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Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Produced and Hosted by Avery Trufelman

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Radiotopia

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Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Produced and Hosted by Avery Trufelman

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English


Episodes
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Clergy

5/22/2024
What Catholic priests wear, and the insight it provides into what we laypeople wear. For images of what vestments look like and more, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:50:48

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Stylists (With Decoder Ring)

5/6/2024
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.

Duration:00:36:07

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Modesty

4/24/2024
Why would God care what we wear? A tour through Islam, Mormonism, and Judaism, and all of their varying and overlapping commands. For more images and information, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:48:58

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Nudity

3/20/2024
Sometimes it’s liberating to be naked. Sometimes it’s really really not. Notes, links, and images at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:49:11

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Chromophobia

11/8/2023
Color. Why we need it. Why we fear it. And where its future might lie. Images and links at articlesofinterest.substack.com Radiotopia’s fall fundraiser is here! Donate today to support Articles of Interest. Thank you! https://on.prx.org/3sbvvOR

Duration:00:47:29

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A Few Shoes [LIVE]

10/25/2023
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. Images of all the shoes discussed are at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:01:04:30

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Wearing Hair

10/11/2023
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? A very real question, with very real answers. For links, images and more information, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:36:55

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More Pockets

9/27/2023
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. To see images of all kinds of pockets and to stay in the loop on articles of interest, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:36:49

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Plus Sizes

9/13/2023
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. This episode was made in collaboration with the show Weight For It. Links, images, and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:44:33

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The Corduroy Appreciation Club

8/30/2023
A secret society. A secret tradition. And a cloth that somehow lends itself to ritual. articlesofinterest.substack.com (I can’t believe that, fatefully, this is the 11th episode of the year.)

Duration:00:52:16

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Paisley

8/16/2023
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? See articlesofinterest.substack.com for images, links and more.

Duration:00:40:03

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Paper and Rubber

8/2/2023
This is about two examples of cloth-alternatives. One that went extinct. And one that’s very much alive. This story deals with sex and sexuality. But in a fun way! Images, links, and more details at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:39:32

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Fashion Without Capitalism

7/5/2023
In the 1980s, Budapest was not quite socialist and not quite capitalist, and there was one fashion designer who thrived in this moment. 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/

Duration:00:40:46

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The Black Fashion Museum

6/21/2023
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. This story was reported by Enya Hennings. Pictures, details and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:31:20

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Prison Uniforms (with Ear Hustle)

6/7/2023
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. 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

Duration:00:49:58

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How To Dress

5/24/2023
Think of this mini episode as a tiny makeover in your ears. 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. For links, transcript, and more, go to Articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:17:43

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Our Mannequins, Ourselves

5/10/2023
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. For images, links, and more, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Duration:00:33:46

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Inside The Factory

4/26/2023
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. 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.

Duration:00:42:17

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On Pointe

4/12/2023
The pointe shoe is a design that balances at the very tip of both tradition and innovation. What can make it change?

Duration:00:39:55

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The Clueless Closet

3/29/2023
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.

Duration:00:32:49