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190 - Florence Knoll: Total Design
May 17, 2022

Pioneering architect Florence Knoll revolutionized office design bringing modernist design to office interiors. She was the force behind the seamless integration of furniture, space, textile, art, and

189 - Hillary and Huma
May 03, 2022

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her former close aide Huma Abedin talk about their recent books and more in an interview with Davia Nelson of The Kitchen Sisters.

188 - Fast Food and Radical Rooflines: Helen Fong Shapes Los Angeles Coffee Shops
April 19, 2022

Helen Fong, one of the few women practicing architecture in the US in the 1950s, is best known for her “Googie” California coffee shop architectural style—Pann’s Coffee Shop, Denny's, Bob's Big Boy— t

187 - Norma Sklarek: An Extremely Bold Hand
April 05, 2022

Often called the Rosa Parks of Architecture, Norma Sklarek was one of the first African American women architects in the US, and the first Black woman to establish and manage an architectural firm.

186 - Coal + Ice: Visualizing the Climate Crisis
March 15, 2022

The story behind the powerful global exhibition of photographs, videos, and immersive imagery focusing on the climate crisis and what actions can be taken now on display in Washington DC through April

185 - Natalie de Blois — To Tell the Truth
March 01, 2022

Natalie de Blois (1921–2013), a pioneering woman architect, contributed to some of the most iconic modernist works for corporate America, all while raising four children. She was one of the leaders in

184 - The Road Ranger—My Business Is Trouble
February 22, 2022

“I go on the road looking for trouble and whenever I find some, I stop. I suppose that’s why they call me “The Bloodhound of Breakdown.  But then, my business is trouble." We go out on patrol with The

183 - That Cheap, Delicious, Rotisserie Chicken
February 15, 2022

Why is that cheap rotisserie chicken, sold everywhere in markets and grocery outlets, so cheap? The Kitchen Sisters Present the first episode of What You’re Eating, a brand new podcast from FoodPrint.

182 - "The porters were fed up." C.L. Dellums and the rise of America's first Black union
February 01, 2022

The story of America's first Black union, The Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, how it laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, and C.L. Dellums' impact on challe

181 - The Accidental Archivist—Keeping the Wooster Group
January 18, 2022

The Wooster Group in downtown NYC has been at the forefront of experimental theater for some 40 years. Clay Hapaz, the Group's official archivist has the job of chronicling and preserving a collection