While our busy schedules didn't allow us to release as many episodes this year, compared to the last few years, 2019 was a great year for Archinect Sessions. We gained thousands of new subscribers and more than doubled the number of listens per episode. Here's a list of 2019's most popular episodes, in descending order...
10. A Conversation with Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown
Rusty Long, an architect based in Cary, North Carolina, was one of approximately 800,000 individuals furloughed by the Government Shutdown in the beginning of the year. We spoke with him about how and why he entered public service, the work he typically undertakes as a state architect, and the problems that this shutdown caused for him, his colleague and the US taxpayers in general.
9. Afternoon Delight with Midnight Charette
A fun conversation with David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, the hosts of the Midnight Charette podcast. It's always fun to commiserate with other podcasters.
8. From Tower Fantasies to Writing Realities
On this episode we spoke with Carlo Aiello, a Mexican-born, LA-based designer and founder of eVolo, one of the most popular speculative competitions out there. We learned more about the annual skyscraper competition-turned-publication, along this Carlo's personal product design work.
7. Space Settlements; A Conversation with Author Fred Scharmen
Fred Scharmen is al old friend of Archinect's, and a super smart guy with an amazing book that was released this year. Our conversation covered his research leading up to this book, the process of writing the book and the fascinating stories discovered along the way.
On episode #144 we were joined by the Chilean Pritzker winner Alejandro Aravena. Our conversation coincided with his winning another significant prize, the ULI J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.
In this episode we spoke with the leadership team responsible for the upcoming Brown University Performing Arts Center – Joshua Ramus of REX, Carl Giegold of Threshold Acoustics and David Rosenburg of Theatre Projects. It was a fascinating exploration into this beautiful, highly complex project.
4. Everything's Gonna Be Great
Eva Hagberg, a NY-based writer, architectural consultant, and an overall incredible woman, joined us to talk about her architectural studies and how that transitioned into a successful writing career spanning architecture criticism to writing about her own life in her recently published memoir How to Be Loved.
3. A Conversation with Theaster Gates
It was a true pleasure having Theaster Gates join us for this inspiring conversation on his hand skills, black labor, neighborhood communities, and socio-cultural readings of beauty. As my co-host Ken says, "in 20 minutes I learned more about what's possible than an hour of Patrik."
2. In Conversation with Paul Goldberger
In June the acclaimed architecture critic and author, Paul Goldberger, joined us at Archinect Outpost to launch his latest book Ballpark. The discussion between myself and Goldberger was recorded live, and released to the podcast, becoming the second more listened-to episode of the year. We actually still have a few copies of the book available in our shop. If you're lucky, you'll get a one of the signed copies!
1. Olson Kundig's Alan Maskin on Icons and Architecture for Children
Our episode with Alan Maskin, partner and co-owner of Seattle-based Olson Kundig, was our most popular of the year, and probably the most enjoyable conversation of 2019. Alan was an incredibly interesting, smart and gracious guest, offering a wide-ranging discussion from his unique entry into the architecture world, to his work on iconic projects like the Seattle Space Needle. Ken commented, "Alan Maskin was just a profound listen. I can't think of anyone in the profession that hit me that hard."
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Everything's Gonna Be Great with Eva Hagberg was my personal favorite.
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I do not want to belabor my point, but there was a girl doing Neuro Science arch journalism and other highly intellectual shit going on when this podcast kicked ass (she had like two last names) and well yeah Eva was balls...but you know in accordance with theCode of Henry Rollins, that album with scientific data on the cover, is historical...
quick question - Sean, I remember you wrote some blog, believe I responded with Iannis Xenakis on Formal Music..that edge is missing here, bruhs and lovely ladies see what you can do for us plebes.
What's on the list for 2020?
Word on the street is that there are a couple of episodes dropping in the next few weeks. Both guests are women... one's a filmmaker and the other is an author/architectural historian.
Where's 'Design:ed'? https://www.designedpodcast.com/. I actually like it, not just plugging because I know him lol
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