Design Matters with Debbie Millman

20th Anniversary celebration with activists and advocates Gloria Steinem, Anita Hill, Cindy Gallop, Sonya Passi, and Dr. Joy Buolamwini

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits previous episodes with activists and advocates Gloria Steinem, Anita Hill, Cindy G...

20th Anniversary celebration with typographers and lettering artists Marian Bantjes, Oded Ezer, Jessica Hische, Tobias Frere-Jones, Matthew Carter, and Kris Holmes

15 Dec 2025

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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman shares excerpts from interviews with typographers and lettering artists Maria...

20th Anniversary celebration with theatre designers David Korins, Ina Mayhew, David Rockwell, Es Devlin, and Dane Laffrey

08 Dec 2025

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For the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits conversations with theatre designers David Korins, Ina Mayhew, David Rockwell, Es ...

20th Anniversary celebration with technology pioneers Bill Moggridge, Jason Kottke, Anil Dash, and Kevin Kelly

01 Dec 2025

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For the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits past interviews with technology pioneers Bill Moggridge, Jason Kottke, Anil Dash, ...

Guess the Guest: Surprising First Questions Part Two

24 Nov 2025

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As part of the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman shares Part Two of her most surprising first questions, the curious openings that sp...

20th Anniversary celebration with photographers Catherine Opie, Albert Watson, Pete Souza, Lynn Goldsmith, and Mary Ellen Matthews

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits standout moments from past conversations with photographers Catherine Opie, Albert Wa...

20th Anniversary celebration with culinary creatives Julia Turshen, Christina Tosi, Gabrielle Hamilton, Fanny Singer, and Will Guidara

10 Nov 2025

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To mark 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits standout moments with Julia Turshen, Christina Tosi, Gabrielle Hamilton, Fanny Singer, and...

20th Anniversary Celebration with visionary illustrators Brian Rea, Maira Kalman, Barry Blitt, Edel Rodriguez, and Christoph Niemann

03 Nov 2025

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To celebrate 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits standout moments from past conversations with illustrators Brian Rea, Maira Kalman, B...

20th Anniversary celebration with podcast hosts Krista Tippett, Ira Glass, Hrishikesh Hirway, Kara Swisher, and Jad Abumrad.

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate two decades of Design Matters, Debbie Millman gathers favorite moments from past interviews with podcast hosts Krista Tippett, Ira Glass,...

20th Anniversary celebration with iconic musicians Kaki King, David Lee Roth, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Michael Stipe, and the Indigo Girls

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits unforgettable moments from her conversations with iconic musicians Kaki King, David Le...

Neil deGrasse Tyson at On Air Presents

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Neil deGrasse Tyson—world-renowned astrophysicist, Emmy-nominated host, science communicator, and author—is one of the most influential voices in ...

Surprising First Questions

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In celebration of 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits one of the show’s most endearing traditions—the very first question. For yea...

20th Anniversary celebration with memoirists Elissa Altman, Thomas Page McBee, Ashley C. Ford, Josh Brolin, and Isaac Fitzgerald

29 Sep 2025

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In honor of 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits memorable conversations with memoirists Elissa Altman, Thomas Page McBee, Ashley C. Fo...

20th Anniversary celebration with legendary artists Bisa Butler, Deborah Kass, Marilyn Minter, Amy Sherald, and Ai Weiwei

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits highlights from her conversations with groundbreaking artists Bisa Butler, Deborah Ka...

Stephen J. Dubner

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and co-creator of Freakonomics—the cultural phenomenon that, over the past 20 ...

Suzanne Vega

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega reflects on her pioneering career, the artistry behind her storytelling, and the lasting cultural impact of s...

20th Anniversary celebration with non-fiction writers Lisa Taddeo, Malcolm Gladwell, Anne Lamott, Maria Konnikova, and Alain de Botton

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To mark 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits some of her most memorable conversations with acclaimed non-fiction writers Lisa Taddeo, M...

20th Anniversary celebration with graphic novelists Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, Seth and Lynda Barry

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits standout moments from her conversations with some of the most celebrated voices in gra...

20th Anniversary celebration with design legends Massimo Vignelli, Michael Bierut, Paula Scher, Chip Kidd and Louise Fili

18 Aug 2025

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To celebrate 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits some of her most memorable conversations with design legends Massimo Vignelli, Michae...

Betty Buckley

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Betty Buckley—Tony-winning Broadway legend, Olivier nominee, and beloved “Voice of Broadway”—has spent nearly six decades in theater, film, te...

Tim Ferriss

04 Aug 2025

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Tim Ferriss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author, a legendary podcaster with over a billion downloads, a prolific angel investor, and a re...

