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Michael Bierut on the Enduring Power of Simplicity
Season 6 Episode 81
Across his four-decade-long career in graphic design, Michael Bierut has amassed an impressively robust tally of bold-faced clients. From The New Yor…
3 years, 10 months ago
Eric Ripert on Finding Compassion in Life and the Kitchen Through Buddhism
Season 6 Episode 80
As the New York restaurant Le Bernardin celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, chef Eric Ripert humbly reflects on his three-plus decades there. …
3 years, 11 months ago
Brad Cloepfil on the Eternal Quest for Awe in Architecture
Season 6 Episode 79
The architect Brad Cloepfil views his work as less of a job and more of a calling. Sites speak to him. He listens with his eyes. When embarking on a …
3 years, 11 months ago
Annie-B Parson on Choreography as a Way of Life
Season 6 Episode 78
To Annie-B Parson, choreography isn’t confined to the studio and the stage; rather, practically everything around us abounds with movement that’s wor…
3 years, 11 months ago
Saeed Jones on the Profundity to Be Found in the Grieving Process
Season 6 Episode 77
If there were a bard for our bewildering times, Saeed Jones would be a fitting choice. In his newly released collection of poems, Alive at the End of…
3 years, 11 months ago
Peter Saville on Capturing “Nowness” Through Design
Season 6 Episode 76
Peter Saville is a man of the moment—and has been, again and again, throughout the past five decades. Raised in Manchester, England, in the sixties—i…
3 years, 11 months ago
Roxane Gay on Using Her Voice for Good and in Service of Others
Season 5 Episode 75
Roxane Gay describes her wild trajectory as a multihyphenate writer-editor-publisher-professor-social commentator as “fairly bewildering.” And she’s …
4 years ago
Jamie Nares on Creating Space for Fluidity in Life and Work
Season 5 Episode 74
For the past five decades, the British-born, New York–based artist Jamie Nares has been capturing the passage of time, the physics of motion, and the…
4 years ago
Xiye Bastida on Why “Stubborn Optimism” Is Pivotal to the Climate Movement
Season 5 Episode 73
Xiye Bastida was quite literally born into environmentalism. Throughout her upbringing in San Pedro Tultepec, Mexico, and later in New York City, Bas…
4 years ago
Rachel Comey on Meeting Her Customers Right Where They’re At
Season 5 Episode 72
Fashion designer Rachel Comey has always done things in a tightly focused way—and on her own terms. For more than two decades, she has followed an in…
4 years ago