Best ICON Meals Podcasts (2024)

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Matt Preston, Baker Bleu, and an architectural history of student protests 54:04

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Uni student protests: An architectural history What impact has the built environment had on student protests on campus? How have universities responded architecturally in order to curb dissent? Matt Preston: Big Mouth The former MasterChef judge, restaurant critic and radio host discusses his memoir Big Mouth. The rise and rise of Baker Bleu The Ba…

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Charcuterie, a mid-century modernist icon, and permaculture as a beacon of hope 54:02

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Annie Smithers cooks Elizabeth David - Charcuterie What’s your relationship like with your local sausage maker? Learn about French techniques and recipes that bring to life the art of charcuterie, celebrating its rich flavours and cultural significance. What is the future for WA’s forests? She spent an enchanted childhood exploring her great-grandf…

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Viking cinnamon buns, Bruce Pascoe's object of desire, and can churches solve the housing crisis? 54:04

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Breaking news: Vikings enjoyed cinnamon buns Why is vanilla a byword for boring? How did peppercorns end up next to salt on every western table? Did you know the Vikings were rather partial to cinnamon buns? Food writer Eleanor Ford explores the rich history of spices. Can churches solve the housing crisis? The Australian housing crisis rolls on wi…

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Paul Bangay tours the Murdoch family farm, and the meat name game heats up 54:02

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Your weekly expedition to the heart of modern life through buildings, design, gardens and food.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Future-proofing our beloved cities, and Hetty Lui McKinnon's last meal 54:04

16d ago54:04

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From ancient Roman aqueducts to futuristic vertical farms, how can we blend historical wisdom and cutting-edge technology to make our cities resilient places to live? What would food writer Hetty Lui McKinnon eat if it was her last day on Earth? And a writer takes us on a tour of his beloved Queensland coastal town.…

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Saudi Arabia’s 'The Line' and architectural megalomania 54:04

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Stretching for 170 kilometres and soaring 500 metres into the sky, how does The Line rank among the most grandiose architectural efforts in history? The story behind a Vogue editor's beloved Chanel jacket; and who wields the real influence when it comes to the world of social media food influencers?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Re-designing the nature strip and re-inventing the suburban backyard 53:56

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Re-inventing the suburban backyard with regeneration and community in mind; re-designing the nature strip; Elizabeth David's Gratin Dauphinois and Besha Rodell's love of vintage glassware.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The lost art of dress and a tour of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 54:05

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If you are dressed head to toe in black, polyester, nylon or some combination thereof, you may need a dress doctor. Linda Przybyszewski - Dress maker, historian and author of The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish - discusses the history of the dress doctors who helped women design, make and choose clothing for the workplace…

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The alt right diet, meat and masculinity and chef Jo Barrett's last supper 53:57

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Raw meat, egg slonking, seed oil panic and the war on “soy globalism” - welcome to the obscurantist dietary fixations of the alt right. Jan Dutkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at the Pratt Institute, explains how diet became a central issue in the culture war; And by way of c…

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Paris' radical climate plan and a design history of the bicycle 54:04

2M ago54:04

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The city of Paris is about to enact an ambitious new climate Plan and we discuss the commitment to building a cyclist friendly urban centre; We also delve into the design history of the bicycle; and visit a man who makes penny farthings.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Nam Le on Iowa City, Provincetown and becoming a writer and hors d'oeuvres with Elizabeth David 54:04

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Internationally renowned designer Bethan Laura Wood is building a library like no other; she gives us a tour of Kaleidoscope-o-rama; Nam Le, award winning author of The Boat, takes us to the two places that shaped him as a writer; and Annie Smithers cooks Elizabeth David's courgettes à la grecque.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Optimistic design the Solarpunk way, trend cycles spinning out and a museum of disgusting foods 54:04

3M ago54:04

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Solarpunk's vision for a brighter future, the churn of aesthetic trends online and why we find some foods disgusting.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Besha Rodell predicts 2024 food trends, Nathan Thrall on Jerusalem and Guy Grossi's last supper 54:04

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Besha Rodell casts her gaze back on the food scene that was 2023 and makes her predictions for 2024; Journalist and author Nathan Thrall takes us to the city he calls the most divided in the world – his home city of Jerusalem.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Aesthetic uniformity, hipster cafes and Neutraface, the ubiquitous signifier of gentrification 54:04

