Time Sensitive
Episodes
Rerun: 12. Maggie Doyne on Uplifting Children and, In Turn, the World
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Doyne, who co-founded the BlinkNow Foundation nonprofit at age 19, discusses how, over the past 13 years, she has developed a school, children’...
Michael Murphy on Architecture as a Vessel for Healing and Hope
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Murphy believes in architecture that promotes connectivity, collectivity, and health, in the broadest sense of the term. As the founding princ...
David Wallace-Wells on His Growing Optimism for the Planet’s Future
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Wallace-Wells, author of the best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth and New York magazine’s editor-at-large, wields vivid language that mak...
Wynton Marsalis on Jazz as a Tool for Understanding Life
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, the managing and artistic director of New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), is a man bursting with endle...
Siri Hustvedt on the Value in Embracing Ambiguity
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Siri Hustvedt was 12 years old, she began reading 19th-century novels by Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain that w...
Daniel Humm on the Plant-Based Future of Fine Dining
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout his life, Daniel Humm has constantly pushed himself to the edge. So when Covid-19 arrived, he understood the importance of a quick pivot. F...
Elizabeth Alexander on Moving Forward in the Face of Adversity
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The poet, educator, and scholar Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, views her work as an urgent political act. Followin...
Debbie Millman on the Importance of Playing the Long Game
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and designer Debbie Millman has been fascinated by the power of branding for most of her life. And as the host of the Design Matters podcast (w...
Glenn Adamson on Craft as a Reflection of Ourselves
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For curator and scholar Glenn Adamson, craft isn’t a quirky hobby that sits on the outskirts of contemporary culture. Rather, it’s a vital, timele...
Trevor Paglen on Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Paglen aspires to see the unseen. The artist explores the act of looking through various angles—such as how artificial-intelligence systems h...
Maira Kalman on Walking and Looking as a Way of Life
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When describing experiences, New York–based artist and author Maira Kalman almost always goes for the extremes: an instance can be at once stupid an...
Kevin Beasley on Confronting the Social and Cultural Underlayers of Objects
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Beasley thinks a lot about objects. In particular, specific objects that relate to notions of American-ness and Blackness—and ones that are of...
Rosanne Cash on Moving Forward by Confronting the Past
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Grammy Award–winning singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash, processing the past is a constant, endless journey. She’d been thinking about race an...
Billie Tsien on Imbuing Buildings With Feeling
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in the 1950s in the only Chinese family in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Billie Tsien always felt like an outsider. She would seclude herse...
Eileen Fisher on the Allure of Timeless Clothing
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For 37 years, Eileen Fisher has faithfully followed a vision: to create simple, timeless clothes for women that make it easy to get dressed. Soft-spok...
Eddie Stern on Taking Time to Discover Your Inner Freedom of Spirit
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, after more than three decades of practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga, Eddie Stern found himself wondering if he should continue in the di...
Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Critchley has seen his share of accidents. In his younger years, he damaged his hands while working in manufacturing plants, and ruined his hear...
Monique Péan on the Transformative Nature of Fossils, Rocks, and Meteorites
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New York–based jewelry and object designer Monique Péan sees fossils and extraterrestrial materials as portals to another time, space, and place. P...
Dan Colen on Shifting Perspectives Through Farming and Art
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Dan Colen built Sky High Farm in the same way all his ideas are realized: intuitively, and with the faith to see it through. A 40-acre self-sus...
Angel Chang on Building Resilience Through Centuries-Old Crafts
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To make her namesake womenswear line, New York–based designer Angel Chang had to forget everything she knew about fashion. Her label’s clothing is...
Daniel Boulud on Maintaining Consistency Over the Long Haul
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Asked how the coronavirus pandemic has affected his relationship with time, Daniel Boulud chokes up. The New York–based French chef—who owns 13 re...
Tom Kundig on the Parallels Between Mountain Climbing and Architecture
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kundig brings a refreshingly laid-back, aw-shucks, go-with-the-flow attitude to an industry that seems, on the whole, largely to lack that kind of...
