EDITOR'S NOTE: Evan edited the audio for this episode lmao so be generous This week, we get into the culture war brewing in the skincare industry, Kiehl's latest marketing campaign, eight year olds allegedly using retinols, the bisexual kings of Challengers being the same age as Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider, Lindyman's Hydration Revolution theory, Remedy Place's "social self-care" promise, rebranding spas as recovery studios, "being the best at exercising," pelvic floor dysfunction, X-Cell Nucle...
May 01, 2024•43 min
This week, we get into the results of Evan’s skin biopsy, Dr. Idriss’s Soft Wash Complete Daily Cleanser, Agent Nateur, Innisfree’s Green Tea Seed Hyaluronic Serum, Earth Harbor’s Helios Anti Pollution Youth Ampoule, 61-year-old Dave Pascoe’s biohacking regimen, epigenetic aging, Love Island-core “Deanos” forgoing skinnies for baggies, young men blowing all their money, the magic of getting paid to think, the risk-minded pipeline, Juliette Binoche, Patricknextdoor, Tom Schwartz’s dye jobs, distr...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 6 min
We're finally back and explaining our absence, all before getting into out unopened PR packages, prostate exams, blemish-inclusive ads, Ramy Youssef, the "Candid Boyfriend," and much, much more.
Apr 14, 2024•50 min
We're back and talking Pitti Uomo, Todd Snyder's midwestern man, pregaming dates with a little dewmaxxing, Valentine’s Day, Drake’s GRWM video, what would happen if you caught your son chad facing, the origins of bonesmashing, looksmax.org, Baklava Bae, and much, much more.
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Kicking off their first episode of 2024, the fellas get into probiotic subscriptions, Athletic Green's being everywhere, NYE-induced panic attacks, $1800 facials, injectables fatigue, aesthetician house calls, Martha Stewart thirst traps, wellness guys (Gary Brecka), and much, much more. Read the piece mentioned in this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/style/lifting-sculpting-facials.html
Jan 14, 2024•55 min
This week we get into divorce, parenting, choosing bodily mobility over youthful glow, Histolab, KRX, Byredo, Pillowtalk Derm, Skin By Gill, M Dot R, Bryan Johnson’s Vanity Fair profile, Mr. Fingers, Terence Conran, and much more. Read the Bryan Johnson Piece here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/biohacker-antiaging-lawsuits
Dec 22, 2023•55 min
This week we get into Emilio being named one of downtown's most eligible bachelors, remote work-induced social anxiety, craft beer's comeback, natural wine fatigue, "quiet strivers," Timeless’s Matrixyl and Q10, Augustinus Bader's 100ML bottle making us shy, DINKS, bloodlines, crypto, Bob Loukas, Ridley Scott, being booted off of catastrophic healthcare plans, and more.
Dec 09, 2023•54 min
This week, we chat with writer Allie Rowbottom, author of Aesthetica — a novel that explores topics of power, abuse and image culture in following the story of a woman who plans to undergo a procedure to reverse the cosmetic work she got as a teenage influencer. Allie has also written essays and short stories for Vanity Fair, Elle, Dazed and NYT. In this episode, we get into whether men should get botox, our cultural obsession with youth, Clear & Brilliant laser treatments, “toxic” facials, ...
Dec 01, 2023•50 min
Welcome to the VERY first episode of The SpaCast – a series that experientially explores spas all across the world in Dewy Dudes fashion. In this episode, former guest and behind-the-scenes beauty and internet consultant Ana Salazar and Evan recap their three-day stay at The Standard, Spa Miami Beach – a shabby-chic hydrotherapy spa and “hotel,” located on Miami’s Belle Isle. The two discuss their first impressions of Miami, the city’s under-the-knife body standards, what replicating New York in...
Nov 24, 2023•49 min
This week we get into whether it’s cringe to get witty bants off when texting your girl, The NY Times’s “Lookmaxxing” story, Timeless’s Hyaluronic Acid, Bass Body Care, our predictions for naming trends in skincare for 2024, Tom Ford, Na Hong-Jin’s The Wailing, Jacob Elordi’s claim to movie stardom, Saltburn, speculating the reasons for Harry Styles’s buzzcut, tax avoidance, and much, much more. Read The NY Times story mentioned in this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/style/looksmaxx...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr
Fellas, is the changing of a tire still an appropriate litmus test of manhood? How many of our young men, today, know how to handle a power drill? In this week’s episode, we discuss whether boys are still searching for role models in their youth, looking for mentors, parenting yourself, Evan’s upcoming Miami trip, our first impressions of Sofie Pavitt’s nice ice toner pods, Pinkerton wine bar, The Cut’s in-depth story on Erewhon, Jalen Hurts, Rick Ross, PTA's Phantom Thread, Terrance Malik's The...
