Apocalypse Duds
Episodes
Just Under The Radar with David Lane of @bigfits1
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“All the way back to middle school, I’ve loved clothes…” our recent guest, David Lane, opined. He remembers begging his mom for Polo Ralph Lau...
House Style with Daniele Piscioneri, President of the Accademia Nazionale dei Sartori
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Special lightning episode with the Director of The Accademia Nazionale dei Sartori, the oldest tailoring school in Italy, founded in the 1700s! W...
Giving Flowers with Jamaal Tuhrik
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
At the Edge of Bad Taste with Dr. Evan Thomas Woods
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“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 Lectu...
Tougher Than Bison Skin with Daniel Z. Baraka
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Menswear maven and photo guru Daniel Baraka in the studio this week! We contemplate Nashville, talk arrested development, Buck Mason, Sid Mashburn, pa...
A Medium Is the Message with Julia Z. Caisip
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 wi...
Friction with Nico Lazaro
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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-fo...
Punk Rock Santa Claus with Bill Stevenson
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Doing Something with Nothing with Barhog Trollman
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 storie...
Art Is A Shield with Bob Dale
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, W...
A Finite Commodity with David Lochner
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have a show long in the making, with stalwart of the vintage clothing community and proud Philadelphian, David Lochner. He’s bee...
Ghoulorama with John Rogers
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
More Than Music with Kate Fogg
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode of Apocalypse Duds in store: Kate Fogg, Rage Against The Machine's unofficial documentarian, in the stu. How and why she started her...
Trench Coat Struggles with Sven de Lance
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another overqualified guest! In the studio this week, after much evading, we have, dear friend, Sven de Lance. Aside from his great street style b...
What Are You Wearing at the End of the World? Ft. John Loafers, Conor, and Matt
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UNMASKED! Our selfless and dashing hosts, finally demystified, answering all the softball questions you submitted! No one brave or foolish enough as @...
The Danger Is All Part of It with Digsby Diggerton
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some Uncharted and Charted Territory on the show: we’re talking the film, Holes, San Diego, the 2010s Hipster Archetype, Toms, Fixies, Chrome messen...
Matter of Opportunity with John Loafers
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ladies and Gentlemen, Theys and Thems, we bring you tonight, something only whispered about: that would be weejawnz, whatever that is… But have you ...
Contextual Subversion with Darren Johnston
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our dear friend, Darren Johnston, returns to the show once more to drop knowledge, drip swagger, discuss influence, and more. We talk recycling of men...
What the Hell is Going On w/Barry Lynn
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dear listener, if you are looking for some respite from the horrors of Modern America, this episode will be of no use to you. Do you despise billionai...
Maybe It's In The Blood with Giuseppe Timore
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hear the tale of a century of family history all under one roof. Giuseppe Timore @an.affordable.wardrobe takes our call in his living room, in the hou...
Ivy with One Weird Thing with Eli Porkka
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A (Relatively) Long Time Ago, From a Coast Far Far Away…we introduce a fashion insider like no other: Eli Porkka, straight outta Bellevue, Washingto...
At Least Seven Apologies with Leonidas Dezes
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NIGH UNDETECTED CRYPTID "SKUNKAPE" UNLEASHED IN THE STUDIO! We’re joined by someone possibly more neurotic than us: professor, artist, musician...
The Big C: 2024 Year In Review with Renato Pagnani
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas, capitalism, clothes, co-habitation, children, and other c-and-non-c-words, we are joined by perennial padre, writer, Renato Pagnani.W...
The Element of Surprise with Zach Smith
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We apologize for the delay, but we needed time to bring you a special episode. Normally, our guests are Titans of Industry, Fashion Gods, and Scions o...
What You Get From It with Hello, Cool Teens
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Something we have long sought on this program is The Ear of The Teens. Well, folks, this week’s show sees The Teen Whisperer in our very studio, whe...
Hunter Sanders Horror Show
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey all you Potterheads! A number of “Firsts” on this show, we’ll let you reveal just what they are. We talk to Hunter Sanders, writer, father, ...
Everyday Silliness with Ethan M. Wong
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Back for seconds, Host of @styleanddirection, the outrageously well dressed and never stressed @ethanmwong the ‘M’ stands for Menswear. We cover s...
The Weejawnz Brothers in Ivy Without Borders
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We finally had a successful interview with our pals, John Weejawnz and Dan Weejawnz, overlords of the Weejawnz Discord and Instagram. We play Stud vs....
Preppy In Spirit with Dr. Cyana Madsen
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we improbably welcome Future Miss Canada, herself, a PhD who is not a Pretty Huge D***, yet another genius guest for our worthy audience, D...
Horsepower with Frederik Wetzel
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bowtie race, Life in Hamburg, another perspective on American hip-hop's influence, German Humor, “Most Extreme Trousers,” “Foot Cleavage,” M...
Clothing Is About Memories with John Tinseth
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Tinseth, aka “The TRADINATOR” @thetrad came on our program, and just like that, another White Whale…unharmed. This program does not support...
