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

Kathryn is impressed with Mike's mic skills.

but we're leaving

thanks to listener Dan H. for the tip!

Kathryn is getting her nephew high

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.…

is the perverse joy of being seen.

Kathryn introduced me to The Porkchops

kathryn is on her way out the door

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

she has plans to simulate the panic of being on stage at the yacht club

building a bronze statue

we had a business call, it was a 4/5

it's darkest before the dawn, but also there was an eclipse today

The power of outdoor advertising.

#neverforget

Kathryn is obsessed with the word of God.

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

hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog, hot dog,

mike is trying out smells

no gods, no bunnies

theoretical monkey saviors

kathryn is a philistine about film and tv until you start to talk to her about film or tv

that is not a typo

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…

Linda Hamilton, but no more

she's famous, as a bad dog

what we talk about when we're not podcasting

Kathryn teaches music theory

it's quiet... too quiet

mike is leaving the house

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…

time for kathryn to sleep outside

introducing the Church of Capitalism

Kathryn dives into the drama around the royal family

Lady Luck and the Queen James Version

also, we tired...

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

therapy and stuff too

Science, German Producers, Kate Middleton, and more...

Sweeps Week Update

Kathryn is tired, Mike is an architect

and a request for listener questions

kathryn on base

also, champion, styx, and sharp

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

Sweeps Week Day 5 of 8-ish

sometimes it's like pulling teeth over here

teo more pitched today...

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