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S9E01: Ellen Mirojnick

Emmy-award winner Ellen Mirojnick has designed film costumes since the 1980s and most recently is the lead costume designer for the Netflix series Bridgerton.

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Total Recall

Memories are born with perception, and reside in the brain.

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S8E12: Nikil Saval

Nikil Saval is a Pennsylvania state senator and the author of Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace.

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On Whispering

Looking. Listening. And Lessons from Quaker Meeting.

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S8E11: Allissa Richardson

Allissa V. Richardson is a journalist and an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.

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Episode 135: Home for the Holidays

2020:dinner at home, Zoom fatigue, new rules of design, watching television

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S8E10: Rosanne Somerson

Rosanne Somerson is president of the Rhode Island School of Design.

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S8E9: Kat Vellos

Kat Vellos is a UX designer, facilitator, and connection coach.

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On Learning

What resonates most unequivocally here is Emerson ’s plea for individuality—that iron string—the sovereignty of selfhood.

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S8E8: Nina Cooke John

Nina Cooke John is founder and principal of Studio Cooke John, and also teaches at Parsons School of Design.

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S8E7: Maurice Woods

Maurice Woods is a principal designer at Microsoft and the founder and executive director of Inneract Project.

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S8E6: Lisa Nakamura

Lisa Nakamura is the founding director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan.