I can’t tell you how excited I am about this one: Avery Trufelman, host of the beloved podcast Articles of Interest, is here to talk all things OUTDOOR GEAR. More specifically: how so much of our everyday clothing became gear adjacent, what the military has to do with all of this (everything), why outdoor clothes still don’t come in plus sizes, gear as Tech Bro status symbol, and SO MUCH MORE. This one’s a multi-faceted delight — the sort of episode you’ll be bringing up in conversation for weeks to come.

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Show Notes:

• LISTEN TO ARTICLES OF INTEREST !!!!

• Follow the newsletter for Articles of Interest here

• The specific Articles of Interest about the zippers

• Jason Chen on GORPCORE

• Loved this piece on visiting the Carhartt company archive

• I Wore A Fleece Vest To Work To See If I Felt Like A Tech Bro

We’re currently looking for your questions for future episodes about:

• BIG KOREAN ENERGY with Mash-Up Americans (Their framework for questions: What is this Korean vibe everywhere in culture, in food, in beauty, in politics? Definitely not complaining, but maybe confused? Well. Do we have the explainer for all of you Korean Americans, Korean Koreans, and everyone who is adjacent to Korean culture -- which is everyone. What are YOUR questions?)

• Contemporary Dating Culture!!! Why does it suck, how can it suck less! (with Jonquilyn Hill)

• All things Love is Blind with Audie Cornish

• Eldest daughter discourse

• An ADULT HOBBIES crossover episode with Forever35!

• The sociology of NAMES (naming trends, naming assumptions)

• WEIRD ENGLISH WORDS (where do they come from!) with Colin Gorrie, who writes explainers like this one on the word DOG

• Anything you need advice or want musings on for the AAA segment. You can ask about anything, it’s literally the name of the segment!

• As always, you can submit them (and ideas for future eps) here

For this week’s discussion: How do you see gearification in your own wardrobe? What piece of clothing are you going to look at differently from now on?