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Episode 74: Eyes and Hands Feb 01, 2018

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Cræft by Alexander Langlands, doctors and design, Sean Tejaratchi’s LiarTown, a pair of iRi NYC sneakers

Episode 73: Fire, Fury, Playtime Jan 16, 2018

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Eva Hagberg Fisher on dressing for sexual harassment proceedings, Oprah at the Golden Globes, Print goes digital, Fire and Fury pop-up book, Jacques Tati’s PlayTime

Episode 72: Out With the Old Dec 29, 2017

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New York Times Magazine, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, favorite podcasts, Wormwood, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Episode 71: A 40,000-point 9 Dec 14, 2017

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Ivan Chermayeff and American modernism, Kurt Andersen, Vincent Scully, Ivo van Hove’s The Fountainhead, Brothers in Arms

Episode 70: When Art Imitates Life Nov 30, 2017

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Monstrous men, magazine covers and editors, Arranged!, Prongles

Episode 69: Fixes and Facelifts Nov 16, 2017

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Fixing American democracy, Snøhetta’s plan for Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building, Internetting With Amanda Hess, Synoptical History of the Civil War

Episode 68: Learning from Muriel Cooper Oct 26, 2017

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Muriel Cooper, Now You See It, Harvey Weinstein and #metoo, kilonova explosion, Lin-Manuel Miranda interviews Stephen Sondheim

Episode 67: Guns N’ Tote Bags Oct 13, 2017

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Visualizing gun violence after Las Vegas, Louis Vuitton v. My Other Bag, tote bags, Helen Rosner on Olive Garden, Call My Agent!, Netflix in French

Episode 66: Ethics! Sep 28, 2017

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The Copenhagen Letter, Mike Monteiro’s Design the Right Thing, Branded by Memory, Google Quick, Draw!, Otl Aicher’s Isny, the Trash Isles.

Episode 65: Cones of Uncertainty Sep 14, 2017

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Visualizing hurricanes, elections, and other future events; the Jefferson Davis Highway; Margaret Calvert and British road signs; Alexander Todorov’s Face Value

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