Talking Modernism
Talking Modernism - a podcast series exploring how our grandparents and great-grandparents changed the world. In each episode we explore a different aspect of modernism, the revolution in thinking from the 1920s and 30s, and what it can teach us about our world today
Podcasting since 2021 • 12 episodes
Talking Modernism
Latest Episodes
Episode 12 - Streamline moderne, Part 2
" Come tour the future with General Motors! A transcontinental flight over America in 1960! What will we see? What changes will transpire? "Conclusion of a 2-part series on Streamline moderne, In this episode I'll discuss...
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Episode 12
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Episode 11 - Streamline moderne, Part 1
“The airplane is the symbol of the new age . A new state of modern conscience. A new plastic vision. A new aesthetic. "Welcome back to the second season of Talking Modernism, and the first of a 2-part series on Stre...
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Episode 11
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Episode 10 - The 1925 Paris Exhibition, Part 3
"I know it when I see it”Final in a 3-part series on the 1925 Paris exposition and the Art Deco style. In this episode I explore the origins of the Art Deco style, especially its roots in avant-garde art. Plus the r...
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Episode 10
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Episode 9 - The 1925 Paris Exhibition, Part 2
"The first impression of the Exhibition is startling. Passing through the silver obelisk-like towers of the Port d’Honneur, one comes at once upon a cubist dream city, or the projection of a possible city in Mars, arisen overnight i...
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Episode 9
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