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Heddels Blowout

Heddels

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Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 129

Clothing history...and more! We dive into one clothing item, from Bucket hats to Huarache sandals, and explore: Why it’s important, where it came from, how it’s made, who’s making them today, how to take care of it, and, the real reason people listen to podcasts, at least three fun facts you can share at parties.

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🇺🇸 USA - fashionAndBeauty
20/08/2026
#92
🇨🇦 Canada - fashionAndBeauty
15/08/2026
#98
🇨🇦 Canada - fashionAndBeauty
14/08/2026
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🇺🇸 USA - fashionAndBeauty
14/08/2026
#99
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13/08/2026
#72
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12/08/2026
#73
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#74
🇺🇸 USA - fashionAndBeauty
31/07/2026
#99
🇺🇸 USA - fashionAndBeauty
30/07/2026
#76
🇨🇦 Canada - fashionAndBeauty
29/07/2026
#90

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111 - Mule Talk

Season 2 · Episode 111

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 • Duration 59:18

On this week’s Blowout… REED’S CORNER IS OFFICIALLY COOKED. Or at least the corner of Birkenstock Boston’s and Able to Buy Whenever. (Spoiler: He blames TikTok.) But because discovery is often generated out of necessity and Bostons are officially Pop Music now, that also means mules are Mainstream™, which has forced — yes, forced — us to investigate some alternative options in the Big Comfort footwear category. And guess what? Alongside oversized everything and a near-extinction event for hard-bottoms, the Mule Market is thriving my guys.

Also: We answer some listener questions from the Discord and probably talk about other things, but don’t worry it’s mostly Mules.

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3sixteen has these, and are running a roughout now too.
ALD is making garden clogs. They look cool.
Chillbies (Reed’s favorites and US made!)
The Blackstock Ellis/Horsebits
Fear of God joints
Fancy Boston’s
Crocs (you can find them give Google Ads a workout I guess)
Subus (Reed maintains that these are mostly just Thermoballs)
New Balance 2002R
Suicokes
The Nepenthes Suite:

What Smoking Slippers Talk About When They Talk About Smoking

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102 - From Funnel Cake to Folies Bergère (Preview)

Season 2 · Episode 102

Friday, July 22, 2022 • Duration 06:22

Hear the full episode on Heddels+:

http://heddels.plus

Reed and Albert delve back into the world of carny-core with some advice on jort-ifying your jeans, what we liked at Paris Fashion Week, and what the new "heritage" is.

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14 - Denim History pt. 6; The Cowboy Episode

Season 2 · Episode 14

Sunday, November 22, 2020 • Duration 50:06

Saddle up, partner! We're here to talk about how the image of the cowboy is a manufactured piece of myth-making that helped spread denim pants all across these United States. In part 6 of our denim history marathon, Reed and David discuss the origins of the actual cowboys in the tradition of Mexican vaqueros and how that morphed into denim clad gunslingers on the silver screen.

Listen in for all that and more on this week's episode. As always, listeners get 10% off at the Heddels Shop with the code BLOWOUT.

If you have any questions you’d like us to answer, topics to cover, or people to talk to, email us at blowout@heddels.com. Also help us out by dropping a review!

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13 - Denim History pt. 5; The Rise of the Big Three

Season 2 · Episode 13

Sunday, November 15, 2020 • Duration 31:59

As the rivet cold war subsided out west, blue jeans went national. We dig into the effects rail connectivity had on the expansion of jeans eastward and how certain companies began dividing up the map into regional territories, establishing the modern day "Big Three" of Levi's, Lee, and Wrangler/Blue Bell.

Listen in for all that and more on this week's episode. As always, listeners get 10% off at the Heddels Shop with the code BLOWOUT.

If you have any questions you’d like us to answer, topics to cover, or people to talk to, email us at blowout@heddels.com. Also help us out by dropping a review!