Ibrahim Mahama on the Great Potential of Art to Change How We Look at the World
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past decade—and especially in the last year—the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has swiftly risen to become one of the most prominent Afri...
Julia Watson on the Power of Indigenous Technologies to Transform Our Planet
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Watson is really into TEK. Not necessarily the Silicon Valley variety of tech, but rather traditional ecological knowledge. An anthropologist, e...
Dustin Yellin on His Quest to Reimagine Learning in the 21st Century
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since establishing the Pioneer Works nonprofit cultural center in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood in 2013, artist Dustin Yellin has slowly grown th...
Nathan Myhrvold on the Art and Science of Food
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Myhrvold is no ordinary chef. With two master’s degrees (one in mathematical economics, the other in geophysics and space physics) and a Ph.D...
Gabriela Hearst on Why Making Things That Stand the Test of Time Matters
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since launching her eponymous label in 2015, the Uruguayan-born, New York–based designer Gabriela Hearst has become known for her sincere, forward-t...
Tony Fadell on Leaving Silicon Valley to Help Build a Healthier Society, Online and Off
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In both his work and his life, Tony Fadell constantly imagines Version 2.0 (if not 3.0, or 4.0 and beyond). On a mission to shape the future through f...
Suketu Mehta on the Positively Profound Impact of Immigration on the Planet
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Suketu Mehta tells a story about pinkie fingers, dancing and kissing. It is as confounding as it sounds. And utterly heartbreaking, too. In his assert...
Lidewij Edelkoort on Why Doing Less Is More
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Dutch-born trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, founder of the Paris-based consultancy Trend Union, has a knack for being ahead of the curve. In fa...
Craig Robins on Why Nature Is Our Greatest Luxury
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Robins strongly believes that all good things take time. Since launching his vast real estate enterprise Dacra in 1987, at age 24, he has, with ...
Christian Madsbjerg on Why “Design Thinking” Is Bogus
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Madsbjerg makes sense. Literally and figuratively, in all the definitions of the phrase. With roots in philosophy and political science, Mad...
Eric Standop on the Art and Science of Face Reading
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many people turn to spiritual professionals such as astrologists and tarot card readers to help answer life’s most essential and cosmic questions. E...
Rashid Johnson on Escapism and Upending the Notion of the “Monolithic Experience”
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, the artist Rashid Johnson had a “mixed bag”—racially, at least—of close friends. There were, he says, “fou...
How RoseLee Goldberg Reshaped the Landscape of Performance Art
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s safe to say that, if it weren’t for art historian RoseLee Goldberg, performance art would not be what it is today. Not even close. The founde...
Daniel Brush on Making Some of the Most Extraordinary and Exquisite Objects on Earth
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Brush’s acute eye for detail, as well as the rigor and vigor he brings to his craft, comes through loud and clear in all of his creations. A ...
Inge Solheim on Fighting Off Fear and Breaking Bad Habits
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Inge Solheim is a free spirit, a new-age explorer, and a wilderness guide-guru whose sense of freedom hinges upon not caring, at all, about what other...
David Duchovny on the Climate Crisis, the Drawbacks of Technology, and the Craft of Writing
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Duchovny may be swooned over as the hunky special agent Fox William Mulder in The X-Files and Hank Moody in Californication, but it should be no...
Why Jesse Kamm Finds the Phrase “Global Expansion” Nauseating
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Kamm and her beloved waist-hugging, wide-legged “Kamm pants” embody minimalism. A proponent of producing fewer, better things, Kamm has comm...
Wu-Tang Clan “Whisperer” Sophia Chang on Becoming the “Baddest Bitch in the Room”
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Chang pulls no punches. As the self-described (and indeed) “first Asian woman in hip hop,” Chang carries herself—happily, proudly—with ...
Kim Hastreiter on the Art of Connecting Culture
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Hastreiter identifies as a “punk at heart.” The co-founder of Paper magazine, which she started in 1984 with David Hershkovits, she served as ...
