Best L 2020 L 2021 Podcasts (2024)

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The Georgianna and Michael Show 30:20

11h ago30:20

30:20

Hey folks! Very exciting news from now on I'll be joined by the very talented Georgianna Hicks! In this episode we talk about preforming and being true to who you are as well as ideas we have for the show. *****LINKS***** you can find Georgianna on Instagram with the username Voluptoraptor For more from me (Michael) you can go to MichaelMuto.com…

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Post Punk Podge from 2020 20:52

12h ago20:52

20:52

In 2020 I had Post Punk Podge of Post Punk Podge and the Techno Hippies on the phone to talk about his music and inspirations ****LINKS***** Post Punk Podge and the Techno Hippies on BandcampBy Michael Muto

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Kevin Lambert, "Symbols and Things: Material Mathematics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021) 1:20:03

10d ago1:20:03

1:20:03

The stereotype of the solitary mathematician is widespread, but practicing users and producers of mathematics know well that our work depends heavily on our historical and contemporary fellow travelers. Yet we may not appreciate how our work also extends beyond us into our physical and societal environments. Kevin Lambert takes what might be a firs…

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I've Got News! 21:27

7d ago21:27

21:27

Hey folks this week well, I've got news. I am back on the radio! I'll be on Monday's and Friday's 1pm-3pm! Make sure to tune in on West Limerick 102fm. But don't worry this podcast will continue. As well as that I'm talking about working on my other podcast The Orchard Hard Drive the comedy sci-fi series. As well as that I give my opinions on the f…

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#72 just Etienne - DISCOnnect cast 1:03:54

13d ago1:03:54

1:03:54

We offer artists a platform to reach you far from the club scene - connected day and night.J U S T • E T I E N N E [@just-etienne, Magdeburg | GER] is a DJ and club owner with over 26 years in the game, has carved a niche in the electronic music scene with his deep affinity for house music. His journey began amidst the trance and techno wave of the…

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Jesse Thorn from 2021 19:37

14d ago19:37

19:37

Hi folks I'm re-aring my chat with Jesse Thorn from 2021. Jesse who you may know from podcasts such as Bullseye, Jordan Jesse Go and Judge John Hodgman. It was really wonderful to get the chance to speak with Jesse he was a huge inspiration so it was just great to chat with him. Don't forget to rate and review the podcast and to find more from me g…

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Both times I chatted with Bosco 37:25

23d ago37:25

37:25

On this week's show I am re-airing my two interviews with the one and only Bosco, Bosco is of course the beloved icon of Irish children's TV! It was a delight both times I got to chat with them. ------LINKS----- Video of the second interviewBy Michael Muto

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Wanting to not like something 21:10

1M ago21:10

21:10

Have you ever watched a film in a bad mood and deciding you're going to hate it? I talk about that and what I've been up to and some plans I have (including going live on Twitch in the coming days) ----links--- My Twitch channel The Orchard Hard Drive For more from me go to MichaelMuto.comBy Michael Muto

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I love Dragon Ball Z 20:03

1M ago20:03

20:03

This week we lost Dragon Ball z creator Akria Toriyama and I talk about his work. As well I talk about some books I want to read. I also talk about how I might start streaming myself painting soon on Twitch! ----links--- My Twitch channel Quinn's IdeasBy Michael Muto

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Victoria Perry, "A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape" (Hurst, 2022) 54:42

1M ago54:42

54:42

The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain's role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond bronze memorials; it continues to shape the entire visual fabric of the country. Architect Victor…

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Piotr Florczyk, "Swimming Pool" (Bloombury, 2024) 36:21

1M ago36:21

36:21

This instalment of the Object Lessons series focuses on the Swimming Pool (Bloomsbury, 2024). The book explores the pool as a place where humans seek to attain the unique union between mind and body. As a former world-ranked swimmer whose journey toward naturalisation and U.S. citizenship began with a swimming fellowship, Piotr Florczyk reflects on…

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Films I loved in 2023 22:54

2M ago22:54

22:54

It's Oscar weekend so I'm thinking about films here's some that I loved in the past 12 months. I also talk about some music I've been loving lately and the YouTube channel Patrick (H) Willems Also I forgot to mention I want to see Godzilla minus oneBy Michael Muto

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Hsuan L. Hsu, "Air Conditioning" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 44:14

1M ago44:14

44:14

Air conditioning aspires to be unnoticed. Yet, by manipulating the air around us, it quietly conditions the baseline conditions of our physical, mental, and emotional experience. From offices and libraries to contemporary art museums and shopping malls, climate control systems shore up the fantasy of a comfortable, self-contained body that does not…

