Episodes

  • Massimo Bottura: “Enjoy the Ride”

    Massimo Bottura: “Enjoy the Ride”
    Dec 11 2024
    Some celebrity chefs transcend the art of simply cooking an amazing meal by understanding how food brings people together as part of contemporary culture. On this episode, Dan speaks with Italian chef Massimo Bottura about the keys to his success; struggling with critics in the early days of his now-legendary eatery Osteria Francescana; why he chose to start his own label of aged balsamic; his latest book, “Slow Food, Fast Cars,” which he wrote with his wife, Lara Gilmore, about their prized bed-and-breakfast, Casa Maria Luigia; his love of Ducati motorbikes; and much more.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • AGO Projects: “Urban Safari Meets Preppy Punk”

    AGO Projects: “Urban Safari Meets Preppy Punk”
    Dec 4 2024
    Celebrated designers and gallerists Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg bring a one-of-a-kind, joyful, and sophisticated eye to their world of design. Using their Mexico City–based space AGO Projects and interiors firm AGO Interiors, the duo in love and life represent artists that are just as creative as their own private residential projects around the globe. On this episode, Rodman and Rudy speak with Dan about their new book, how the world of collecting design has evolved, their advice on new talents, how they describe their aesthetic, and who the gallery would call first in an emergency.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Living the Dream: Island Escape

    Living the Dream: Island Escape
    Nov 20 2024
    Dreaming of a well-designed, sun-drenched haven all to yourself, surrounded by the sea? On this special episode brought to you by Janus et Cie, Dan speaks with four incredible guests who know a thing or two about living well under the sun: an American interior designer who made the big full-time move to Greece after the pandemic; a rising star in the world of spirits who knows where the smart crowd lives it up in the Caribbean; and a designing duo who found bliss and fantastic architecture on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Frida Escobedo: The Curious Architect

    Frida Escobedo: The Curious Architect
    Nov 13 2024
    Mexican architect Frida Escobedo is a once-in-a-generation breakthrough talent who is bringing a new, refreshing point of view to her profession. On this episode, Dan speaks with the designer about her creative process, her upcoming expansion of New York’s Met Museum, the key lessons she thinks all students should hear, how she deals with critics, and her first-ever residential condo building in New York, Bergen.

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    49 mins
  • Martina Mondadori: Cabana Magazine’s High Priestess of Design

    Martina Mondadori: Cabana Magazine’s High Priestess of Design
    Nov 6 2024
    For the past decade, one independent magazine has been reshaping our idea of design: the Milan-based biannual Cabana. Through its lush interiors and nostalgic eye on Milanese style, it has inspired a new generation of aficionados on what good taste is in the 21st century. On this episode, Dan speaks with its founder and editor, Martina Mondadori, about how the stylish title came to be, her upbringing in an influential Italian family, the media brand’s expansion into furniture and accessories, and her new book celebrating Cabana’s 10th anniversary.

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    53 mins
  • Judy Chicago: Revelations

    Judy Chicago: Revelations
    Oct 30 2024
    Artist and educator Judy Chicago has revolutionized the art world with her unique and brave takes on art from a feminist perspective. On this special episode, Chicago reads excerpts from five chapters of her recent book “Revelations,” which explores a new creation myth, brings to light forgotten heroes of history, tells a new kind of harrowing end-of-days story, and more. Between the chapters, Chicago gives advice to young artists and activists, tells her own personal story that informed the book, and sets her record straight on what feminism is really all about.

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • A Culture at War: Ukraine and the Art of Resistance

    A Culture at War: Ukraine and the Art of Resistance
    Oct 23 2024
    On this special episode, Dan speaks with designers and curators dealing with the many facets of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: from Max Gorbatskyi and Viktoria Bavykina, who conceived “Net Making,” the country’s pavilion at the recent Art Biennale in Venice, to Sasha Topolnytska, who co-curated the summer exhibition “Constructing Hope: Ukraine” at New York’s Center for Architecture, and designing couple Victoria Karieva and Andrii Anisimov of the Kyiv-based interiors firm Between the Walls, who are building a business amid rolling blackouts and satellite internet.

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    58 mins
  • The Grand Tourist Introduces: Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Sophie Lou Jacobsen, BoND

    The Grand Tourist Introduces: Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Sophie Lou Jacobsen, BoND
    Oct 16 2024
    On this special episode sponsored by Lumens, Dan speaks with three emerging design studios: Charlap Hyman & Herrero, a bicoastal firm that brings a curatorial eye to a variety of spaces; Sophie Lou Jacobsen, a product designer who taps a sense of nostalgia for her works in glass and metal; and BoND, a New York architecture firm that creates galleries, boutiques, and homes with an unconventional, often alluring point of view.

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    1 hr and 24 mins