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#425/Michigan's Peter Forguson + UK's Michael Diamant + Musical Guest Brent Jensen Oct 06, 2025

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We've got author and architect Peter Forguson celebrating Michigan's extraordinary collection of bold, Modernist houses with the new book Contemporary Michigan, from the UK, Michael Diamant rants against Modernism, and later on, musical guest Brent Jensen serves classic tunes made famous by Paul Desmond.

#424/Kata Walters + Allison C. Meier + Kyle Bergman + Musical Guest Klas Lindquist Sep 29, 2025

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Kata Walters went from the catwalk to the construction site, changing from an international career in modeling to building Modernist houses. Allison C. Meier shares her map of New York, uncovering hidden histories in architecture and culture from cemeteries to the streets. Kyle Bergman of the New York Architecture and Design Film Festival shares this year's highlights, and from Sweden, musical guest Klas Lindquist.

#423/Children of Genius: Toby Rapson + Ron Kappe + Musical Guest Holly Cole Sep 22, 2025

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We're back with one of our most popular segments, Children of Genius. Them apples don't fall too far from the tree, and today we'll hear from two that dropped nearby, Toby Rapson and Ron Kappe. They grew up immersed in Modernist design with some of the most influential architecture of the 20th century, thanks to their fathers Ralph Rapson and Ray Kappe, tradition they continue today. Later, Modernist homeowner and musical guest Holly Cole.

#422/New Palm Springs with Jill Lewis and John Hreno + SOCOMCM's Edward Peck + Musical Guest Jaimee Paul Sep 15, 2025

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You all know we love midcentury modern houses in Palm Springs, but what about new ones? These will be the houses we will tour and sip martinis at and give lectures about 40 years from now. Today we'll talk with one of those architects, Jill Lewis, about a new house in the Desert Palisades area of Palm Springs, along with the landscape architect for that project, John Hreno. Then we'll meet the leader of SOCOMCM, architect Edward Peck, plus returning jazz vocalist Jaimee Paul.

#421/Architecture Authors Dominic Bradbury + Adam Stech + Musical Guest Elijah Rock Sep 08, 2025

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Who's the author of that architecture book on your coffee table? It's probably written by one of our guests, Dominic Bradbury and Adam Stech. Later on, jazz with returning musical guest Elijah Rock.

#420/Macy Snyder-Amatucci with John Snyder + Ian Volner + Bill Cotter + Music from Lenore Raphael Sep 01, 2025

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Today, it's Bartlesville, Oklahoma, home to Frank Lloyd Wright's skyscraper, the 19-story Price Tower, talking with new owners Macy Snyder-Amatucci and John Snyder, about their plan to bring the tower back to life. Then it's on to Washington DC and the administration's plans for architecture, with writer and critic Ian Volner. Next, World's Fairs with Bill Cotter, and later, music from jazz pianist Lenore Raphael.

#419/I'll Take Architecture for $1000: Jade Snelling + Catherine Croft + Sarah and Debbie Dykstra + Musical Guests Thomas Lauderdale and Pink Martini Aug 25, 2025

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Do you like architecture? Do you like Jeopardy? Recent Jeopardy contestant Jade Snelling is an archivist at Virginia Tech working at the International Archive of Women in Architecture, preserving the history of women architects around the world. Next we've got Catherine Croft, the Director of the Twentieth Century Society dedicated to protecting Britain's most significant 20th-century buildings. We'll hear about a new Frank Lloyd Wright house with Sarah and Debbie Dykstra. Then special musical guest, Thomas Lauderdale and Pink Martini.

#418/Dustin Bramell + Cary O'Dell + Sarah and Debbie Dykstra + Music from Lenore Raphael Aug 18, 2025

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Every serious Modernist fan knows about the Case Study Houses, the legendary program started by John Entenza of Arts and Architecture Magazine in the 1950's, attracting top and emerging architects to create affordable houses for Los Angeles. We'll talk with Dustin Bramell, who's working to create a new series of Case Study Houses; Cary O'Dell on the great Bucky Fuller; mother-daughter duo Sarah and Debbie Dykstra share the story of their Frank Lloyd Wright house, and music by Lenore Raphael.

#417/Author Pairs: Corey and Margaret Bienert + Jonathan Schroeder and Janet Borgerson + Adriene Biondo and Chris Nichols Aug 11, 2025

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Our last set of poolside interviews from Modernism Week 2025 features three fun and exciting author pairs: Corey and Margeret Bienert on midcentury motels, Jonathan Schroeder and Janet Borgerson on instructional records, and Adriene Biondo and Chris Nichols on the sporting craze of the 1950's - bowling!

#416/Sam Lubell + Sarah Broughton + John Rowland + Musical Guest Taurey Butler Aug 04, 2025

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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 Monday, August 4, and we've got prolific architecture author Sam Lubell, Colorado architects Rowland and Broughton, and musical guest Taurey Butler. Plus, a new addition for the USModernist Archives - we're taking on architecture podcasts that stopped producing new episodes - and preservation websites that have vanished.

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