"What if you took the idea about go to hell pants and expanded it to every part of your life?" Our next guest, Dr. Evan Thomas Woods, Senior Lecturer at The Ohio State University, posed this very question on our program this week. Listen up, Dr. Woods is maybe the third or fourth PhD who we have coerced into appearing here, and we got pretty cerebral. We pondered Columbus, Ohio, "value theory," ethics and aesthetics, the "need to be systematized," the ups and downs of veganism, "Standing up against a world that's becoming flat and conformist," "use it or lose it" creativity, HIS TRIPLE DIGIT COLLECTION OF JACKETS, fuck you jackets, go to hell pants, pulling inspiration from old paintings, "pattern maximalism," fit pic philosophy, "school picture day smile," Ivy brands: J. Press, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren, Chipp, etc, collecting, collections, so throw caution to the wind, and check it out! 

Menswear maven and photo guru Daniel Baraka in the studio this week! We contemplate Nashville, talk arrested development, Buck Mason, Sid Mashburn, paternal influence, becoming a photographer, world building, velvet slippers, up and coming Nashville brands, really wearing out your clothes, and more!

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A heavy hitter and #menswear Tumblr OG, Nico Lazaro has been, like Forrest Gump, everywhere in recent clothing history. We praised a return to long-form writing, moving to  and adjusting to LA, working with a handful of upcoming brands, including, you may have heard of it, Grailed.com [http://grailed.com/], early adoption of social media, sharing his passion for clothing in palatable ways, getting back to his roots, as everyone seems to be doing, these days, the cyclical nature of fashion, and more!

With this show, we get to do something people don't often get to do: interview people we really admire and look up to. Well, here's mine, for today, I have known Bill Stevenson since I moved in behind his studio in Baltimore in maybe 2012?  He has been a friend and mentor since. We talk about the ethos of punk rock, DIY Ideology, New York in the 80s, Misfits, New York Dolls, Danzig, giving people more than what they buy, ie stickers, totes, etc, doing your own thing, Ian Mackaye, poverty, optimism, graffiti, tattooing, the first tattoo he did, cease and desist letters, his top 5 hardcore records, fatherhood, and not much fashion! Listen up!

This week we had on the man, the myth, the legend, a jack of all trades, and a master of many,  that is Barnhog Trollman. We talked origin stories, the etymology of an accent, the DIY approach, the art of cloth preservation and reinvention, what he's wearing at the End of the World, restoring an old building, living with no money on purpose, making something with nothing the veterinary concerns of traveling with two donkeys, and much morePlaceholder

This week, we had Oklahoman thrift legend, artist, and all around rad dude @bobdale in the studio. We talked shopping at department stores, pop art, Warhol, uniforms, the aroma and etiquette of thrifting, the inspirations and aspirations of his art, clowns, living in the Central Time Zone, the Tulsa music scene, and much more!

This week, we have a show long in the making, with  stalwart of the vintage clothing community and proud Philadelphian, David Lochner. He's been in the game a  long time and has some of the most eclectic taste out there. He gives us a brief history of his business, @briarvintage, we talk about a bunch of Philadelphia things, the UK's "Right to Ramble," false scarcity, clothing that transcends current trends, working magic with a sewing needle, rare finds, and a butt load more!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen, Theys and Thems,  you're listening to Car Talk, I'm your host, Conor Flower, and for some reason, we talked about cars and driving a lot on this episode.  We ALSO talked about art, and process, Dollywood, community college, Pennsylvania, PIttsburgh, Powerpoint, painting, writing, Instagram, and much more!

A special episode of Apocalypse Duds in store: Kate Fogg, Rage Against The Machine's unofficial documentarian, in the stu. How and why she started her fan page, first exposures to Rage, Kate tells us about first hearing the band and not yet speaking English, we probe the depths of appreciation the way only an archivist can, we talk about her and our political radicalization as teens, and how worldviews were formed, and  white whales of collecting, and MORE !!!!!

Yet another overqualified guest! In the studio this week, after much evading, we have, dear friend, Sven de Lance. Aside from his great street style blog @coup_de_lance, we talk about Brazil, Germany, Berlin from a few angles, skating, August Sanders, Yohji Yamamoto, lived in clothing, the "Poppers," trench coats, Colombo, and more, on Apocalypse Duds!

UNMASKED! Our selfless and dashing hosts, finally demystified, answering all the softball questions you submitted! No one brave or foolish enough as @leisurelyloafing would DARE to interview these FASHION GODS. In this rousing conversation we talked about the origins of the show, fishtail parkas, white whales, Anthony Bourdain, geography, photography as preservation, and so much more!

Some Uncharted and Charted Territory on the show: we're talking the film, Holes, San Diego, the 2010s Hipster Archetype, Toms, Fixies, Chrome messenger bags, Tumblr, The YSL Wormhole, Not Inclusive Sizing, "Salt Life," The Marine Corps….TRANSFORMERS…and more. Check it out.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Theys and Thems, we bring you tonight, something only whispered about: that would be weejawnz, whatever that is… But have you heard of WEE JOHN. Wee welcome Dad, debater, Deadhead, and DC Denizen, John Loafer's @leisurelyloafing. We had a wonderful chat where we paid homage to Iceman, talked a little shit about Alden, got a little bit of skinny on how DC feels in the current moment, the hippie to menswear connection, the "myth of vintage Oxford cloth shirts", tie-dye, and many other tangents!

Our dear friend, Darren Johnston, returns to the show once more to drop knowledge, drip swagger, discuss influence, and more. We talk recycling of menswear but without context, utility, seasonal dressing confusion, check it out!

Dear listener, if you are looking for some respite from the horrors of Modern America, this episode will be of no use to you. Do you despise billionaires? Have you wondered why our "opposition party" is so cowardly? Are you alarmed just how ridiculous national politics can be? Then do we have an urgent and prescient program for you. We're joined once more by The Reverend Barry Lynn (who had the audacity to ask to appear on our program once more) to talk about what the hell is going on.

Hear the tale of a century of family history all under one roof. Giuseppe Timore @an.affordable.wardrobe [https://www.instagram.com/an.affordable.wardrobe/] takes our call in his living room, in the house he grew up in, and remembers his grandparents working closely with clothing. Was his interest in clothing predestined? Well, this week, discover, dear listeners. GT describes his lifelong obsession with clothing, and shares some of the wisdom he's collected along the way.

A (Relatively) Long Time Ago, From a Coast Far Far Away…we introduce a fashion insider like no other: Eli Porkka, straight outta Bellevue, Washington, Reddit Rizz Rustler, video guy, photo guy, once Hollywood guy. We talk Seattle, LA, Milsurp, Ivy Style, Workwear, "Colorful White Person Streetwear," film, Online/Offline Clothing Discourse, "Show Blacks," Creating Creative Writing, Stand-Up Comedy, College, and way, way, more. Where on earth do we host this thing?

NIGH UNDETECTED CRYPTID "SKUNKAPE" UNLEASHED IN THE STUDIO!  We're joined by someone possibly more neurotic than us: professor, artist, musician, Greek, Chronicler of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Weezer Geezer, video goon and guru, and many other accolades, not least of which, the logo for this very program!  So, as I know you've wondered, "What towering genius devised your show's incisive yet poignant logo?"  I'll tell you, the one, the only, Leonidas Dezes 

Christmas, capitalism, clothes, co-habitation, children, and other c-and-non-c-words, we are joined by perennial padre, writer,  Renato Pagnani. We talk dad, dog, daughter dynamics, sleeveless cardigans, Spotify's ever questionable ethics, enshittification on the internet and elsewhere, writing, work, and each of our top 5 records of the year.