This week, I’m joined by Kat Schoewe, VP of Design and Product Innovation at Outdoor Research.

She can casually mention shaping product at Under Armour, L.L. Bean, Pearl Izumi, and Land’s End—but she’d much rather talk about her vintage collection.

We get into how she got started in design, the wild rise of GORP-core, what it means to be a fashion brand without really calling yourself one, and her deep love of thrifting. We also talk about why Outdoor Research has such a huge following in Japan.

It’s a fun ride—full of gear talk, cultural crossover, and a few solid parenting hacks thrown in for good measure.

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Is cosplay cringe? Dressing as Jigglypuff or a 1930s railwayman? Peter and Derek discuss how the term "cosplay" is often used in the menswear community to rein in those who dress too far from the norm.

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This week, we're joined by artist and composer, David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors. Known for his genre-defying work and singular creative vision, David sits down with Jeremy to talk about scoring the new A24 film The Legend of Ochi and the process behind his latest album, Song of the Earth—a sweeping collection of orchestral songs that blurs the line between the classical and the contemporary. The two dive into the rhythms of fatherhood, the unexpected joy of sharing a stage with Bernie Sanders, and the simple pleasures of swimming and meditating. It's a wide-ranging, thoughtful conversation with one of music’s most curious minds.

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