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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world?s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives.

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Best of Design Matters: Lucy Sante

Renowned writer, cultural critic, and scholar of the demimonde Lucy Sante joins to discuss her career and a new memoir, ?I Heard Her Call My Name,? reflecting on her transition and self-actualization in her sixties.

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2025-04-14
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Carol Leifer

Writer?s Guild Award winner and Emmy-nominated comedian, writer, and producer for television shows such as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live, The Oscars, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more; Carol Leifer joins to talk about her new book, her writing, and her four-decade career in comedy.

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2025-04-07
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Jon Batiste

Widely recognized as a musical genius and once-in-a-generation talent, Jon Batiste is one of history?s most brilliant, prolific, and accomplished musicians. The Grammy, Emmy, and Oscar-winning star joins to discuss his legendary career, connecting people through a shared love of music.

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2025-03-31
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Michael Goldberg

Michael Goldberg is the Founder and CEO of Something Special Studios, a creative agency building brands, campaigns, and experiences designed to shape culture. He joins to discuss his multifaceted career and a recent creative endeavor, Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, a spectacular second showing of the world?s first art amusement park.

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2025-03-24
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Todd Pruzan

Todd Pruzan?a prolific writer, editor, and journalist?recently inherited a collection of several thousand New Yorker covers from his family spanning the past 77 years. He joins to read an essay that explores a number of realizations while reviewing the covers, including his family?s Jewish identity.

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2025-03-17
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Best of Design Matters: Nell Irvin Painter

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Irvin Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her unique vantage on American history pushes the boundaries of personal narrative and academic authorship and asks readers to reconsider ideas of race, politics, and identity. She joins to discuss her legendary career as a distinguished historian, award-winning author, and artist.

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2025-03-10
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Best of Design Matters: Suzan-Lori Parks

Named one of TIME magazine?s ?100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,? Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She joins to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist.

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2025-03-03
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Todd St. John

Founder and Creative Director of the design consultancy HunterGatherer, Todd St. John, joins to discuss his career as a multi-disciplinary artist and designer working in illustration, animation, graphic design, photography, furniture, and industrial design.

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2025-02-24
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Adrian Tomine

For over thirty years, bestselling author, screenwriter, and New Yorker cover artist Adrian Tomine?s work has set the standard for contemporary storytelling. He has published several books of comics and illustrations, including ?Killing and Dying,? ?Shortcomings,? and his new book ?Q & A.?

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2025-02-17
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Paul Tazewell

Having designed costumes for film, television, Broadway, and regional theaters for more than three decades, Paul Tazewell is one of the industry?s most revered designers. He joins to discuss his career, costuming some of the most memorable characters of our time, and his recent award-winning work on the Oscar nominated film, Wicked.

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2025-02-10
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Best of Design Matters: Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and educator Emily Nagoski is one of the most exceptional minds at work today on the science of sexual connection, intimacy, and arousal. She joins to discuss her remarkable career and new book, ?Come Together.?

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2025-02-03
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Best of Design Matters: Carrie Brownstein

Celebrated musician, comedian, writer, and director Carrie Brownstein joins to talk about her remarkable career as the co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the legendary punk band Sleater-Kinney, her role in the iconic TV series Portlandia, and her new memoir.

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2025-01-27
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Tiffany Shlain & Ken Goldberg

Tiffany Shlain is a multidisciplinary artist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, national bestselling author, and the founder of the Webby Awards. Ken Goldberg is the William S. Floyd Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley and an award-winning roboticist, filmmaker, and artist. They join to discuss the life they share together and their many artistic collaborations.

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2025-01-20
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Seth Godin

Seth Godin?renowned author, entrepreneur, and speaker known for launching one of the most popular blogs in the world and writing 22 best-selling books?joins live at Creative Mornings to talk about his new book, This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans.

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2025-01-13
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Best of 2024 with Artists

On this special episode of Design Matters, we look back at the collective brilliance of artists interviewed in 2024. Best of Design Matters 2024 with Es Devlin, Olafur Eliasson, Carson Ellis, and Nell Irvin Painter is live!

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2025-01-06
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Best of 2024 with Editors

On this special episode of Design Matters, we look back at the collective brilliance of editors interviewed in 2024. Best of Design Matters 2024 with Stella Bugbee, Scott Dadich, Adam Moss, and David Remnick is live!