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Exposed brick, smashed avocado, hanging Edison bulbs, the patina of industry and reclaimed wood furniture – this is the algorithmic aesthetic writer and critic, Kyle Chayka investigates in his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Also, the history of Neturaface, dubbed the gentrification font; and a conversation with Grand Desig…

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Kevin McCloud on good design, Yanis Varoufakis' sense of place and Annie Smithers' homage to Elizabeth David 54:07

3M ago54:07

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Kevin McCloud on the definition of good design, why Grand Designs is such a compelling proposition; Yanis Varoufakis reflects on growing up in the shadow of the Parthenon, on his idyllic childhood and its contrast to the brutal political reality against which it was set; and a new series in which Annie Smithers cooks her way through Elizabeth David…

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A psychoanalytic account of comfort eating, the fate of COVID-core comfort wear and the design history of the comfy chair 54:04

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Psychoanalyst Josh Cohen reflects on the contradictions, conflicts and the disordered and divided appetites of the modern individual and Colin Bisset gives a design history of the comfortable chair.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Blueprint For Living: Bee Wilson on loss and cooking, Dan Hunter's last supper and Lucy Treloar on a ghost town in South Australia 54:00

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This week, a haunted edition of Blueprint: a meditation, through food, cooking and place, on loss and the insistence of the past.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The architectural and environmental legacies of colonisation 54:05

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The settler-colonial project involved the imposition of European conceptions of natural landscape on the one hand, and the built world on the other. Jack Pascoe, Owen Hatherley and Michael-Shawn Fletcher consider the legacy of colonialism - its persistent myths and enduring imprint on the Australian landscape.…

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The greigification of interiors and the netural-colours of stealth wealth 54:06

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From the landlord special - beige-grey laminate, vast empty spaces, and colourless walls - to the neutral-coloured knitwear favoured by todays wealthy elite, we discuss aesthetic conformity and homogeneity in the worlds of fashion, architecture and design.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Cruise ships, cargo ships and capital 54:07

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Professor Laleh Khalili discusses the movement of cargo, capital and cruiseliners across the globe and the human economy and exploitative labour practices upon which it relies.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' 54:07

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The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by foot or bike — has become a harbinger of big brother in conspiracy-land.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A scholarly paean to leftovers and the festishisation of decay 54:07

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Tamar Adler explains how to use the Marcella Hazan tomato sauce onion and how to talk about no-waste cooking without moralism; Tom Wilkinson discusses the ideological and political context of the contemporary architectural fetish for decay.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Blueprint x Christmas: a very seasonal romp through food, gardens and design 54:05

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Rummage through the essential cultural ingredients - design, architecture, food, travel and fashion.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Pasta and food writing with Rachel Roddy and the challenges of urban planning in Reykjavik 54:04

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Iconic food writer, Rachel Roddy, talks pasta, literary influence, Roman food culture, and writing about Italian food as an outsider; and Brent Toderian discusses Reykjavik’s urban development plan competition, the problem of car dependency and the populist backlash to the 15 minute city.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Building modern Australian universities, fashion in the age of AIDS and Tokyo's Yoyogi gymnasium 54:04

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A survey of the history and legacy of Australian built university campuses; fashion in the age of AIDS; Chef Annie Smithers on what to do with your broad bean leaves and design writer, Colin Bisset on Tokyo's Yoyogi gymnasiumBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A design history of the sneaker and the legacy of iconic designer Garry Emery 54:04

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A tour of an iconic designer's city with Garry Emery, a design history of the sneaker and Paul Bangay on his life in gardens.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Re-designing the planet with Liam Young, ecological protection and the design history of the mason jar 54:04

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Filmmaker and architect, Liam Young gives us a tour of his radically re-imagined city of the future; Jack Pascoe explains why recognition of cultural significance is required for ecological protection and Colin Bisset on the design history of the mason jar.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Plant detectives and redefining Australian food 54:06

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Its arguably one of the most universally reviled features of the plant world but pollen has proven invaluable to detectives in solving crimes, from revelations of war crimes to the identification of murderers.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Menu uniformity and the scourge of kingfish crudo and a conversation with Carlos Moreno, inventor of the 15 minute city 54:05

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Critic Jill Dupleix on the ubiquity of kingfish crudo and burrata and Carlos Moreno, inventor of the 15 minute city and target of conspiracy theorists on why proximity should be at the heart of urban planning.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Conservation or intervention? How to manage Australia's native forests; and a conversation with Stephanie Alexander 54:05

