Avery Trufelman

It's everything you're wearing.

Yeah, this is all versions of military clothes.

Like, you can't unsee it once you start seeing it.

I'm Avery Truffleman, host of Articles of Interest.

It's a podcast about fashion.

Yeah, it's about the intersection of the military and the outdoor industry.

I mean, I think it starts in the founding of the United States.

But in the modern era, it really comes from World War II.

I mean, it was this like cataclysmic event that shaped every single part of modern life.

And every single industry got involved in the war effort, including the clothing industry.

And it fundamentally changed how everybody dressed, including soldiers.

and eventually civilians.

Who is George Dorio?

He's this Frenchman turned American professor at Harvard.

He is the founder of venture capital.

That's his big thing.

He went on to lead a rich and wildly successful life after this.

This is so not important to anything else about what he goes on to do.

which is the department responsible for essentially all the logistics.

They call it like boots, beans, and bullets.