing about fashion is that, in order to preserve its history, you need to preserve physical garments. And, alas, closet space is finite, cloth gets sun-bleached and eaten by moths, and Americans notoriously do not care about their fashion heritage. So this is why one woman decided to put a call out across the country and make a scrappy archive all by herself. Lees meer
This story was reported by Enya Hennings. Pictures, details and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com
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Prison Uniforms (with Ear Hustle)
7 juni 2023 · 50 min
Prison uniforms are not, in fact, uniform. There are so many types of clothes that are worn across different facilities… including … some prisons that don’t have uniforms at all. Lees meer
This episode is a special collaboration between Articles Of Interest and Ear Hustle, dropping on both of our feeds. For images of the Broad Arrow, and to see a prison without uniforms, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com
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How To Dress
24 mei 2023 · 18 min
Think of this mini episode as a tiny makeover in your ears. Lees meer
Amy Smilovic, the founder of Tibi, has some of the best advice when it comes to gathering a wardrobe and putting outfits together. These are some of my favorite tips from Amy’s book, The Creative Pragmatist.
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Our Mannequins, Ourselves
10 mei 2023 · 34 min
Behind the scenes at the Costume Institute, we see how long it really takes to dress a mannequin. And learn about a few famous mannequins from the past. Lees meer
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Inside The Factory
26 april 2023 · 42 min
On the ten year anniversary of a horrible manufacturing disaster- a look at what has changed, what hasn’t, and the massive secret industry behind it all. Lees meer
If you’d like to sign the petition from Clean Clothes Campaign, click here or head to articlesofinterest.substack.com for more links and resources on the audit industry and audit deception.
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On Pointe
12 april 2023 · 40 min
The pointe shoe is a design that balances at the very tip of both tradition and innovation. What can make it change? Lees meer
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The Clueless Closet
29 maart 2023 · 33 min
Ever since 1995, a generation has been dreaming of Cher’s digital closet from the movie Clueless. So why don’t we have it yet? It’s not the technology. It’s a psychological problem with the way fashion works. Lees meer
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