Everything Is Vintage If You Wait Long Enough - With Shaun, Jon & Nick (#161)
About this episode
A roundtable discussion on modern shopping and the complexities of second-hand culture featuring Nick, Jon, and Shaun.
In this festive roundtable episode, Nick, Jon, and Shaun gather to complain — politely — about modern shopping, resale platforms, and the strange reality of buying your own clothes back years later from a charity shop. They talk eBay deliveries that arrive whenever they feel like it, Vinted’s takeover of second-hand culture, AI-written listings that say nothing, and heritage brands that now come with a geography quiz. Along the way, there’s boiled wool, duffle coats, social media fatigue, and the realisation that the internet has slowly turned into a badly lit shopping centre. It’s a warm, funny, slightly grumpy end-of-year chat about clothes, trust, and why keeping one good thing for 20 years might still be the most radical idea of all. Festive, thoughtful, and lightly exasperated — just as intended. Featuring Shaun Brown and Jon Fowler, aka @these_rough_notes and @HeavyJon on Instagram. Early reviews of this episode are mixed, so your listening pleasure is uncertain: Tortoise Trends commented, «We appreciate the slow pace of the proceedings». VintageWear Weekly gushingly praised «At least they don’t mention whiffy vintage garms this time!» Giffnock Advertiser noted, «Local…
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