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David Duchovny on the Climate Crisis, the Drawbacks of Technology, and the Craft of Writing
Season 2 Episode 21
David Duchovny may be swooned over as the hunky special agent Fox William Mulder in The X-Files and Hank Moody in Californication, but it should be n…
6 years, 5 months ago
Why Jesse Kamm Finds the Phrase “Global Expansion” Nauseating
Season 2 Episode 20
Jesse Kamm and her beloved waist-hugging, wide-legged “Kamm pants” embody minimalism. A proponent of producing fewer, better things, Kamm has committ…
6 years, 5 months ago
Wu-Tang Clan “Whisperer” Sophia Chang on Becoming the “Baddest Bitch in the Room”
Season 2 Episode 19
Sophia Chang pulls no punches. As the self-described (and indeed) “first Asian woman in hip hop,” Chang carries herself—happily, proudly—with the bra…
6 years, 6 months ago
Kim Hastreiter on the Art of Connecting Culture
Season 2 Episode 18
Kim Hastreiter identifies as a “punk at heart.” The co-founder of Paper magazine, which she started in 1984 with David Hershkovits, she served as the…
6 years, 6 months ago
From The Usual Suspects to Bohemian Rhapsody: Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel
Season 2 Episode 17
Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel has no style. No singular aesthetic, mood, or technique. Rather, his focus is on storytelling. From being the fir…
6 years, 6 months ago
Neri Oxman on Her Extraordinary Visions for the “Biological Age”
Season 2 Episode 16
Neri Oxman is simultaneously a hardcore ecologist, evocative futurist, meticulous artist, and abstract scientist. The 43-year-old Israeli-American de…
6 years, 6 months ago
Valerie Steele on Why Paris Won’t Ever Be Dethroned as the Capital of Fashion
Season 1 Episode 15
Valerie Steele’s deep contextual dives into the history of fashion set her apart from other academics and curators—two identities she embodies in equ…
6 years, 7 months ago
Michael Kimmelman on Building More Beautiful and Equitable Cities
Season 1 Episode 14
Michael Kimmelman does nothing in half measures. For more than 30 years, he has brought his assertive, culturally astute, historically sensitive pers…
6 years, 7 months ago
Illycaffè Chairman Andrea Illy on the Vast Potential of “Virtuous Agriculture”
Season 1 Episode 13
Andrea Illy breathes coffee. Not literally, of course, but coffee has indeed been a part of his being since birth. The third-generation head of Illyc…
6 years, 7 months ago
Maggie Doyne on Uplifting Children and, In Turn, the World
Season 1 Episode 12
New Jersey native Maggie Doyne was age 18 when she arrived in Nepal, 19 when she had co-founded the BlinkNow Foundation nonprofit to support children…
6 years, 8 months ago