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#71 The Chord Memory Club - DISCOnnect cast 1:03:53

1M ago1:03:53

1:03:53

We offer artists a platform to reach you far from the club scene - connected day and night.T H E • C H O R D • M E M O R Y • C L U B [@the-chord-memory-club | GER] is a furious electronic project based in Leipzig. Something between House, Planet Rock, Ambient Electronica and Indie Dance etc. It was founded by the two producers Workshop (@workshopfo…

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Casey Explosion from 2022 1:13:39

2M ago1:13:39

1:13:39

In 2022 I spoke to Casey about a lot of stuff including gaming, live streaming, being a VTuber, the origins of her avatars being a video game influencer, micro transactions, long term health issues and LGBTQIA issues we covered a LOT it's a great chat, Casey is awesome you can catch her on Twitch twitch.tv/caseyexplosion.…

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Episode 183 Jackie The Joke Man Martling Joke 0:31

2M ago0:31

0:31

Enjoy a funny joke from legendary joke teller Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, the former head writer for “The Howard Stern Show” that he provided for the Small Bites Radio audience. For more information on how to get a Cameo from him, tour dates, or how to buy his jokes go to https://www.jokeland.com/…

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Episode 183 2:29:02

2M ago2:29:02

2:29:02

Small Bites was still thrilled and humbled to win Metro Philly’s Best of Best 2023 Arts & Entertainment category and in 2024 we have been named 50 Best Hospitality Podcasts Worldwide You Must Follow in 2024, Best Food Network Podcasts Worldwide You Must Follow in 2024, 35 Best Philadelphia Lifestyle Blogs and Websites in 2024, 25 Best Philly Food B…

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Ned Hartley from 2022 24:33

2M ago24:33

24:33

Back in 2022 I sat down with Ned Hartley over a video call to talk about Bannanaman the Beano and all things kids comics! I had a really great chat and I must chat with him again. You can find lots of Ned's work on his website www.nedhartley.comBy Michael Muto

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Identity and Artistic Voice 20:31

2M ago20:31

20:31

In this episode I'm talking about artistic voice, what kind of art is a person making what way do they make it what are they saying and identity in general. As well as that how sometimes people get put into categories. other things are I've seen the film Babe. I also talk about new music by Beyoncé, Gossip and The Dandy Warhols I also talk about a …

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Sarah El-Kazaz, "Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul" (Duke UP, 2023) 51:27

2M ago51:27

51:27

In Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul (Duke UP, 2023), Sarah El-Kazaz takes readers into the world of urban planning and design practices in Istanbul and Cairo. In this transnational ethnography of neighborhoods undergoing contested rapid transformations, she reveals how the battle for ho…

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Despina Stratigakos, "Hitler’s Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied Norway" (Princeton UP, 2020) 58:38

2M ago58:38

58:38

In her new book Hitler’s Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied Norway (Princeton University Press, 2020), Despina Stratigakos investigates the Nazi occupation of Norway. Between 1940 and 1945, German occupiers transformed Norway into a vast construction zone. This remarkable building campaign, largely unknown today, was designed to ex…

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Good Manners 20:45

2M ago20:45

20:45

In this episode I'm talking about Paramore's cover of Talking Heads' Burning Down The House, commentary tracks and accidentally having good manners. Paramore - Burning Down The House Dog Race - Squeeze Richard Kind on Making a Short Film About Making a Short Film William Hanson's InstagramBy Michael Muto

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#70 Gräfin Zobel (vinyl only) - DISCOnnect cast 56:54

3M ago56:54

56:54

We offer artists a platform to reach you far from the club scene - connected day and night.G R Ä F I N • Z O B E L (engl.: Countess Zobel) [@graefin_zobel | GER] is a Brandenburger power woman, part time Berlin b and DJ. Infatuated with the timeless allure of old soul and jazz music, she transitioned from being a vinyl collector to a skillful DJ du…

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Eurovision, Rogue Trooper film and CBB action Figures 24:09

3M ago24:09

24:09

On this week I'm talking about Bambie Thug as Ireland's entry for Eurovision which I'm delighted about, Rogue Trooper film has been announced and Comedy Bang Bang has action figures now Bambie Thug Rogue Trooper Film Comedy Bang Bang action Figures Tips for talking on a microphoneBy Michael Muto

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Ismar Volić, "Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation" (Princeton UP, 2024) 39:40