Paid to Piss People Off with Barry W. Lynn
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And now, a show the algorithm will censor: we had a rambunctious conversation with author, activist, and auteur Barry W. Lynn. Though Barry arrived to...
Definitely a Bit Different with Loïc Fanel
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A European Geography Lesson, How He Got Hooked On Clothing, Ancestral Influences, The Tragedy of Business Casual, Sweating Bullets Over Climate Change...
A Fear of Dying with Ethan Wong
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode we had the pleasure of hosting Style and Direction’s @ethanmwong. What does the M stand for? We talked about his clothing o...
Cutting It Up with Henry Hyde
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an interview close to the original thrust of the show, we speak with Baltimore knife artist, Henry Hyde, on the meandering path from making toys ou...
Learning to Speak the Language with Keith Carver
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pulling back the curtain on one of Instagram’s most mysterious recluses: @fez. We secured a global exclusive, an hour-long interview with an inspiri...
Louder Is Better with Jim Parker
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we checked in with our friend for his sequel episode, the Ramblin’ Man himself, Jim Parker. We talked about what’s been going on with h...
The Rebelliously Conventional Clea Carlier
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another brick in the wall... "brick” meaning a guest, and “wall” meaning our show. One more oral history for the music—>clothing pipeline. ...
Doubling Down on Being Small with Brian Davis
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by yet another DIY disciple. We revisit the old hardcore/punk/subculture to clothing pipeline and collect, yet another, unbiased perspec...
North Face Ablaze with Colin Hourihan
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like that, the number of Nobel Prize winners who have appeared on our program has increased. Prize aside, Colin has been to the ends ...
An Oral History of Mad Men, Part III: Bryan Batt aka Salvatore Romano
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In studio, we are joined by Bryan Batt, triumphant triple threat. Bryan was on Broadway, Bryan was in movies, Bryan was on The Simpsons (!!) &nb...
An Oral History Of Mad Men, Part II: Superfan Roundtable
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A marvelous and mostly mature roundtable discussion with a mob of Mad Men maniacs. For part two of our Oral History of Mad Men, we hop in the wa...
An Oral History Of Mad Men, Part I: Zach DeLuca and Peter Zottolo
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re thrilled to finally bring you a project close to our hearts, years in the making. For the first in our three part series, we’re joined by ou...
The Hell That Is Our Existence: 2023 Year in Review
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our annual year in review with the Apocalypse Duds’ Godfather, Renato Pagnani. We talk about our collective years in clothing, music, and life in ge...
Gnome Limit Soldier with Wesley Robinson
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, a long and winding road of a chat with illustrator, Gnomecore Godfather, and jovial dude, Wesley Robinson. We talk about the 90’s English...
New England Gothic with Z.G. Burnett
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What the hex?! Enter The Season of the Witch, with Z.G. Burnett, author, editor, menswear merchant, tastemaker, New England enthusiast, professional I...
The Ballad of the Working Merchant
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show: Trad Dad, rakish entrepreneur, founder of Junior’s of Philadelphia fame, all around solid dude, Glenn Au. People love him, fi...
How to be Happy in the Rain with Chris Burandt
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we interview our first Eagle Scout! Milk musings, inadvertent sobriety, the positive effects of the online menswear community, the social p...
Curl Up & Dye with James Darley
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by political powerhouse and 3500 Club Member, James Darley, @blazers_and_buttondowns. We separate the literal from the figurative, talk ...
Judgement Night with Peter Toatley
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long time friend of the show, true OG (of many things), Suburban Dad, and Instagram’s Sexiest Man 2023, @threadbareandrumpled. First, we celebrate t...
Throwing the Line Out There with Jamie Ferguson
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an extremely wholesome and illuminating conversation with genuine Canadian, Jamie Ferguson. We discuss BEING A REDHEAD, the Stan Ray Paint...
Saddle Friggers with Richard "Dick" Carroll
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An action-packed (and potentially venomous) episode with genuine Aussie illustrator, Richard “Dick” Carroll: The New York Bagel Situation, The Pit...
Dork Academia with Stace Santiago Pisani
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have the privilege and honor of hosting the brilliant Stace Santiago Pisani: an emergent novelist, a maestro of musicality, a compassion...
The Hunt Is the Fun with Shane Curry
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Return of The Undisputed Heavyweight Overcoat Champion of the World, Shane Curry, on brands at the thrift that make him say “Motherfucker!”, T...
The Ralph Lauren Mafia with Sean Crowley
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Walking Before We Could Crowley: A Charming and Funny Conversation with Sean Crowley, founder of Crowley Vintage. We cover much ground this week, but,...
The Irony of Ivy with Ebrima Sanneh
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on another illuminating episode of Apocalypse Duds, journalist and budding politico, Ebrima Sanneh. Your Dynamic Duo chew the political fat...
Dressing Background with Sam Rockwell
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the amazing Sam Rockwell! We talk deeply about vintage, Indie Sleaze, union work, the merits of reproduction fashion, Beauty and The Beast,...
Respect the Game with Chris Walker
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we had a fantastic conversation with music archivist, collector, and all around wonderful human, Chris Walker. He takes us through his cloth...