Best of Design Matters: David Cay Johnston

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston has spent his career exposing corruption in business and government. A relentless muckraker, he’...

Lulu Miller

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lulu Miller is a Peabody Award–winning journalist, co-host of Radiolab, founder of the podcast Terrestrials, and author of the acclaimed book Why Fi...

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligen...

Jennifer Pastiloff

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Pastiloff is a bestselling author of the memoir On Being Human and travels the world with her workshop, blending writing, yoga, and radical h...

Pride 2025 with Carol Leifer, Sonya Passi, Paul Tazewell, Leisha Hailey, and Kate Moennig

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In celebration of Pride Month, we’re revisiting conversations with accomplished LGBTQ+ guests—Carol Leifer, Paul Tazewell, Sonya Passi, Leisha Hai...

James Dyson

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James Dyson is a visionary inventor, designer, educator and founder of Dyson, a global company transforming ordinary household appliances into design ...

Craig Federighi and Alan Dye

16 Jun 2025

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Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, and Alan Dye, Apple’s vice president of Human Interface Design, are two of...

Dane Laffrey

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dane Laffrey is a Tony-winning scenic and costume designer known for his bold, emotionally resonant work on productions like Parade, Once On This Isla...

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig—actors known for their iconic roles as Shane and Alice on The L Word, the reboot The L Word: Generation Q and co-host...

Best of Design Matters: Olafur Eliasson

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 sculpture...

Best of Design Matters: Carson Ellis

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

Best of Design Matters: David Kwong

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With his expertise in enigmas and illusions, David Kwong delights and challenges audiences around the world with his intellectual brand of magic. He j...

Best of Design Matters: Frances Frei and Anne Morriss

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Morriss and Frances Frei are best-selling authors and among the world’s most influential thinkers, speakers, and advisors. Their clients range ...

Best of Design Matters: David Remnick

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since 1998, David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker and has written hundreds of pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, ...

Best of Design Matters: Es Devlin

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From acclaimed pop spectacles to Super Bowl halftime shows to the Closing Ceremony for the London Olympics, artist and stage designer Es Devlin has tr...

Best of Design Matters: Lucy Sante

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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,”...

Carol Leifer

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Writer’s Guild Award winner and Emmy-nominated comedian, writer, and producer for television shows such as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Sa...

Jon Batiste

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Widely recognized as a musical genius and once-in-a-generation talent, Jon Batiste is one of history’s most brilliant, prolific, and accomplished mu...

Michael Goldberg

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Goldberg is the Founder and CEO of Something Special Studios, a creative agency building brands, campaigns, and experiences designed to shape ...

Todd Pruzan

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Pruzan—a prolific writer, editor, and journalist—recently inherited a collection of several thousand New Yorker covers from his family spanni...

Best of Design Matters: Nell Irvin Painter

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Irvin Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm...

Best of Design Matters: Suzan-Lori Parks

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Pulitze...

Todd St. John

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and Creative Director of the design consultancy HunterGatherer, Todd St. John, joins to discuss his career as a multi-disciplinary artist and ...

Adrian Tomine

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For over thirty years, bestselling author, screenwriter, and New Yorker cover artist Adrian Tomine’s work has set the standard for contemporary stor...

Paul Tazewell

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Having designed costumes for film, television, Broadway, and regional theaters for more than three decades, Paul Tazewell is one of the industry’s m...

Best of Design Matters: Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 sexua...

Best of Design Matters: Carrie Brownstein

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrated musician, comedian, writer, and director Carrie Brownstein joins to talk about her remarkable career as the co-founder, guitarist, and voca...

Tiffany Shlain & Ken Goldberg

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tiffany Shlain is a multidisciplinary artist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, national bestselling author, and the founder of the Webby Awards. Ken Goldberg...

Seth Godin

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Godin—renowned author, entrepreneur, and speaker known for launching one of the most popular blogs in the world and writing 22 best-selling boo...

Best of 2024 with Artists

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Best of 2024 with Editors

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Rick Griffith

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Griffith is a British-West-Indian designer, collagist, writer, educator, letterpress printer, and optimist futurist. He joins live from the HOW D...

Colin Greenwood

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Sarah Lewis

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Lewis is a celebrated art and cultural historian and professor at Harvard University, focusing on the intersection of visual representation, rac...

Sonya Passi

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sonya Passi is the Founder & CEO of FreeFrom, a national organization transforming our society’s response to gender-based violence. She joins to...

Josh Brolin

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 unmist...

Nicolas Heller

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nicolas Heller—Commercial Director, Documentarian, and “Unofficial Talent Scout of New York” known as @newyorknico—joins to talk about his new...

