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#356/Scott Specht + Ste Murray + Bad Architecture's Sara Tietje-Mietz and Erin Kennealy Jun 10, 2024

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In the Modernist kitchen today, we've got a full course meal, starting with architect and author Scott Specht, architecture photographer Ste Murray, and wrapping up for dessert, the always delightful hosts of the podcast Bad Architecture, Sara Tietje-Mietz and Erin Kennealy.

#355/Modernist Art: Danny Heller + SHAG + Musical Guest Stacey Kent Jun 03, 2024

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Let's talk art, maybe one of the paintings you could buy from today's guests. The height of Modernist architecture was around 1962 but those butterfly roofs, dressing up for martini parties, sculpted tailfins, and even tiki décor have never been more popular. Artists Danny Heller and Josh Agle, aka Shag, each brilliantly capture that midcentury vibe that keeps us all inspired. Later on, returning musical guest the great Stacey Kent with music from her new album.

#354/Where No Furniture Has Gone Before Part 2: Ray Tesi + Vic Mignogna + Musical Guest Amanda Carr May 27, 2024

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In 1966 the first episode of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek launched a franchise still going strong nearly 60 years later. Star Trek adapted midcentury Modern furniture for set design, from the Bridge to the Conference Room to buildings on the planets they landed on. In a follow up to Where No Furniture Has Gone Before, where we interviewed Dan Chavkin and Brian McGuire on their book Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier, George travelled to Kingsland GA to see, and sit on, that special Star Trek furniture. You'll hear from Ray Tesi, owner of Neutral Zone Studios, and Vic Mignogna, Executive Producer of the true-to-canon web series Star Trek Continues. Later on, quality time with musical guest Amanda Carr.

#353/Lisa Ballinger on Aspen + Catskills with Isaac Jeffreys + Musical Guest David Weiss and The Cookers May 20, 2024

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Ah, Aspen. The land of clean air, brisk skiing, pensive thinktanks, and enormous wealth. Nestled in the gorgeous mountains of Colorado, you might not know that Aspen was influenced by Modernism and has special connections to the Bauhaus in Germany. Today you'll hear from Lissa Ballinger, acting director of the Aspen Institute, about the Bauhaus-Aspen connection, and then it's photographer Isaac Jeffreys one Modernist resorts of the Catskills in New York, famous for more than just comedians and Mrs. Maisel. Later, music with jazz trumpeter David Weiss and the Cookers.

#352/New York Architects Peter Eisenman + Esther Sperber + Richard Olcott May 13, 2024

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Welcome to USModernist Radio, where we talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most exciting and controversial buildings in the world. It's especially exciting in New York City, which punches way above its weight in architecture and architects, and today we'll talk with three from that city, Peter Eisenman, Esther Sperber, and Richard Olcott.

#351/Bakersfield with David Coffey + Palm Desert with Luke Leuschner + Cape Cod with Peter McMahon May 06, 2024

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Palm Springs and Los Angeles have thousands of Modernist houses, but there are many towns with their own midcentury architectural heritage. From Modernism Week 2024, we talk with David Coffey about Bakersfield CA; Palm Desert CA native and architectural researcher Luke Leuschner, then Peter McMahon with Cape Cod Modern House Trust, for an update on saving Marcel Breuer's Cape Cod house.

#350: Alastair Gordon + Barbara Gordon + Musical Guest Kate McGarry Apr 29, 2024

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There are lots of famous people named Gordon, people like chef Gordon Ramsay, actress Ruth Gordon, musician Gordon Lightfoot, and even Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner. Joining us are today are two Modernist Gordons, author Alistair Gordon and Chicago preservationist Barbara Gordon. Later, jazz with North Carolina's own Kate McGarry.

#349/Aluminaire: Frances Campani + Michael Schwarting + Architecture Photographer Robin Hill Apr 22, 2024

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Way back in 1987, New York Institute of Technology architects Michael Schwarting and Frances Campani saved the 1931 Aluminaire House from destruction, and rebuilt it. Then they had to take it apart. Now nearly 40 years later, Aluminaire House reached it's final resting place at the Palm Springs Art Museum, visible today on the museum grounds. Recorded poolside at Modernism Week, you will hear about this visionary house, designed by Albert Frey and Lawrence Kocher, and Aluminaire's journey from a private Long Island estate to the New York Institite of Technology to Palm Springs. Later on from the studio, we chat with architectural photographer Robin Hill.

#348/Architecture Documentaries: Louise Lemoine + Denise Zmekhol + Simon Mark Brown Apr 15, 2024

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Joining the show are three documentary filmmakers bravely capturing architects and architecture on film. Making these movies is an incredible labor of love; it takes a tremendous amount of work and time, often years, you're fundraising continually, production is expensive, even when done on the cheap, and the financial reward at the end of all that, well, let's say you could do better working a couple of months under the golden arches. That's why these folks are our heroes and heroines. We'll talk to Louise Lemoine of Beka and Lemoine, Denise Zmekhol, and Simon Mark-Brown.

#347/Maritime Modernism: Peter Knego + Brian Biggott + Musical Guest Chris Brubeck Apr 08, 2024

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From the great postwar transatlantic liners to the sleek Scandinavian cruise ships of the 1970s, to Captain Stuebing and the Love Boat, ships and private yachts are also design showcases that featured edgy, trendsetting architecture. Maritime historian and art dealer Peter Knego and yacht owner Brian Biggott joins George poolside at Modernism Week to talk about nautical Modernism. Later on, from the studio, music from the next generation of the Dave Brubeck dynasty, his son Chris Brubeck, who grew up in a Modernist house.

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