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Your weekly expedition to the heart of modern life through buildings, design, gardens and food.

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Your weekly expedition to the heart of modern life through buildings, design, gardens and food.

    The alt right diet, meat and masculinity and chef Jo Barrett's last supper

    The alt right diet, meat and masculinity and chef Jo Barrett's last supper

    Raw meat, egg slonking, seed oil panic and the war on “soy globalism” -  welcome to the obscurantist dietary fixations of the alt right. Jan Dutkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at the Pratt Institute, explains how diet became a central issue in the culture war; And by way of counterpoint, chef of the year, Jo Barrett takes us to her Lorne restaurant where she cooks the dish she would make if it were her last meal on earth.

    • 53 min
    Paris' radical climate plan and a design history of the bicycle

    Paris' radical climate plan and a design history of the bicycle

    The city of Paris is about to enact an ambitious new climate Plan and we discuss the commitment to building a cyclist friendly urban centre; We also delve into the design history of the bicycle; and visit a man who makes penny farthings.

    • 54 min
    Nam Le on Iowa City, Provincetown and becoming a writer and hors d'oeuvres with Elizabeth David

    Nam Le on Iowa City, Provincetown and becoming a writer and hors d'oeuvres with Elizabeth David

    Internationally renowned designer Bethan Laura Wood is building a library like no other; she gives us a tour of Kaleidoscope-o-rama; Nam Le, award winning author of The Boat, takes us to the two places that shaped him as a writer; and Annie Smithers cooks Elizabeth David's courgettes à la grecque.

    • 54 min
    Optimistic design the Solarpunk way, trend cycles spinning out and a museum of disgusting foods

    Optimistic design the Solarpunk way, trend cycles spinning out and a museum of disgusting foods

    Solarpunk's vision for a brighter future, the churn of aesthetic trends online and why we find some foods disgusting.

    • 54 min
    Besha Rodell predicts 2024 food trends, Nathan Thrall on Jerusalem and Guy Grossi's last supper

    Besha Rodell predicts 2024 food trends, Nathan Thrall on Jerusalem and Guy Grossi's last supper

    Besha Rodell casts her gaze back on the food scene that was 2023 and makes her predictions for 2024; Journalist and author Nathan Thrall takes us to the city he calls the most divided in the world – his home city of Jerusalem.

    • 54 min
    Aesthetic uniformity, hipster cafes and Neutraface, the ubiquitous signifier of gentrification

    Aesthetic uniformity, hipster cafes and Neutraface, the ubiquitous signifier of gentrification

    Exposed brick, smashed avocado, hanging Edison bulbs, the patina of industry and reclaimed wood furniture – this is the algorithmic aesthetic writer and critic, Kyle Chayka investigates in his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Also, the history of Neturaface, dubbed the gentrification font; and a conversation with Grand Designs Transformations host, Anthony Burke about the relationship between architecture, economic insecurity and home renovation.

    • 54 min

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