(ask about my)
Every episode, one special thing — a shirt, a painting, a pair of shoes — gets its day in the sun.
Shirt, loosely. Jackets, shoes, watches, denim, the thing on the wall, the thing on the shelf. If you'd never get rid of it, it counts.
(the premise)
You keep this thing because it has a story. It was worn by an actual Samurai. Lou Reed played it. The brand transcends fashion. You've had it since 9th grade. You want people to appreciate your thing like you do. So you put it on a mantel or wear it to a party, but sadly, the stories remain untold. Why?
Nobody asked.
So we will.
(latest episode)
First episodes coming soon.
Until then, the thing we want most is yours. Ask us about it.
(how an episode goes)
Five parts. About an hour.
Banter
Whatever's on our minds. No agenda. It meanders until one of us notices the thing, and that's the intro.
Stories
Where it came from, who was there, what it meant then. And the honest one: did you buy it for the story, or did the story come after?
Predictions
Where it's headed. Worth more or less in ten years. About to blow up, or already over. Firm takes, then the price check.
Goss
The lore and the dirt. Who wore it, who faked it, who sold out, who's beefing. What's documented and what people say.
The verdict
What happens to it now. Frame it, fix it, throw a party and stand near it. Sell it? We check back later.
The price check. What it cost then, what it's going for today. Every episode, same spot.
The mailbag. Whatever you send us gets read on air, in the Banter. The best ones become episodes.
The soundtrack. Three to five songs the thing calls up, published as a playlist with every episode.
(the hosts)
Two people who already talk like this.
They've taken their Insta dialogue on Yohji Yamamoto, Crispin Glover, King Tubby, and the resurgence of Manchester flares and put it in a podcast. American men have takes on culture, fashion, and the things on the shelves in their offices that might surprise you.
(context, history, the why-we-care)
Ty Collins
Marketing, digital, AI by day. Fashion, music and culture obsessive the rest of the time. Brings the macro theme and the tangent the conversation earns.
(craft, materials, the why-it's-good)
Andrew Lawandus
Designer. Owns the studio the show shoots in. Reads the tag, the stitch and the typography before anyone's allowed to tell the story.
(ask us about yours)
Got one?
One thing. You own it, you'd never get rid of it, and it came with a story nobody's asked about. Tell us, and we might ask you on air.
What happens next: the best ones get read in the Banter. Some become episodes. If you have forty band tees, that's one tee.