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USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love

USModernist Radio

Listen to one of America"s top-rated architecture podcasts as the USModernist® Radio crew talks and laughs with fascinating people who own, create, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most controversial houses and buildings in the world.

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47:08

#418/Dustin Bramell + Cary O'Dell + Sarah and Debbie...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/08/18

Every serious Modernist fan knows about the Case Study Houses, the legendary program started by John Entenza of Arts and Architecture Magazine in the 1950’s, attracting top and emerging architects to create affordable houses for Los Angeles. We’ll talk with Dustin Bramell, who’s working to create a new series of Case Study Houses; Cary O’Dell on the great Bucky Fuller; mother-daughter duo Sarah and Debbie Dykstra share the story of their Frank Lloyd Wright house, and music by Lenore Raphael.

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01:06:56

#417/Author Pairs: Corey and Margaret Bienert +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/08/11

Our last set of poolside interviews from Modernism Week 2025 features three fun and exciting author pairs: Corey and Margeret Bienert on midcentury motels, Jonathan Schroeder and Janet Borgerson on instructional records, and Adriene Biondo and Chris Nichols on the sporting craze of the 1950's - bowling!

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55:24

#416/Sam Lubell + Sarah Broughton + John Rowland +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/08/04

Welcome to USModernist Radio, where we talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most exciting and controversial buildings in the world. It’s Monday, August 4, and we’ve got prolific architecture author Sam Lubell, Colorado architects Rowland and Broughton, and musical guest Taurey Butler. Plus, a new addition for the USModernist Archives - we're taking on architecture podcasts that stopped producing new episodes - and

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#415/Charles Phoenix + Barton Jahncke + Tiki with...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/07/28

From the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, it’s a full schedule of poolside guests. We’ve got pop culture historian Charles Phoenix, the Craig Ellwood Whisperer Barton Jahncke, and authors Peter Moruzzi and Sven Kirsten on the most fun you can have in a brightly colored Polynesian shirt - tiki bars.

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01:20:45

#414/Architects Tod Williams + Paul Masi + Jon Gentry...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/07/21

On the blue plate special today we’ve got a full platter of deliciously talented architects, with Tod Williams, Paul Masi, and Jon Gentry. Later on for a jazzy dessert, music with Carrie Marshall.

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01:10:09

#413/Daughters Of Design Saarinen Bertoia Eames +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/07/14

Recorded poolside at the swanky USModernist compound during Modernism Week 2025, this week we’re hanging with the Daughters of Design: Susan Saarinen, Celia Bertoia, and Carla Hartman. Back in the studio, authors Phillip Cox and Niall Cronin on architect Evans Woollen, and later, a well-known NPR host who’s toured with Pink Martini, special musical guest Ari Shapiro.

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01:04:05

#412/Sian Winship + Bobak Ha'eri + Spencer Luckey +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/07/07

Joining us today is architectural historian Sian Winship; Minnesota’s MVP for midcentury modern, Bobak Ha’Eri; Spencer Luckey on his playgrounds, and music by jazz pianist Lenore Raphael.

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48:06

#411/All About Mies with Iveta Cerna + Dirk Lohan +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/06/30

From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound during Modernism Week, we’re all about two architects: Chicago’s Mies van der Rohe with guests Iveta Cerna, director of the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic; and Mies’s grandson, architect Dirk Lohan. Later on, we’ll hear from Max Strang, archivist of Gene Leedy and his impressive Florida architecture.

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01:09:59

#410/Capital Brutalism with Angela Person and Aileen...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/06/23

This week is the close of a wildly popular exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington DC called Capital Brutalism, the history of DC’s best Modernist buildings. With us is Executive Director Aileen Fuchs and head curator Angela Person. Heading to California, we’ll hear what happened to a couple who went all-in on prefab, which is great, but then their prefab company went belly up, which is not. Later on, special musical guest Madeleine Peyroux dances us to the end of love.

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58:10

#409/Chris Rawlins on Horace Gifford + Donald Luxton...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/06/16

From poolside in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, today’s guests are authors Chris Rawlins on Fire Island’s Horace Gifford, Donald Luxton on Vancouver’s Arthur Erickson, and recorded at the PRP4 DOCOMOMO conference in Boston, David Fixler.

