Time Sensitive Podcast The Slowdown

Israeli singer-songwriter and humanitarian David Broza talks about music as a connective tissue, how dialogue can lead to respect, and why feeling trumps thinking almost every time.

Writer, editor, and craftsperson Deborah Needleman, the former editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, talks about the pleasures of producing objects from modest materials, what her current craft endeavors have in common with magazine-making, and the deep inherent value of a patina.

Bethann Hardison, a diversity advocate, former model and agent, and Gucci’s executive advisor for global equity and cultural engagement, talks about about her “queen-ager” energy, her glass-half-full philosophies around death and dying, and her efforts to call out the fashion industry for racism and lack of representation.

Paola Antonelli, the Museum of Modern Art’s senior curator of architecture and design as well as its director of R&D, talks about time as a frustration, the myth of speed, the importance of going with the flow, and the many design emergencies constantly taking place all around us.

Artist and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar talks about how tragedies reveal inequities, gathering multiple perspectives to understand global issues, and slowing people down so that they can see.

Dan Barber, chef and co-owner of the restaurants Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in upstate New York, talks about food scraps as part of a chef’s DNA, the distinctive role that restaurants can play in supporting social movements, and why producing more food won’t solve food insecurity.