APOCALYPSE DUDS: Clothing, Community & Culture

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 pe...

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 concer...

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 trans...

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 world...

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...

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 au...

Hear the tale of a century of family history all under one roof. Giuseppe Timore @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...

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,...

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 incis...

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.

We apologize for the delay, but we needed time to bring you a special episode. Normally, our guests are Titans of Industry, Fashion Gods, and Scions of Style. But, today, we bring you a story of how to find yourself through clothing. Even how to develop style as an outsider, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on a chicken farm. We welcome our proto-intern, Zach Smith to The Bunker, as we contemplat...

Something we have long sought on this program is The Ear of The Teens. Well, folks, this week’s show sees The Teen Whisperer in our very studio, where he reports on various teen and non-teen phenomena: We introduce the Camo Bracket, compare favorites, talk about being a collector, old Banana Republic catalogs, Supreme hats, military surplus, Christian Bale in fatigue pants, Kei trucks, New York, a...

Hey all you Potterheads! A number of “Firsts” on this show, we’ll let you reveal just what they are. We talk to Hunter Sanders, writer, father, emergent dresser about lacrosse AND Harry Potter, We talk Oklahoma, What it’s like living as a weirdo in the midst of assholes, Problematic Bible Study, Certain Feelings of Obligation, Rural Life, Fantasy, Renn Faire, Breece D’J Pancake, At Long Last: Astr...

Back for seconds, Host of @styleanddirection, the outrageously well dressed and never stressed @ethanmwong the ‘M’ stands for Menswear. We cover some of our Old Chestnuts, Describe a Vibe Shift in Social Media, talk Aloha Shirts, The Most Famous White Hawaiian, Conor’s Bootleg Scarface thongs, Las Vegas, Bringing a Loafer to a Pool Party, Karaoke Standards, Cafes, IG Dumps, Shadowbans, Infomercial...

We finally had a successful interview with our pals, John Weejawnz and Dan Weejawnz, overlords of the Weejawnz Discord and Instagram. We play Stud vs. Chud, Talk The Worst Part of Ivy Style, loafer variations, defining “local,” internet anonymity, trying to befriend dads in the daycare pickup line,  bucking the rules, A Blind Squirrel, A&F, Frat Astrology, Timeless Style, and an LL Bean B...

This week, we improbably welcome Future Miss Canada, herself, a PhD who is not a Pretty Huge D***, yet another genius guest for our worthy audience, Dr. Cyana Madsen. Now, many of our guests have had labyrinthine CVs, resumes, slide decks, and more, but Dr. Madsen’s is so vast and impressive, you must see for yourself! We talked about clothing, history, ownership, Weird Al, Canada, the UK, America...

A bowtie race, Life in Hamburg, another perspective on American hip-hop's influence, German Humor, “Most Extreme Trousers,” “Foot Cleavage,” Morning Routine, Lederhosen, (cars), field hockey, The Fresh Prince, and more! 

John Tinseth, aka “The TRADINATOR” @thetrad came on our program, and just like that, another White Whale…unharmed. This program does not support whaling...but boy did we wail!!! We had a great chat about language in clothing, regretting his chosen moniker, the life of a military brat, making immediate connections with like-minded people, encountering your heroes, and so much more! “He’ll be back…”...

And now, a show the algorithm will censor: we had a rambunctious conversation with author, activist, and auteur Barry W. Lynn. Though Barry arrived to the interview wearing head to toe Ed Hardy, surprisingly (or not) we didn’t talk about clothing very much at all! Barry Lynn on going toe to toe with America’s worst people; the sins of our recent past (the Reagan admin, NAFTA, neoliberalism); his r...