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The question of what should follow in the wake of the decision t. o end native forest logging in Victoria has exposed deep divisions over how best to manage Australian forests. Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher discusses.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Reinier de Graaf on the new language of building and the legacy of Clarence Chai 54:04

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Sustainability, wellbeing, placemaking, innovation, liveability: welcome to the hollowed-out language of architecture in the 21st century.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Kate Reid's journey from Formula 1 to the boulangerie 54:04

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In this edition of Blueprint For Living, an audience with a croissant engineer, a Turner Prize winner, and the car grille. Stay for the buxus party.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Siegfried Kracauer's analysis of class and urban spaces and garden designer Peter Donegan's favourite tree 54:04

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Why do todays domestic interiors mimic 4 star hotels and what might Siegfried Kracauer have said about it? Renown garden designer Peter Donegan on why the hawthorn is his favourite tree; and Annie Smithers with a way to prepare asparagus that is sublime in its simplicity.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Meat, masculinity and the culture war and a post-war solution to the housing crisis 54:04

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Raw meat, egg slonking, seed oil panic and the war on “soy globalism” - welcome to the dizzying dietary fixations of the alt right.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Childless cities and the architecture of therapy 54:07

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Alexandra Lange - award winning design critic, writer, author of The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids - reflects on why our cities seem so antagonistic to children and what a city designed for children might look like.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The ideology of meat consumption and the history of the men's suit in the formation of modern Jewish identity 54:06

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From 'return to the land' rhetoric of celebrity chefs-turned-farmers to the idyllic pastoral scenes depicted on the packaging of supermarket pork chops, 'meat love' - according to cultural critic and writer, Amber Husain - continues to obscure the violence entailed in and political implications of meat consumption.…

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An urban tree recovery initiative and demystifying the meaning of 'plant based' 54:07

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A visit to Revival Projects where Director, Robbie Neville, has established Melbourne's first inner-city timber mill and kiln.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The effects of franchise-chain capitalism and the history of the Norwegian sweater 54:04

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The arrival of Wendy's in Australia, a tour of a late winter garden, the implications of our food choices and the history of the Marius sweaterBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Food, national identity and the myth of authenticity and a tour of the National Herbarium 54:04

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Rummage through the essential cultural ingredients - design, architecture, food, travel and fashion.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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George Monbiot's culinary regenesis, and a utopian architect 54:04

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George Monbiot wants to turn the global food industry on its head – from radical changes in farming practices to 3D-printed steaks. The prolific writer, environmental activist, and rewilder, explores this and more in his latest book, Regenesis. Then it's time to meet an eccentric, little-known modernist architect who fought conventions and eschewed…

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Decline of the Australian fashion industry, architecture and acoustics and rewilding Great Dixter 54:04

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Lucianne Tonti on the decline of a once thriving local industry and the complex set of forces that have produced aesthetic uniformity in the world of fashion. And Tim Entwisle talks to Fergus Garrett, world renown garden designer, about the rewilding of Great Dixter.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Food culture in Sydney and Melbourne and dam removal across Europe 54:04

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The ever-changing food landscapes and never-ending rivalry of Sydney and Melbourne and the growing movement for dam removal and river restoration across Europe.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The greigification of interiors, the netural-colours of stealth wealth and finding beauty in the bare winter garden 53:56

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From the landlord special - beige-grey laminate, vast empty spaces, and colourless walls - to the neutral-coloured knitwear favoured by todays wealthy elite, we discuss aesthetic conformity and homogeneity in the worlds of fashion, architecture and design.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Reimagining flood plain development and restoring Australia's architectural treasures 54:04

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As floods increase in frequency and intensity, do geographical realities need to be at the centre of planning decisions in order to protect flood-prone communities?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A story of design, technology and material and a cultural history of the gay bar 53:56

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An exhibition that tells the story of design, technology, material and culture and Jeremy Atherton Lin on the history of the gay bar.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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An artistic approach to coastal defence and retrofitting earthquake-prone buildings 54:09

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The Dell Eco Reef is an innovative and artistic approach to coastal defence, installed in the City of Greater Geelong, combining new technology and knowledge of intertidal ecosystems.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Discovering psychogeography and the hidden cost of electric vehicles 54:07

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Rummage through the essential cultural ingredients - design, architecture, food, travel and fashion.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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