It Only Gets Worse From Here with Anthony Sylvester
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On our latest episode, we speak with fashion writer, menswear model, former hardcore frontman, and founder of the AWMS brand, Anthony Sylvester, about...
14 Different Tangents with Nick Andry
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Funniest Episode Yet: An Airing of Grievances with Nick Andry @ta.ska.shi. We talk with the “weird, little kid” about almost everything: ska, ...
Neck Deep with Romain Lastrolab
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our Parisian Correspondent, Romain Lastrolab. We talk collecting (Romain’s enormous collection of ______ inspires and horrifies), the sup...
The Coolest Guys Wear Polo with Derek Guy
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a very special episode of Apocalypse Duds, we unite with menswear writer, editor at Put This On, creator of @RLGoesHard Ralph Lau...
Another Stinky, Green Jacket with Florian Dümpelmann
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our man in Werl, long-time booster of Apocalypse Duds, Florian Dümpelmann. We talk the connotations of military clothing, radical un...
From Armani to Ivy with Darren Johnston
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our inaugural episode of Season 3, we talked with the dashing Darren Johnston about embracing American tailored clothing, recontextualizing Ivy St...
Going for Baroque with Dr. Henrik Wilberg
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Professor is in! This week, polyglot genius, Dr. Henrik Wilberg, is on the show! We discuss being late to the #menswear party, becoming the object...
Suffering Beyond Description with William Fleming
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Baltimore City Schools Teacher, William Fleming. We talk perception of Southerners, heirloom clothing, art, every day quirks, "the most ...
The Best Part About Clothing Is Culture with Jim Parker
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week: Jim Parker, Merchandising Director at The Armoury, Head Honcho at Tazewell Clothes, virtuouso guitarist, Southerner, New Yorker, redhead, a...
The Impossible Dream with Kevin Kallaugher
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
World-renowned editorial cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher dropped by the Apocalypse Duds Depot to talk Ivy Style, pattern matching, coming of age in the 60...
Scouring Surplus with Charles McFarlane
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We go deep in the stacks with @combat_threads’ Charles McFarlane to explore the complex relationship between the military and clothing. Surplussed f...
All Clothing Is Drag with Brett White
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on an action-packed episode of Apocalypse Duds, “The Only Menswear Enthusiast Who Is Also a Drag Queen,” @brettwhite @barbhardly, schoo...
Trial and Error with Laura Arnold
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we talk with Laura Arnold about photography, what style looks like, the clothing world as a community, and more!
Naturally Funky with Mair Salts
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk getting lost “with conviction,”unearthing hidden treasure, music’s influence on clothing, and more.
Kickflipping Into the Abyss with Pete Anderson
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our guest is writer and dresser extraordinaire, Pete Anderson. We discuss the menswear scene in Washington, D.C., precious clothing memorie...
Pretending to be a Cowboy with Philip Gregard
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On our latest episode, the Swedish Sensation, @philipgregard, talks European tailoring styles, dressing for the occasion, and the worst clothing exper...
Look Back and Laugh: 2022 In Review with Renato Pagnani
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode reviewing the year in art, music, clothing, and more with writer and friend of the show, Renato Pagnani.
The Art of Picking with Ken Pickart
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we chat about becoming your own boss, developing a love of clothing, and the 2010s heyday of #menswear.
In The Court of the Mad King with Jason Sandagon
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk shaking up things up, breaking into the clothing industry, following the evolution of a idea, and forging your own path with the fascinating J...
Metal and Menswear with Shane Joseph Curry
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is Shane Joseph Curry, thrifting sleuth, educator, metalcore dude, spectacle enthusiast, and all around good guy.
Murder House Energy with Zach DeLuca
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Zach DeLuca about being dropped into pop culture without a map, Abercrombie & Fitch, collecting vs. hoarding, and canonical vintage.
Sartorial Jazz with Vernon Valentine
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk natural style, Southern Rap, and the importance of mentorship with Robert Waldrup.
Embroidery as a Trojan Horse with Sam Kerr
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is harm reduction advocate and freehand stitch artist, Sam Kerr.
For the Love of Thrifting with Bryan Cardenas
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is self-proclaimed foodie, clothing connoisseur, customer success guru, The Titan of Thrifting, The Vintage Vampire, friend of the show, Bry...
The Many Voices of Benji Loveless
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, on Apocalypse Duds, we are joined by photographer, voiceover actor, artist, kink model, and more, Benji Loveless!
An Introduction to Apocalypse Duds
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are you wearing to the end of the world?
The Entrepreneurial Spirit with Aaron Jones
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by our very first guest, the magnificent Aaron Jones, @tailortron, tailor extraordinaire, cyclist, entrepreneur, hat wearer, husband, So...
Rock Climbing in Khakis with Peter Toatley
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we speak with Peter Toatley, @petertoatley, tattooer @donpietrotattoo, #SuburbanDad, Plaid Proponent, tweed enthusiast, Sopranos Super Fan, Zen...
Introducing Apocalypse Duds
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This short trailer (56 seconds!) will give you some small idea of what our show is about.