Podcasts de cities

Conversation 1 — Fred Scharmen — Zero-G Carnival

A short post-script to the Space Age episodes — we talked to Fred Scharmen about the mid 1970s...

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41 — '2001 – A Space Odyssey' 2/2 — Live on BBC 12

The second part of our discussion of '2001 — A Space Odyssey'. At a certain point quite early...

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40 — '2001 – A Space Odyssey' 1/2 — Pink Upholstery in Cartesian Space

Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001 a space odyssey is the iconic depiction of space travel,...

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39 — Catastrophe Curves — Early 90s Computer Architecture

The 1990s were when computers really entered the mainstream of architecture. The rise of personal...

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38 — Le Corbusier — 9 — Villa Stein & Villa Savoye

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37 — Le Corbusier — 8 — Five Points Towards a New Architecture

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36 —  Bernard Rudofsky & 'Architecture Without Architects'

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51 — Nicholas Hawksmoor's Churches — 1 of 2

Nicholas Hawksmoor, born in 1661, built six churches in London between 1711 and his death in...

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52 — Nicholas Hawksmoor's Churches — 2 of 2

We conclude our discussion of the churches of Nicholas Hawksmoor in London, featuring discussion...

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53 — Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira — 1/3 — Radio School

Katsuhiro Otomo’s vast magnum opus ‘Akira’ (1982-90) is one of the landmarks of late 20th century...

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54 — Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira — 2/3 — Exploding Neo-Tokyo Twice

In the second part of our discussion, we talk through the whole, incredibly epic six-volume manga...

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55 — Katsuhiro Otomo's 'Akira' — 3/3 — Good for Health, Bad for Education

In this concluding part of our discussion, we interview Anna Mill, artist of ‘Square Eyes’ about...

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56 — The Reactionaries — 1/2 — Interwar Anxieties

Come and see us record a live episode at Dulwich Picture Gallery on the 26th June! We'd love to...

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Conversation 3 — Dulwich Picture Gallery — Soane in The Colour Palace

This is the audio from our live panel discussion at Dulwich Picture Gallery, where we were joined...

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57 — The Reactionaries — 2/3 — Caesar's Palace without the Fun

In our second episode on Reactionaries, we explore the rejection of modernism by traditionalist...

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58 — The Reactionaries — 3/3 — The Empire Strikes Back

In our final episode on Reactionaries, we explore the politics and theory that underpinned the...

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50 — 19th c Machine Utopias — 2/2 — Looking Backwards

The second part of our discussion of the utopias and dystopias of the late 19th century 'machine...

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59 — Reyner Banham — 1/2 — Science for Kicks

As requested by the listeners, part one of a two parter on Reyner Banham! Banham was an...

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60 — Reyner Banham — 2/2 — Design By Choice

In our second and final episode on Reyner Banham, we discuss his pivot to Los Angeles, his love...

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61 — Alberti — 1/2 — De Re Aedificatoria

In this first episode of a two parter, we tackle the original big beautiful bouncing boy of the...

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