The Type Pod
Episodes
Mrs Eaves
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve seen Mrs Eaves everywhere—even if you’ve never known her name. In this episode, we uncover the story behind one of the most familiar type...
Emergency Pod - Welcome to the resistance Calibri!
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An emergency podcast. Ripped straight from the headlines of a couple weeks ago.When Calibri was unceremoniously replaced by Times New Roman under the...
Transport (not a typeface)
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we talk about Transport, which is not a typeface. We know this for sure because designer Margaret Calvert said so in an email to us. If ...
Akzidenz Grotesk
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Originally Anitra thought this typeface was designed by a woman, and because she is the only person authorized to speak about typefaces designed by a ...
Our book Back to Font is out!
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our book Back to Font is finally out! You can buy it in bookstores and everything! If you are in the UK you can get a 20% discount by going to laurenc...
Emergency election typeface pod: 'The Balto conspiracy?'
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Inger gathered the team for an emergency pod about Balto the 2013 typeface chosen for the Harris Waltz campaign. After one failed attempt – which t...
Goudy
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a long delay (we blame the state of the world, frankly - exhausting) it's finally the end of season one of The Type Pod! In this episode w...
Baskerville
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about Baskerville, which is the most trustworthy typeface (as proven by Science.)Â Anitra has Feminist Thoughts about designer...
Times New Roman
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David joins us again as we examine the history of that most ubiquitous of typefaces, Times New Roman, which is much more interestin...
Bodoni
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a longer than intended - “we’re out of lockdown and we have a social life again!” - pause The Type Pod is back. In this episode we deep di...
Gill Sans
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: this pod contains details of historical sexual abuse. Due to technical issues during recording, we skip our advertised feature on Tim...
Futura
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, Anitra and Jason talk about Futura, that most versatile of modernist typefaces and its designer Paul Renner, OG Anti-fa. Anitr...
The Type Pod: coming soon!
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Catch up with your favourite typography nerds, Anitra and Jason, as they unravel the mysteriously wonderful world of typefaces - and the people who ma...