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Elizabeth Alexander on Moving Forward in the Face of Adversity
Season 4 Episode 52
The poet, educator, and scholar Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, views her work as an urgent political act. Followi…
4 years, 11 months ago
Debbie Millman on the Importance of Playing the Long Game
Season 4 Episode 51
Artist and designer Debbie Millman has been fascinated by the power of branding for most of her life. And as the host of the Design Matters podcast (…
4 years, 11 months ago
Glenn Adamson on Craft as a Reflection of Ourselves
Season 4 Episode 50
For curator and scholar Glenn Adamson, craft isn’t a quirky hobby that sits on the outskirts of contemporary culture. Rather, it’s a vital, timeless …
5 years ago
Trevor Paglen on Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence
Season 4 Episode 49
Trevor Paglen aspires to see the unseen. The artist explores the act of looking through various angles—such as how artificial-intelligence systems ha…
5 years ago
Maira Kalman on Walking and Looking as a Way of Life
Season 4 Episode 48
When describing experiences, New York–based artist and author Maira Kalman almost always goes for the extremes: an instance can be at once stupid and…
5 years, 1 month ago
Kevin Beasley on Confronting the Social and Cultural Underlayers of Objects
Season 3 Episode 47
Kevin Beasley thinks a lot about objects. In particular, specific objects that relate to notions of American-ness and Blackness—and ones that are oft…
5 years, 3 months ago
Rosanne Cash on Moving Forward by Confronting the Past
Season 3 Episode 46
For Grammy Award–winning singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash, processing the past is a constant, endless journey. She’d been thinking about race and r…
5 years, 4 months ago
Billie Tsien on Imbuing Buildings With Feeling
Season 3 Episode 45
Growing up in the 1950s in the only Chinese family in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Billie Tsien always felt like an outsider. She would seclude hers…
5 years, 5 months ago
Eileen Fisher on the Allure of Timeless Clothing
Season 3 Episode 44
For 37 years, Eileen Fisher has faithfully followed a vision: to create simple, timeless clothes for women that make it easy to get dressed. Soft-spo…
5 years, 6 months ago
Eddie Stern on Taking Time to Discover Your Inner Freedom of Spirit
Season 3 Episode 43
Last year, after more than three decades of practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga, Eddie Stern found himself wondering if he should continue in the d…
5 years, 7 months ago