Michael Bierut

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Episode 85: Midsummer Music

Musical theater, soundtracks, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in D Minor, and more.

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Episode 84: The Politician’s Gaze

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, a White House without culture, John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood, early Ivan Chermayeff book covers

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Episode 83: Post-Its and Blocks

Design Thinking Wars: Lee Vinsel vs. d.school; Alexandra Lange’s The Design of Childhood; The Incredibles 2; Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous

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Episode 82: Constitutional Sans

The president’s lawyer uses Comic Sans, speculative design, Let the Sun Shine In, crazy walls.

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S4E12: Jessica Dimmock

Jessica Dimmock is a photographer and filmmaker. Her latest project is the Netflix documentary series Flint Town.

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S4E11: Andrew Essex

Andrew Essex is the author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrection to Come.”

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Episode 79: 1968 at 50

Nixon-Humphrey, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The White Album, Laugh-In, LSD… and the meaning of anniversaries

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S4E10: Abbott Miller

Abbott Miller is a partner in the design firm Pentagram.

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S4E9: Karin Fong

Karin Fong is a founding member of Imaginary Forces, a creative company specializing in visual storytelling and brand strategy.

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S4E8: Somi Kim

Somi Kim is senior director of healthcare solutions at Johnson & Johnson Design.

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Episode 78: Delete Your Account

Deleting Facebook, AI and images, Tree Change Dolls, Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano, listing for 450 W. Grixdale

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S4E7: Lisa Strausfeld

Lisa Strausfeld is an information architect and data visualisation pioneer. Her studio is InformationArt.