From The Usual Suspects to Bohemian Rhapsody: Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel has no style. No singular aesthetic, mood, or technique. Rather, his focus is on storytelling. From being the firs...
Neri Oxman on Her Extraordinary Visions for the “Biological Age”
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Neri Oxman is simultaneously a hardcore ecologist, evocative futurist, meticulous artist, and abstract scientist. The 43-year-old Israeli-American des...
Valerie Steele on Why Paris Won’t Ever Be Dethroned as the Capital of Fashion
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Valerie Steele’s deep contextual dives into the history of fashion set her apart from other academics and curators—two identities she embodies in ...
Michael Kimmelman on Building More Beautiful and Equitable Cities
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kimmelman does nothing in half measures. For more than 30 years, he has brought his assertive, culturally astute, historically sensitive persp...
Illycaffè Chairman Andrea Illy on the Vast Potential of “Virtuous Agriculture”
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Illy breathes coffee. Not literally, of course, but coffee has indeed been a part of his being since birth. The third-generation head of Illyca...
Maggie Doyne on Uplifting Children and, In Turn, the World
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
New Jersey native Maggie Doyne was age 18 when she arrived in Nepal, 19 when she had co-founded the BlinkNow Foundation nonprofit to support children ...
Special Episode: Spencer Bailey Reflects on the Crash-Landing of United Airlines Flight 232
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty years ago, on July 19, 1989, at 37,000 feet in the air, the titanium fan disk in the tail-mounted engine of United Airlines Flight 232—a DC-1...
Google Design Guru Ivy Ross on Why Everything Is Pattern and Vibration
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Few executives have the profoundly spiritual presence of Ivy Ross, who more than five years ago joined Google as a vice president, helping to lead the...
Andri Snær Magnason on How Time and Water Explain the Climate Crisis
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the past two decades, Andri Snær Magnason has been on a quest for language that truly gets at the heart of the climate crisis—the images, mytho...
For Elizabeth Diller, New York City Is Beginning to Feel Like One Big Punch List
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Elizabeth Diller graduated from Cooper Union with a degree in architecture in 1979, she had no intention of necessarily becoming an architect. In...
Stefan Sagmeister Takes a Yearlong Sabbatical Every Seven Years (and Thinks You Should, Too)
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years ago, the Austrian-born, New York–based graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister—famous for his attention-grabbing exhibitions, posters, and bo...
Uzodinma Iweala: From "Beasts of No Nation" Author to Africa Center CEO
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Uzodinma Iweala’s journey to becoming the CEO of the Africa Center, a culture and policy institution located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan at the nor...
Kai-Fu Lee on the Power of A.I. to Transform Humanity
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The media tends to hyperbolize and boosterize technologists and the work that they do, creating all kinds of absurdly over-the-top titles for them. Bu...
Teresita Fernández on the Violent Nature of the American Landscape
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Teresita Fernández defies expectations. For more than 20 years, the Miami-born, Brooklyn-based artist has pushed boundaries, literally and figurative...
Bjarke Ingels to Cities: Take a Longer View
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bjarke Ingels communicates the value—and world-changing potential—of architecture with the giddy enthusiasm and excitement of a sci-fi obsessive a...
Kate Young on Why Luxury Equals Quality and Slowness
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Young, the stylist for red carpet luminaries such as Selena Gomez, Margot Robbie, and Michelle Williams, has one of the shrewdest eyes in the bus...
Ghetto Gastro’s Jon Gray: From the Bronx to Paris Fashion Week to the Yellowstone Club
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Gray, the CEO of the Bronx-based food collective Ghetto Gastro, describes himself as a “dishwasher.” It’s a cheeky description, but there is...
Peter Sarsgaard on Long-Distance Running, Mandolin Playing, and Horticulture
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The actor Peter Sarsgaard cannot be pinned down. He may be best-known for his portrayal of John Lotter in 1999’s Boy’s Don’t Cry. Or as Charles ...
Introducing: Time Sensitive
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Why make a podcast right now?” So begins this 10-minute introductory episode of Time Sensitive, a conversation between the show’s two co-hosts,...