Nov 09, 2023•52 min
Wherein we talk about the pitfalls of white people barber shops, our Halloween event at Lovely Day, weddings in NOLA, Emilio's quest to marry, Evan’s trip upstate, Oleh's Fishing Guide Service, Gen Alpha’s fear of aging, Dr. Shereene Idriss's message for young people seeking botox, teens wanting to be tracked via Life360, notification overload, Glossier's Milky Jelly Cleanser bar, Sofie Pavitt’s Nice Ice, the geometric barber, and much, much more.
Nov 05, 2023•58 min
We are OFFICIALLY back, back. And we appreciate everyone's patience while we took some needed time away from the mics and screens. Next time we'll announce when we plan a short break. But we're kicking things off today by announcing our participation in this coming Saturday's U-Mall (https://www.instagram.com/_umall/), put together by friend of the pod and Gerald Ortiz (GQ). If you're in NYC, pull up to this pop-up of home goods, wares and (unopened) skincare outside McCarren and Lot Radio. We'l...
Oct 03, 2023•40 min
This week, Emilio gives a tour update while podcasting from the city of fountain and lights. We then get into Klysiri, Youth to the People’s Kale + Green Tea Spinach Age Prevention Cleanser, Augustinus Bader’s collaboration with Haider Ackermann, Botox equaling “new money,” Wrinkles equaling “old money,” that one dude’s viral hygiene routine, leaning into the ick, college stuck culture, SEC fraternity swag, and more. Articles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashion/2023/09/08/haider-ackerm...
Sep 16, 2023•58 min
We’re BACK, classifying what constitutes as Tex-Mex, discussing the state of food in New York (once again), dreaming of a quieter suburban life, unpacking WARE skincare’s Sonny, Poreboy and Screencream, getting into Emilio’s current supplement stack while on tour, recapping a facial with Raquel, confusing micro current tools with crack paraphernalia, using $450 eye creams and $1200 serums, throwing around Dr. Simi plushies, comparing Harry Styles & Evan’s hairlines, seeing Jesus in Berlin, a...
Aug 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week, we’re joined by culture and music writer Jayson Buford (GQ, Vulture, Vanity Fair, Stereogum, Pitchfork) to chat about breakfast salads, vitamin D pills, nightstand Cetaphil, Aveeno face wash, Sandler and Chalamet’s pickup spot, white people sharing the basketball “a little more,” Tom Cruise’s connection to black people, Cruise’s courting tour, water cooler culture being dead, Drake being underrated, Starlets versus Pumps, Travis Scott’s new album, artists sounding AI generative these ...
Aug 15, 2023•56 min
This week, the fellas get into: the vape industry's hegemonic hold on New York retail spaces, the restorative effect of biking to Tiddy Tilden, Emilio’s 30th bday, Netflix's The Deepest Breath, Evan’s cyst extraction at the derm, "BEYOND SUNSCREEN: HOW SUN PROTECTION BECAME A GLOBAL LIFESTYLE," benzene fear-mongering in Sunscreen, an encounter with a mysterious weight-loss pill aka "Nature’s Ozempic," affirm, Carlos Alcaraz, Lionel Messi, Atom Egoyan, Bobby Althoff, dropping a bag on a lifetime ...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week, the fellas are joined by fashion writer, professional closet purger and host of #NEVERWORNS Liana Satenstein to chat through the wonders of carrying a flip phone, Neutrogena’s Original Cleansing Bar, Shiseido SPF, Retin-A, XXL visors, tech neck, Face Gym, receding hairlines as the new BDE, expired Jo Malone body cream, end-of-day musk, how people wore their clothes pre internet, the “everyday aspirational” looks of 1997 to 2001, the slingback heel in Adrian Lyne’s Unfaithful, Ellen Mi...
Jul 23, 2023•52 min
This week, the fellas walk through some BIG skincare updates, as Emilio recaps his first time facial with Sofie Pavitt and Evan reports back from his dermatologist check-up. The boys also get into the Clear & Brilliant laser treatment facial, ILLIYOON’s Ceramide Ato Soothing Gel, actinic keratosis, Fumakilla’s Skin Vape, Avon’s Skin So Soft Bath Oil, deet-based bug spray, looking like McCauley Culkin in My Girl, Massachusetts Fourth of July, boys trips to Turkey for budget hair transplants, ...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr
This week the fellas chat with Jonah Weiner from the cult-favorite, big-brained newsletter Blackbird Spyplane about Irish Spring soap, Aesop’s lineup, Desert Hot Springs Spa, Spyplane-approved SPF Zealios, Baum’s Japanese hand soap, no-shower hair nirvana, being part cadaver, Vamoots Disc RSL, psychedelic mushroom consumption, reishi mushroom tea, the Spyplane thought process, Bono, fleeky, Spyplane Holy Decrees about no-show socks and heather gray tees, bringing bugs outside with the Saving All...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This week, the fellas unpack the horrors and insights of the New Yorker’s “Perils and Promises of Penis-Enlargement Surgery” before chatting about Ozempic pills, Orris’s L’Artéfact, L’Occitane’s Cade Shaving Cream, how many “Close Friends” on IG is normal for men and women (respectively), bowel movement averages, Jon Hamm, The Bear, Wong Kar-wai, Al Pastor burgers, and much, much more. Read the New Yorker piece here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/the-perils-and-promises-of-penis-...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 8 min
We’re back, recapping last week’s event at Lovely Day before getting into Sofie Pavitt’s Gentle Cleanser, Pillowtalk’s Derm Depuffer, DIY physical therapy, Hotel Chelsea staycation, Red Flower toiletries, men yearning to be fathers, testing sperm counts, the trad food influencer unifying theory, Seed Oil Scout app, porn-induced body dysmorphia in men, Athletic Particles underwear, lotioning with beef tallow, rules for “making your man healthier,” BDA logic, a working OceanGate conspiracy theory,...