3M ago39:40

39:40

What's the best way to determine what most voters want when multiple candidates are running? What's the fairest way to allocate legislative seats to different constituencies? What's the least distorted way to draw voting districts? Not the way we do things now. Democracy is mathematical to its very foundations. Yet most of the methods in use are a …

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Monday To Friday 22:49

3M ago22:49

22:49

On this episode I had an idea to record a little bit each day of the week, so you're getting a little in the moment of what I'm thinking about on that day. Let me know what you think of this ideaBy Michael Muto

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Painting! 22:04

3M ago22:04

22:04

On this weeks episode I am talking about painting! I love painting a lot! I also talk about music that I listen to while painting and actually, yep once again I talk about music that I made. this time opening and closing the plug bag themes I submitted to Comedy Bang Bang.By Michael Muto

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Talking about music 21:01

3M ago21:01

21:01

In this weeks episode I'm talking about the band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. the album In The Court Of The Crimson King and the documentary In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50. I also talk about and play a little of my own music. Also there's a bit of talk about Godzilla and blogs. In The Court of The Crimson King, King Cri…

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#69 PurpleSol - DISCOnnect cast 1:00:43

4M ago1:00:43

1:00:43

We offer artists a platform to reach you far from the club scene - connected day and night.Based in Dresden since late 2021, P U R P L E • S O L [@purplesol | GER] is an emerging DJ whose love for music was ignited by the upbeat, feel-good vibes of disco music at sunny festival floors.This enthusiasm for creating and sharing joy through music led P…

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Kateryna Malaia, "Taking the Soviet Union Apart Room by Room: Domestic Architecture before and after 1991" (Northern Illinois UP, 2023) 44:43

4M ago44:43

44:43

In Taking the Soviet Union Apart Room by Room: Domestic Architecture Before and After 1991 (Northern Illinois UP, 2023) Kateryna Malaia examines the transformation of domestic spaces and architecture during the period of perestroika (1985-1991) and the first post-Soviet decades. In analysing how Soviet and post-Soviet city dwellers altered their ho…

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Seth Bernard, "Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy" (Oxford UP, 2018) 35:32

4M ago35:32

35:32

Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy (Oxford University Press, 2018), offers a holistic treatment of the development of the Mid-Republican city from 396 to 168 BCE. As Romans established imperial control over Italy and beyond, the city itself radically transformed from an ambitious central Italian settlement into…

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Being Creative 22:38

4M ago22:38

22:38

On this weeks episode I'm talking about projects I want to work on this year. As well as that I'm talking about the film Oppenheimer and how much I loved it. ---Links--- My review of Oppenheimer Photos of my patches Contact me hereBy Michael Muto

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Virginia Chieffo Raguin, "The Illuminated Window: Stories Across Time" (Reaktion Books, 2023) 52:26

4M ago52:26

52:26

The Illuminated Window: Stories Across Times (Reaktion, 2023) is a unique journey through stained-glass installations that spans both time and place. Diverse in technique and style, these windows speak for the communities that created them. From the twelfth to the twenty-first century, we find in the windows stories of conflict, commemoration, devo…

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Susanna Phillips Newbury, "The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles" (U Minnesota Press, 2021) 38:06

4M ago38:06

38:06

Underlying every great city is a rich and vibrant culture that shapes the texture of life within. In The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles (U Minnesota Press, 2021), Susanna Phillips Newbury teases out how art and Los Angeles shaped one another’s evolution. She compellingly articulates how together they transf…

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So long 2023 21:18

4M ago21:18

21:18

The last episode of 2023 I talk about New Years and then I'm talking about some of my favorite things from the past year as well as look forward to the new year. ***LINKS*** My blog post talking about Zig and Zag and The Den A picture of what I look like these days Although now I say it, there's a picture of me basically looking like this in the po…

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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler, "Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 50:05

4M ago50:05

50:05

Albeit inspired by a progressive vision of a working environment without walls or hierarchies, the open plan office has come to be associated with some of the most dehumanizing and alienating aspects of the modern office. Jennifer Kaufman-Buhler's fascinating new book Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office (Bloomsbury, 2021) examines th…

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Holiday Spectacular 22:40

4M ago22:40

22:40

A special festive episode for you folks! I pop out for a bit of shopping around Limerick city and take you with me. then I take some phone calls with some interesting characters... And I have a little chat about films and traditions.By Michael Muto

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Daniel Campo, "Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons" (Fordham UP, 2023) 37:31

