141 - Reverse Pleasantville

This episode kicks off Kris and JDO's segue into talking about architecture! We've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Little people out of work, cleaning up language, Roald Dahl's makeover, flattening nuanced curves, addition to text, Kris writes a children's books about a hippopotamus,, lines in the sand, the best of intentions (and a little bit of mental illness), making books spineless, editing the Autobiography of Malcolm X, the rise of mental illness, is this all fake?, kayfabe, the ultimate devouring television, Modern Weiner, the end of midi, Looshaus, remembrance of the past, the advantages of psychology, architectural postmodernism, the neoliberal door, the hyperreal, constant rebooting, the jungle room, reverse Pleasantville, manual transmission ASMR, Auburn boat tail Speedster, Polgar, Bachelard, the Age of Feuilleton, social media's effect on architecture, From Hell, Shanghai, Dark City, and whether or not a psychologist marooned on a desert island could use their skills to survive.