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1) 83 —Otto Wagner — 5/5 — Proto-Modernist
Our final episode on Otto Wagner considers his relationship to modernism, asking whether Wagner was a predecessor to modernism. We discussed his most modern building, the Österreichische Postsparkasse...Show More
2) 82 — Otto Wagner — 4/5 — Secession
In the penultimate episode in our series on Otto Wagner, we discussed Wagner's most famous projects, the art nouveau works produced at the height of the Vienna Secession. We talked about the Majolikah...Show More
3) *Preview* — 81.5 — Klimt
This is a preview of our latest bonus episode on Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secession, get access to the full episode on our Patreon. In this episode we discussed the work of the Vienna Secession bey...Show More
4) 81 — Otto Wagner — 3/5 — On the Stadtbahn
In this episode, we talked about the middle stage of Otto Wagner's career, primarily his work on the infrastructure of the city of Vienna. Visit our instagram and Twitter for pictures of the dams, rai...Show More
5) 80 — Otto Wagner — 2/5 — The Style Question
In our second episode on Otto Wagner, we discussed a couple of Wagner's early buildings, specifically the Landerbank in Vienna and the Rumbach Street Synagogue in Budapest. Both are tantalising glimps...Show More
6) 79 — Otto Wagner — 1/5 — Ringstraße Rent Palaces
This is the first episode in our new series on Otto Wagner. In it we discussed 19th century Vienna, an ancient city wracked by extremes of urbanisation and population boom; political radicalism and re...Show More
7) *Preview* — 77.5 — Patrick Keiller Bonus Episode
This is a preview of a bonus episode we published on Patreon as part of our series of WG Sebald's 'Austerlitz', subscribe to our Patreon to subscribe and get access to our back catalogue of bonus epis...Show More
8) 78 — WG Sebald's 'Austerlitz' — 2/2 — Locked Rooms
Our second episode on WG Sebald's 2001 novel 'Austerlitz', encountering strangely preserved rooms, nightmarish dream landscapes, gigantesque 19th century fantasies, and a mix of psychoanalysis, Perrau...Show More
9) 77 — WG Sebald's 'Austerlitz' — 1/2 — In the Nocturama
In our first episode of 2021 we discussed 'Austerlitz', the final novel by W.G. Sebald. It's the story, at the most basic level, of an architectural historian, Jacques Austerlitz, who in middle age be...Show More
10) *Preview* — 76.5 — Robert Moses Bonus Episode
This is a preview from our latest Patreon Bonus Episode – subscribe to our Patreon for just $3 a month to listen to the whole episode! Thank you to everyone who supported the show this year, we couldn...Show More