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2024-12-30
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Rick Griffith

Rick Griffith is a British-West-Indian designer, collagist, writer, educator, letterpress printer, and optimist futurist. He joins live from the HOW Design Conference to discuss his career and MATTER?a design consultancy, letterpress/typography workshop, and retail bookstore he runs with his partner, Debra Johnson.

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2024-12-23
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Colin Greenwood

Since 2003, Radiohead?s bassist, Colin Greenwood, has taken his camera to the studio and on stage to document the rise of one of the world?s most cherished bands. He joins to discuss his legendary musical career and his beautiful new book, How to Disappear, capturing intimate photographs of his bandmates at work.

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2024-12-16
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Sarah Lewis

Sarah Lewis is a celebrated art and cultural historian and professor at Harvard University, focusing on the intersection of visual representation, racial justice, and democracy in the United States. She has published multiple bestsellers and joins to discuss her new book, The Unseen Truth.

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2024-12-09
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Sonya Passi

Sonya Passi is the Founder & CEO of FreeFrom, a national organization transforming our society?s response to gender-based violence. She joins to discuss her new documentary SURVIVOR MADE and her advocacy work, creating a community where survivors of intimate partner violence can heal, thrive, and drive change together.

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2024-12-02
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Josh Brolin

From his breakout role in The Goonies to No Country for Old Men to his recent appearances in the Dune films, acclaimed actor Josh Brolin brings unmistakable gravity and grit to all his films. He joins to talk about his life on and offscreen and his new memoir, From Under the Truck.

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2024-11-25
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Nicolas Heller

Nicolas Heller?Commercial Director, Documentarian, and ?Unofficial Talent Scout of New York? known as @newyorknico?joins to talk about his new book, a raw and authentic city guide of Nick?s can?t-miss eateries, shops, bookstores, and so much more. 

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2024-11-18
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Ken Burns

For more than forty years, Ken Burns and his collaborators have created some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made. Sarah Burns and David McMahon join him to discuss his legendary career, new film, and the people and events that molded our history.

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2024-11-11
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Olafur Eliasson

The works of artist Olafur Eliasson explore the relevance of art in the world at large. He joins to discuss his three-decade career creating sculptures, installations, paintings, photographs, and film utilizing natural elements?light, color, water, and movement?to alter viewers? sensory perceptions.

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2024-11-04
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Annie Atkins

Building worlds in motion pictures through graphic props and typography?Annie Atkins joins to discuss her career designing set pieces for films such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and her new book, ?Letters from the North Pole.?

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2024-10-28
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Carson Ellis

Carson Ellis is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books Home and Du Iz Tak?. She joins to talk about her life living on a farm in Oregon and her remarkable career illustrating numerous award-winning books for children.

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2024-10-21
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David Kwong

With his expertise in enigmas and illusions, David Kwong delights and challenges audiences around the world with his intellectual brand of magic. He joins to discuss his one-man show, The Enigmatist, and his career as a magician, crossword puzzle constructor, and writer.

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2024-10-14
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Best of Design Matters: Sarah Polley

Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, actor, and author Sarah Polley, who began her career as a childhood actress more than three decades ago, joins to talk about her life?s work and newest film, ?Women Talking.?

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2024-10-07
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Best of Design Matters: Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng?New York Times bestselling author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts?joins a live audience to talk about her illustrious career exploring complex family dynamics and themes of identity, race, and culture.

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2024-09-30
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Best of Design Matters: Stella Bugbee

Former Editor-in-Chief and President of New York Magazine?s The Cut and current Styles Editor of The New York Times?Stella Bugbee joins to discuss her remarkable career in the media industry, covering fashion, beauty, and culture as a journalist, editor, and creative director.

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2024-09-23
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Best of Design Matters: Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz?a canine psychologist and authority on how dogs perceive the world?joins to talk about her latest book, ?The Year of the Puppy,? and share her knowledge about the relationship between humans and our canine friends.

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2024-09-16
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Best of Design Matters: Kara Swisher

Tech journalist, opinion leader, and disruptor?Kara Swisher has hosted hundreds of newsmaking interviews tracking tech and media's changing power dynamics, often going head-to-head with the most prominent figures in the technology industry. She joins a live studio audience to talk about her inimitable career covering the ever-evolving world of technology.

