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Articles of Interest

Avery Trufelman

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

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57:48

Gear: Chapter 1

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2025/10/22

Almost all clothes have something to do with the military. But one industry in particular has a lot to do with the military. The first episode of the new season establishes how the American military came to be, and how they were dressed. To see images and learn more, go to articlesofinterest.substack.comLearn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Gear: Prologue

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2025/10/15

The next series from Articles of InterestLearn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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43:52

Zippers

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2025/08/18

Zippers are the most common machine all around us. But it's a minor miracle how that came to be. Pictures of early zippers and other links at articlesofinterest.substack.comLearn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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39:26

Sunglasses

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2025/07/18

A fashion accessory turns into a medical necessity. Images and links at articlesofinterest.substack.comLearn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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45:30

School Uniforms

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2025/06/18

How uniforms shaped the American school system. Images and a very special animation at articlesofinterest.substack.comLearn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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21:35

The Memory Palace

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2024/12/03

Nate Dimeo is a longtime radio hero of mine. And praises be, now he has a book out of his stories, called The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of The Past. Enjoy this sampler of his audiobook and a favorite episode of mine. And consider supporting both Articles of Interest and The Memory Palace by donating to Radiotopia.

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50:48

Clergy

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2024/05/22

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

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36:07

Stylists (With Decoder Ring)

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2024/05/06

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.

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48:58

Modesty

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2024/04/24

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

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49:11

Nudity

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2024/03/20

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

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47:29

Chromophobia

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2023/11/08

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

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01:04:30

A Few Shoes [LIVE]

Articles of Interest ·

2023/10/25

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

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36:52

Wearing Hair

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2023/10/11

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

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36:49

More Pockets

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2023/09/27

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

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44:33

Plus Sizes

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2023/09/13

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

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52:16

The Corduroy Appreciation Club

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2023/08/30

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.)

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40:03

Paisley

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2023/08/16

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.

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39:32

Paper and Rubber

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2023/08/02

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

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40:46

Fashion Without Capitalism

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2023/07/05

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/

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31:20

The Black Fashion Museum

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2023/06/21

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

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