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Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives.

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    • 4.5 • 1.2K Ratings

Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives.

    Best of Design Matters: Rosanne Cash

    Best of Design Matters: Rosanne Cash

    For decades, Rosanne Cash has soared through the ranks of music with her powerhouse poetic skills and wistful reflections on her past. She has released 15 albums, won four Grammys, and authored four books, including a best-selling memoir. She joins to talk about her life and legendary career as a singer, songwriter, and author.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Best of Design Matters: Isaac Fitzgerald

    Best of Design Matters: Isaac Fitzgerald

    Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self.

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Best of Design Matters: Kevin Kelly

    Best of Design Matters: Kevin Kelly

    Digital visionary, bestselling author, founder of the popular Cool Tools website, and Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired magazine—Kevin Kelly joins to talk about his career, his new book, and his radical optimism about the future of our world and humanity.

    • 1 hr 28 min
    Best of Design Matters: Gloria Steinem

    Best of Design Matters: Gloria Steinem

    For over sixty years, Gloria Steinem has been at the center of American culture and political life, where she has been instrumental in shaping our ideas about feminism, humanity, and equal rights for all people. She joins to talk about her legendary career as an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, co-founder of one of the most significant magazines of the 21st century, and an activist whose work has impacted the place women and girls now have in the world.

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Pride 2024 with guests Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher and Kirsten Vangsness.

    Pride 2024 with guests Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher and Kirsten Vangsness.

    Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher, and Kirsten Vangsness reflect on their journeys and careers in this special Pride episode of Design Matters.

    • 32 min
    Scott Dadich

    Scott Dadich

    Scott Dadich is a designer, magazine editor, and filmmaker. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine, he now runs Godfrey Dadich Partners, a brand strategy and design company, where he is the Co-Founder and CEO. He joins to discuss his illustrious career and the multi-Emmy nominated series he created and produced, Abstract: The Art of Design.

    • 1 hr 18 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
1.2K Ratings

1.2K Ratings

Kathy Designs ,

Love Listening While Creating

Thanks for infusing my life with such incredibly creative and thought provoking guests. I’ve been listening in my studio for years and always inspires me to keep going.

cmdm ,

wow…what charm and…

real curiosity and fun…i love that debbie listens and lets the guests shine but when she does get personal, it fits right in…never miss an episode…

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Love Debbie!

I enjoy soaking in every podcast I get a chance to listen to. Thank you for the design inspiration and most importantly, being such a lovely human being.

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