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01:23:35

#408/Authors Nora Wendl + Todd Gannon + Kevin Murphy...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/06/09

When you hear about architect Mies van der Rohe and his famous Farnsworth House in Plano Illinois, little is said of the client. Today you’ll learn the real story of Dr. Edith Farnsworth from author Nora Wendl, we talk with Todd Gannon about architect Frank Israel, plus authors Kevin Murphy and Mary Anne Hunting on women architects in the early days of Modernism. Later on, tacos with musical guest Gabrielle Stravelli.

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01:08:11

#407/Men About Town: Christopher Kennedy + Kip...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/06/02

From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs, today’s guests are the three distinguished men about town. Need a midcentury sofa in green tomorrow? How about a tour for 25? Or a private cocktail party at the Dinah Shore house? Who are you gonna call? As the expression goes, we got a guy, actually three guys, who make these wonderful kinds of things happen.

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01:01:55

#406/Ben Rousseau + Ian Koblick + John Jennifer Marx

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/05/26

From watches to undersea lodges to 21st century architecture, we’ll step outside the box a bit today to talk exquisite timepieces with Ben Rousseau, underwater house pioneer Ian Koblick, and architect John Jennifer Marx.

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57:47

#405/Colin Flavin + Tim Techler + Halsey Smith +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/05/19

From poolside at Modernism Week 2025, we’ll talk with Colin Flavin, Halsey Smith, and Tim Techler on the architecture of Walter Gropius in Massachusetts and William Krisel in Palm Springs. Back in the studio, San Diego’s top Modernist realtor and ardent preservationist Keith York has a new book on Craig Ellwood -- and Alexandra Bregman hunts for a Philip Johnson house. UPDATE: A previous version of this episode gave the incorrect location for Tim Techler's practice. He is based in Newton MA.

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48:58

#404/Celeste Robbins + Grant Kirkpatrick + Duan Tran...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/05/12

Today on the show number 404, architects Celeste Robbins, Grant Kirkpatrick, and Duan Tran, and podcast host Lisa Gralnek. Plus the wit and wisdom of Modernist homeowner, Burt Reynolds!

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01:11:32

#403/Steve Treinen + James Cioffi + Helen Thompson +...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/05/05

From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, we will meet Steve Treinen, with a new book on the Indian Canyons area in Palm Springs, plus Palm Springs architect James Cioffi, who sheds light on a pervasive myth. Back in the studio, we’ll hear from author Helen Thompson on Aspen plus lovely tunes from musical guest Champian Fulton.

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01:12:30

#402/National Notables: National Trust's Carol...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/04/28

Today we’ll visit with the CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Carol Quillen; the 2025 President of the AIA, Evelyn Lee; the founder of Tucson Modern, Demion Clinco, and the co-host of HGTV’s Who's Afraid of a Cheap Old House, Elizabeth Finkelstein.

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01:27:18

#401/DOCOMOMO's Liz Wayktus + Photographer Andrew...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/04/21

From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs during Modernism Week 2025, we’ll talk to Liz Waytkus, Executive Director of DOCOMOMO-US and photographer-on-a-quest Andrew Pielage. Back in the studio, we’ll hear from LA’s architect to the stars, Paul McClean and musical guest Laura Anglade.

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01:24:23

#400/Ten Years of USModernist Radio! Highlights Show

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/04/14

Since launching the podcast ten years ago in 2015, hosts George Smart and Tom Guild have had fascinating conversations with over 700 guests, including architects, owners, media, critics, authors, actors, and jazz performers. USModernist Radio is one of America’s top-rated architecture and jazz podcasts, ranked in the past as #1 by Atomic Ranch and #2 by Dwell. The 400th episode features interviews with actress and Modernist preservationist Kelly Lynch and architecture critic Kate Wagner; the

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01:02:31

#399/The Palm Springs School: Alan Hess + Janice...

USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love ·

2025/04/07

From poolside at the swanky USModernist compound in Palm Springs, three stars of the Modernist movement, Alan Hess + Janice Lyle + Sidney Williams, discussing what’s become known as the Palm Springs School of Modernism and an accompanying new book. From the studio, Russell Brown and Tom Lazarus on their recent stage play called LISTING, plus returning musical guest Colleen Duffy of Devil Doll.

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