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2024-09-09
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Best of Design Matters: Martha Wainwright

Singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright joins to discuss her latest album and new memoir about growing up in a family of rock ?n? roll royalty and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, and the music industry.

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2024-09-02
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Best of Design Matters: Rick Rubin

Exploring Rick Rubin?s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights of American music over the past few decades. From Run-DMC to Jay-Z to Adele, the record producer joins to talk about his legendary career making classic songs with the best musicians in the world. 

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2024-08-26
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Best of Design Matters: Mickalene Thomas

Known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas draws on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power.

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2024-08-19
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Best of Design Matters: Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei joins to discuss his new memoir ?1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows,? depicting a century-long epic tale of China told through a story of his family.

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2024-08-12
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Best of Design Matters: Suleika Jaouad

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, ?Life, Interrupted,? from her hospital room, chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer. She joins to discuss her remarkable life, career, and bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms.

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2024-08-05
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Best of Design Matters: Oliver Jeffers

Working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture, Oliver Jeffers joins to talk about his career making art and telling stories. His new book, Begin Again, explores humankind?s impact on itself and our planet, asking the big question: Where do we go from here?

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2024-07-29
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Best of Design Matters: Rosanne Cash

For decades, Rosanne Cash has soared through the ranks of music with her powerhouse poetic skills and wistful reflections on her past. She has released 15 albums, won four Grammys, and authored four books, including a best-selling memoir. She joins to talk about her life and legendary career as a singer, songwriter, and author.

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2024-07-22
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Best of Design Matters: Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self.

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2024-07-15
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Best of Design Matters: Kevin Kelly

Digital visionary, bestselling author, founder of the popular Cool Tools website, and Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired magazine?Kevin Kelly joins to talk about his career, his new book, and his radical optimism about the future of our world and humanity.

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2024-07-08
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Best of Design Matters: Gloria Steinem

For over sixty years, Gloria Steinem has been at the center of American culture and political life, where she has been instrumental in shaping our ideas about feminism, humanity, and equal rights for all people. She joins to talk about her legendary career as an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, co-founder of one of the most significant magazines of the 21st century, and an activist whose work has impacted the place women and girls now have in the world.

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2024-07-01
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Pride 2024 with guests Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher and Kirsten Vangsness.

Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher, and Kirsten Vangsness reflect on their journeys and careers in this special Pride episode of Design Matters.

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2024-06-24
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Scott Dadich

Scott Dadich is a designer, magazine editor, and filmmaker. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine, he now runs Godfrey Dadich Partners, a brand strategy and design company, where he is the Co-Founder and CEO. He joins to discuss his illustrious career and the multi-Emmy nominated series he created and produced, Abstract: The Art of Design.

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2024-06-17
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Judy Chicago

During her often tumultuous, challenging, and sometimes controversial career, Judy Chicago pioneered Feminist art and art education. She joins to talk about her memoir Judy Chicago: Revelations, a radical retelling of human history in the form of an illuminated manuscript.

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2024-06-10
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Brooke Hopper

Principal Designer at Adobe, speaker, and champion for artists, Brooke Hopper?s passion is designing better experiences for some of the most talented people in the world. She joins live at SXSW to discuss the role of machine intelligence and new technologies in creativity.

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2024-06-03
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Anne Morriss and Frances Frei

Anne Morriss and Frances Frei are best-selling authors and among the world?s most influential thinkers, speakers, and advisors. Their clients range from Fortune 10 companies to tech founders to political leaders working to build national competitiveness. They join to talk about their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, outlining a practical process leaders can implement to drive change.

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2024-05-27
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Kathleen Hanna

Punk singer, artist, and the front-woman of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has spent the last three decades as a trailblazer in the punk feminist movement. She joins guest host Roxane Gay to talk about her new memoir and storied career making art and music. 

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2024-05-20
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Adam Moss

Adam Moss is widely known as one of the great magazine editors of his generation, remaking and reshaping The New York Times and New York magazine into the most significant print and digital publications of our time. He joins to discuss his illustrious career as an author, editor, and artist.

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2024-05-13
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Suzan-Lori Parks

Named one of TIME magazine?s ?100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,? Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She joins to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist.

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2024-05-06
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