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12 - Denim History pt. 4; The 17 Year Rivet War

Season 2 · Episode 12

Monday, November 9, 2020 • Duration 34:28

We're back in 1870s San Francisco and Reed and David are exploring the fallout of Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis's exclusive patent to put rivets on pants, creating the first iteration of what we know as jeans today. The resulting period kicked off an arms race of competing brands trying to make their own inventions to compete with the patent-protected riveted Levi's pants.

If you'd like to learn more, much of the reference for this episode is from Michael Allen Harris's phenomenal book Jeans of the Old West. If you'd like to support the work we're doing, check out the Heddels Shop where we have a new selection of Teamster Tees in Black and Grey. As always, listeners get 10% off with the code BLOWOUT.

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11 - The Politics of Pants

Season 2 · Episode 11

Sunday, November 1, 2020 • Duration 30:10

It's nearly the end of the 2020 election in the United States. And David's taking this week's episode to explain why something seemingly innocuous as a pair of jeans is very much a product of and affected by our political system.

If you live here, please take the time to vote either in person or by dropping off your ballot. In many states, you can register same day and you can check right here where the correct spot is for you to go:

https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/

Be safe out there, we'll be back to Denim History next week!

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10 - Denim History pt. 3; Levi Strauss, Jacob Davis, and We Actually Talk About Jeans!

Season 2 · Episode 10

Monday, October 26, 2020 • Duration 38:25

We did it, I swear we actually talk about jeans in this one! It's only taken about 90 minutes of background history for us to go from fabric to pants made out of that fabric. In this episode we delve into the rough history of the town that birthed the modern blue jean, San Francisco and the hardscrabble gold rushers that made it boom. Including two local immigrants who made a deal that would change pants forever.

If you like this show, be sure to subscribe and give us a review. It'll help us get heard by more people, which in turn, will help us make more things you can hear! Also, buy some Denim Wash. Get free shipping on your Denim Wash order with the code HEDDELSLAUNDROMAT.

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9 - Denim History pt. 2; The Most Unwittingly Evil Man in America

Season 2 · Episode 9

Monday, October 19, 2020 • Duration 55:14

The story of denim continues—into the newly formed United States! David and Reed explore the development of mass production textiles in the early days of America and what life was like in these mill towns of 1800s New England. And then we discuss a person who unknowingly created the conditions that lead to millions of people being enslaved and probably caused the U.S. Civil War (and then he knowingly invented a faster and cheaper way to build guns).

All that and more on this week's episode! If you want an easy entry into the world of denim, check out our selection of Tellason Stock jeans and jackets available on the Heddels Shop—10% off now with the code BLOWOUT at checkout.

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8 - Denim History pt. 1; Serge de Nîmes and Italian Sailors

Season 2 · Episode 8

Sunday, October 11, 2020 • Duration 30:43

Denim is the thrust of what we discuss on Heddels - and our original namesake in Rawr Denim. It’s become the people’s fabric, democratized into ubiquity around the world in just 150 short years.

But how did it get there? How are we at the point where jeans can be the “default pant option” for a large part of the globe? We’re getting into the history of denim on a new series, and in this episode we're starting at the beginning in the "Speculation Zone" around the origin of our favorite fabric. We dig into the etymology of denim and the many competing theories of where denim jeans (and denim and jean) first developed.

If you want an easy entry into the world of denim, check out our selection of Tellason Stock jeans and jackets available on the Heddels Shop—10% off now with the code BLOWOUT at checkout!

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7 - The Rise and Fall of Made in USA

Season 2 · Episode 7

Sunday, September 27, 2020 • Duration 01:13:20

We could put a man on the moon, but recently we couldn't put a piece of fabric on our collective faces. What happened to the mythical "Made in USA" of yore? Was there ever a Golden Age of American manufacturing? How did we get there and can we recapture it again?

David and Reed put on their historian speculation hats and dig into why things used to be made in America, why workers used to be paid more, and why things in this country once functioned much more equitably than they do now.

If you want a piece of union made in USA goodness, have a look at the Teamster Tees available on the Heddels Shop—10% off now with the code BLOWOUT at checkout!

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