Jun 21, 2023•56 min
This week, the fellas tease details to their June 13th event before doing a wellness check on each other, dissecting the day in the life of a suburban 28-year-old man with a normal job, sounding the death knell on mustaches, reminiscing about Polo Blue and Versace’s discontinued Green Jeans, pondering the rat-tail’s comeback, chatting through Twitter’s “ideal bf,” psychically breaking over perpetually spending $100 a day in NYC, proposing a 30-second limit to all karaoke songs, and much, much mo...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 1 min
The fellas get into the wonders of Magic Mind’s Productivity Shots, Memorial Day as a national holiday weekend of sex, upstatecore, Ryan Gosling’s philosophies on trying, building a family, Avene’s Cicalfate, Marvis toothpaste, Maude body wash, Saro de Rue Freeze Dried Hyaluronic Acid Anti Aging System,”Blood Boys,” having your dad drain you for your blood, bedrotting, taxing city dog owners, and much, much more. Go to https://magicmind.com/dewydudes and get up to 50% off your subscription for t...
Jun 02, 2023•51 min
This week, we chat with Katherine Krueger and Will Menaker from Chapo Trap House about the right’s ongoing masculinity panic, looking for “new dads” on the internet, Etude’s Moistfull Collagen, Detroit Grooming Company, LANEIGE’s Water Sleeping Mask, COSRX products, Dieux Instant Angel, retaining your seed, quack diets, the importance of learning how to credit your own taste, the social forces behind everyone’s fear of aging, which political figures have the best cosmetic work, Biden’s Vyvance a...
May 24, 2023•58 min
The fellas tease details to their June event before getting into Mexican Mother’s Day, Evan’s Hanacure all-in-one facial kit, The Good Doctor, Recess’s craft mocktails, TikTok’s “Everything Shower,” examples of modern-day chivalry, side-chick successes, men turning to the blephoraplasty, Sick of Myself, Hasbulla’s arrest, and much, much more.
May 15, 2023•44 min
This week, the fellas welcome men’s fashion columnist Jacob Gallagher to the show to chat about his recent experience with Accutane, hardcore kids in fashion, identifying the last dominate trend in menswear, what people actually mean when they point to “old money style,” mass interest in clothing at a cultural all-time high, the death of localization, Chickee’s Vintage, evolving beauty standards for men, Julius Randle, burgers at Ignas Bar, Shawn Mendes smoothie posse, washing your hair once a m...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week, the fellas are joined by fashion podcasting powerhouse Avery Trufelman, the mind behind Articles of Interest, to go through her Park Slope Co-Op skincare routine before getting into trends in personal care, loose-leaf spinach in The Real Real bag, Sephora’s retail experience, Baz Luhrmann’s sunscreen tune, trend-sighting in our modern age, tattoos, indie sleaze, her approach to research comes from genuine questioning and enthusiasm, the history of knitwear and America’s wool industry,...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This week, the fellas are joined by culture writer and podcaster Molly Lambert to talk Drake’s “Hard Feelings, Harder Dick” jacket embroidery, her dermatologically-approved skincare routine, It’s A Ten Hair Mask, Post Malone’s transformation, Ozempic parties, when the beauty standard pendulum might swing back towards baby fat, tart cherry juice night caps, Heidi Fleiss, cultural hypocrisy around sex work, her upcoming podcast project, the process of recording a narrative show, the attention econ...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week, the fellas get into CeraVe’s report on men’s personal care habits, Agent Nateur, Hanacure, the claim Ryan Gosling is ‘too old’ to play Ken, millennials axing their subscriptions, therapy speak, IRSing through it all, the Pussy Posse, hypothetical international wifey, what happens when you shoot your shot with prepared date details, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and much, much more.
Apr 16, 2023•45 min
