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#415/Charles Phoenix + Barton Jahncke + Tiki with Peter Moruzzi and Sven Kirsten Jul 28, 2025

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From the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, it's a full schedule of poolside guests. We've got pop culture historian Charles Phoenix, the Craig Ellwood Whisperer Barton Jahncke, and authors Peter Moruzzi and Sven Kirsten on the most fun you can have in a brightly colored Polynesian shirt - tiki bars.

#414/Architects Tod Williams + Paul Masi + Jon Gentry + Musical Guest Carrie Marshall Jul 21, 2025

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On the blue plate special today we've got a full platter of deliciously talented architects, with Tod Williams, Paul Masi, and Jon Gentry. Later on for a jazzy dessert, music with Carrie Marshall.

#413/Daughters Of Design Saarinen Bertoia Eames + Phillip Cox and Niall Cronin + Special Musical Guest Ari Shapiro Jul 14, 2025

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Recorded poolside at the swanky USModernist compound during Modernism Week 2025, this week we're hanging with the Daughters of Design: Susan Saarinen, Celia Bertoia, and Carla Hartman. Back in the studio, authors Phillip Cox and Niall Cronin on architect Evans Woollen, and later, a well-known NPR host who's toured with Pink Martini, special musical guest Ari Shapiro.

#412/Sian Winship + Bobak Ha'eri + Spencer Luckey + Music by Lenore Raphael Jul 07, 2025

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Joining us today is architectural historian Sian Winship; Minnesota's MVP for midcentury modern, Bobak Ha'Eri; Spencer Luckey on his playgrounds, and music by jazz pianist Lenore Raphael.

#411/All About Mies with Iveta Cerna + Dirk Lohan + Max Strang on Gene Leedy Jun 30, 2025

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From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound during Modernism Week, we're all about two architects: Chicago's Mies van der Rohe with guests Iveta Cerna, director of the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic; and Mies's grandson, architect Dirk Lohan. Later on, we'll hear from Max Strang, archivist of Gene Leedy and his impressive Florida architecture.

#410/Capital Brutalism with Angela Person and Aileen Fuchs + Bad Prefab + Special Musical Guest Madeleine Peyroux Jun 23, 2025

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This week is the close of a wildly popular exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington DC called Capital Brutalism, the history of DC's best Modernist buildings. With us is Executive Director Aileen Fuchs and head curator Angela Person. Heading to California, we'll hear what happened to a couple who went all-in on prefab, which is great, but then their prefab company went belly up, which is not. Later on, special musical guest Madeleine Peyroux dances us to the end of love.

#409/Chris Rawlins on Horace Gifford + Donald Luxton on Arthur Erickson + David Fixler Jun 16, 2025

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From poolside in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, today's guests are authors Chris Rawlins on Fire Island's Horace Gifford, Donald Luxton on Vancouver's Arthur Erickson, and recorded at the PRP4 DOCOMOMO conference in Boston, David Fixler.

#408/Authors Nora Wendl + Todd Gannon + Kevin Murphy + Mary Ann Hunting + Musical Guest Gabrielle Stravelli Jun 09, 2025

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When you hear about architect Mies van der Rohe and his famous Farnsworth House in Plano Illinois, little is said of the client. Today you'll learn the real story of Dr. Edith Farnsworth from author Nora Wendl, we talk with Todd Gannon about architect Frank Israel, plus authors Kevin Murphy and Mary Anne Hunting on women architects in the early days of Modernism. Later on, tacos with musical guest Gabrielle Stravelli.

#407/Men About Town: Christopher Kennedy + Kip Serafin + Kurt Cyr Jun 02, 2025

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From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs, today's guests are the three distinguished men about town. Need a midcentury sofa in green tomorrow? How about a tour for 25? Or a private cocktail party at the Dinah Shore house? Who are you gonna call? As the expression goes, we got a guy, actually three guys, who make these wonderful kinds of things happen.

#406/Ben Rousseau + Ian Koblick + John Jennifer Marx May 26, 2025

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From watches to undersea lodges to 21st century architecture, we'll step outside the box a bit today to talk exquisite timepieces with Ben Rousseau, underwater house pioneer Ian Koblick, and architect John Jennifer Marx.

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