
Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear
From Planet Money
Published 12/10/2025

From Planet Money
Published 12/10/2025
From nuclear fission to GPS to the internet, it’s common knowledge that many of the most resource intensive technologies of the last century got their start as military R&D projects in government-funded labs. But as Avery Trufelman explains in her fashion history podcast, Articles of Interest, the…