This week, we wanted to introduce a new member of the Duds team. @Jamaal_Tuhrik came on board a couple of months ago to help with production, social media, and ideas to expand the show and, boy, did we luck out!

A fellow 90s kid, we explore his early days of learning to love clothing, the ways in which we discern influences as we age, dressing for yourself, gaining inspiration from the world around you, building community, integrity in fashion, and, as always, a hell of a lot more!

“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!

This week, we have an extraordinary guest from the windy hot dog stand of Chicago, Julia Z. Caisip @sartorialfantasybox was kind enough to grace us with her knowing presence. An amazing writer, a student of aesthetics, and someone who blurs the lines of many subcultures, it was a fantastic conversation.

We talked Eastern European fiction, the concept of “Writing Up,” finding subculture through an identity crisis, how Ivy is the punk of tailored clothing, embracing queer and butch culture, Dress Sneaker Hate Fest, DND, Steam Punk, character study, stunted American sexuality, and a shoutout to high school English teachers, and a mustard squirt more!

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, 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!