Ken Burns

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For more than forty years, Ken Burns and his collaborators have created some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made. Sarah Burns and...

Olafur Eliasson

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 sculpture...

Annie Atkins

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Building worlds in motion pictures through graphic props and typography—Annie Atkins joins to discuss her career designing set pieces for films such...

Carson Ellis

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

David Kwong

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With his expertise in enigmas and illusions, David Kwong delights and challenges audiences around the world with his intellectual brand of magic. He j...

Best of Design Matters: Sarah Polley

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, actor, and author Sarah Polley, who began her career as a childhood actress more than three decades ago, joins...

Best of Design Matters: Celeste Ng

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Celeste Ng—New York Times bestselling author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts—joins a...

Best of Design Matters: Stella Bugbee

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Best of Design Matters: Alexandra Horowitz

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alexandra Horowitz—a canine psychologist and authority on how dogs perceive the world—joins to talk about her latest book, ‘The Year of the Pupp...

Best of Design Matters: Kara Swisher

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tech journalist, opinion leader, and disruptor—Kara Swisher has hosted hundreds of newsmaking interviews tracking tech and media's changing power dy...

Best of Design Matters: Martha Wainwright

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Best of Design Matters: Rick Rubin

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring Rick Rubin’s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights of American music over the past few decades. From...

Best of Design Matters: Mickalene Thomas

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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

Best of Design Matters: Ai Weiwei

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 hi...

Best of Design Matters: Suleika Jaouad

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted,” from her hospita...

Best of Design Matters: Oliver Jeffers

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture, Oliver Jeffers joins to talk about his career making art and telli...

Best of Design Matters: Rosanne Cash

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For decades, Rosanne Cash has soared through the ranks of music with her powerhouse poetic skills and wistful reflections on her past. She has release...

Best of Design Matters: Isaac Fitzgerald

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 D...

Best of Design Matters: Kevin Kelly

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Digital visionary, bestselling author, founder of the popular Cool Tools website, and Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired magazine—Kevin Kelly j...

Best of Design Matters: Gloria Steinem

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ide...

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

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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

Scott Dadich

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Dadich is a designer, magazine editor, and filmmaker. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine, he now runs Godfrey Dadich Partners, a bra...

Judy Chicago

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During her often tumultuous, challenging, and sometimes controversial career, Judy Chicago pioneered Feminist art and art education. She joins to talk...

Brooke Hopper

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Principal Designer at Adobe, speaker, and champion for artists, Brooke Hopper’s passion is designing better experiences for some of the most talente...

Anne Morriss and Frances Frei

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Morriss and Frances Frei are best-selling authors and among the world’s most influential thinkers, speakers, and advisors. Their clients range ...

Kathleen Hanna

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

Adam Moss

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Suzan-Lori Parks

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Pulitze...

Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 sexua...

Amy Lin

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Amy Lin deconstructs grief in her new memoir ‘Here After,’ a beautifully visceral and emotionally intimate depiction of young widowhood. Sh...

Nell Irvin Painter

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Irvin Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm...

David Remnick

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since 1998, David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker and has written hundreds of pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, ...

Lucy Sante

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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,”...

David Byrne (from The TED Interview)

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Bryne views life through many lenses. He’s a musician, author, filmmaker, curator, conservationist, digital music theorist, bicycle advocate, ...

Es Devlin

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From acclaimed pop spectacles to Super Bowl halftime shows to the Closing Ceremony for the London Olympics, artist and stage designer Es Devlin has tr...

Aparna Nancherla (from How to Be a Better Human)

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Impostor syndrome is one of many therapy-speak words that have gone mainstream in the past few years — but what is it, really? Aparna Nancherla know...

Priscilla Gilman

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Critic's Daughter is an exquisitely rendered portrait of a unique father-daughter relationship and a moving revelation of family and identity. Au...

Carrie Brownstein

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrated musician, comedian, writer, and director Carrie Brownstein joins to talk about her remarkable career as the co-founder, guitarist, and voca...

Suleika Jaouad

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted,” from her hospita...

Best of Design Matters: Aminatou Sow

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aminatou Sow discusses her extraordinary journey that took her from Africa to Texas, from a job in a toy store to Google to co-host of one of today’...

Best of Design Matters: Futura

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Across 50 years in the art scene, Futura has undergone a brilliant evolution from graffiti prodigy to design master. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Best of Design Matters: Thelma Golden

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As a child, Thelma Golden dreamt of a life in art museums—and that’s exactly the path she followed, breaking brilliant and historic new ground alo...