4M ago37:31

37:31

A pioneering Detroit automobile factory. A legendary iron mill at the edge of Pittsburgh. A campus of concrete grain elevators in Buffalo. Two monumental train stations, one in Buffalo, the other in Detroit. These once noble sites have since fallen from their towering grace. As local elected leaders did everything they could to destroy what was lef…

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Skinner 1:02:24

4M ago1:02:24

1:02:24

I sat down to chat with Skinner. Skinner is an awesome artist who's made loads of awesome stuff including, paintings, statures, toys, animations, album covers loads of stuff! it was a delight to chat with him. No you didn't imagine it there's an explicit tag on this episode! With some swearing but nothing too bad. Skinner's website…

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Tristan G. Brown, "Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China" (Princeton UP, 2023) 57:43

5M ago57:43

57:43

Welcome to another episode of New Books in Chinese Studies. I am your host, Julia Keblinska, and I am speaking today to Prof. Tristan Brown about his book, Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (Princeton UP, 2023). Brown’s book considers fengshui, that is, the knowledge of orienting structures, such as graves and houses, i…

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Ray Lonergan 31:17

4M ago31:17

31:17

My chat with Ray Lonergan who was one of my teachers when I was doing an art course at Cork College of FET Douglas Street Campus. We have a great chat about making art, learning about art and Ray's career. Douglas Street Campus Book that Ray recommends: Drawing On The Right Side of the brainBy Michael Muto

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Action Features 20:55

5M ago20:55

20:55

On today's episode I go for a little walk and talk about among other things how amazed I was by Kermit the frog riding a bike in the Muppet's Movie, Action figures with action features. then I go indoors to talk about what I found in a box of books as well as recommend lots some YouTube channels. My festive fun post Dalek 63-88 I finished A Video G…

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#68 Babxi - DISCOnnect cast 56:50

5M ago56:50

56:50

We offer artists a platform to reach you far from the club scene - connected day and night.For the last podcast in 2023 we have chosen B A B X I [@babxi, Berlin | GER] – she shares her unique repertoire, a 'Dreamcatcher of House and Disco' at some of Berlin’s biggest clubs: Sisyphos, KaterBlau, KitKatClub, Renate and Ritter Butzke, to name a few. A…

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Joshua Skarf, "ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion" (Urim, 2023) 45:57

5M ago45:57

45:57

Joshua Skarf's book ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion (Urim, 2023) is a collection of 178 short essays that investigate the Torah through the lens of architecture. Each essay briefly introduces a piece of architectural theory, a building, or a section of building code and then reexamines a well-known topic i…

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Daniel Jütte, "Transparency: The Material History of an Idea" (Yale UP, 2023) 1:03:03

5M ago1:03:03

1:03:03

Transparency is a mantra of our day. It is key to the Western understanding of a liberal society. We expect transparency from, for instance, political institutions, corporations, and the media. But how did it become such a powerful—and global—idea? From ancient glass to Apple’s corporate headquarters, Transparency: the Material History of an Idea (…

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Richard Schoch, "Shakespeare’s House: A Window onto his Life and Legacy" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 59:26

5M ago59:26

59:26

In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 – known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' – remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, it's not where he wrote any of his plays, and there's nothing inside the house that once belonged to Shak…

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Lydia Zvyagintseva and Mary Greenshields, "Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education" (Library Juice Press, 2022) 38:50

5M ago38:50

38:50

The question of land is largely absent in libraries. Deeply committed to the neoliberal project as a guiding ideology of the profession, libraries exist at once as ahistorical, atheoretical, and landless institutions in their understanding of themselves, their work, and their impact on people. Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of E…

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New podcast, who’s this? 13:52

5M ago13:52

13:52

A very quick first episode talking about ideas I have for the podcast as well as some news stories I want to share. Any thought let me know over at MichaelMuto.comBy Michael Muto

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Ruth Dalton, "Living in Houses: A Personal History English Domestic Architecture" (Lund Humphries, 2022) 45:02

5M ago45:02

45:02

In Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture (Lund Humphries, 2022), Dr. Ruth Dalton presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book cove…

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Episode 182 2:46:28

5M ago2:46:28

2:46:28

Small Bites is still thrilled and humbled to win Metro Philly’s Best of Best 2023 Arts & Entertainment category last week. We close out 2023 with our last episode of the year with a show so big it is close to 3 hours long with some of the biggest names in the food industry!!! See you again in 2024.D and L Coffee Service Inc. presents Small Bites Ra…

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