starchitects: the podcast
by penzek, llc
Hollywood has its message VERY wrong when portraying what architects and designers do in a day. starchitects:the podcast explores fact versus fiction with the professionals. How many interior designers (shoulder pads included) should work from the residential office of a sole proprietor? Would you pay for the services of an architect who signed off on a building where not only the electrical wiring is shot but the sprinklers won’t work unless you explode the water tanks on the roof (?!) using C4 (Paul Newman, I’m looking at you…)? Do you trust your developer moved the headstones AND the bodies? A&D (architecture and design) professionals Jeff Wolinski, Vince Galea, and Roberta Pennington are joined each episode with a hand-selected “starchitect” in our amazing basement studio in Portland, Oregon and try to tear down what the entertainment industry has built up.
Episodes
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S00/E03 The Lost Episodes: Gingerbread Romance
S00/E03 Gingerbread Romance starchitects: the podcast™ As James Bond once said—”I thought Christmas only came once a year.” We found a lost present inside the Starchives and we are unwrapping a magnum sized episode for you to ride all the way to work. Well, since most of us now work from…
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archi-speak 007: dead lobby syndrome
wait… is this about a weird serial killer’s dumping ground or a term for infertility? how on earth does this word relate to A&D. the starchitects suss it out. archi-speak 007 dead lobby syndrome starchitects: the podcast™
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S00/E02 The Lost Episodes: 12 Angry Men
S00/E02 The Lost Episodes: 12 Angry Men starchitects: the podcast™ Are you angry? Are you? Well after this past year during these uncircumcised times filled with despair, hopelessness and flapping dirty foreskin we dove balls deep into the Starchives and pull out all over the place with 12 Angry...
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S00/E01 The Lost Episodes: The Money Pit
S00/ E01 The Money Pit starchitects: the podcast Before the team met Tom (aka Better is the Enemy), before “Alive or Dead,” before all the babies and weddings, we recorded in a conference room at work. We even had different intro music. We recorded “The Money Pit” and hoped we were ready to take…
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S04/ E07 Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place
S04/ E07 Two Guys, a GIrl, and a Pizza Place starchitects: the podcast™ Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion....
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archi-speak 005: brandscaping
archi-speak 005: brandscaping starchitects: the podcast™ What is Brandscaping? Whatever it is we have to make sure we don’t nick the balls.
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S04/ E06 The Tower
S04/ E06 The Tower starchitects: the podcast™ The Tower is the story of a smart office building that’s mad about Paul Reiser. This high Reiser is the latest in smart technology (beside Paul’s hair plugs) that really hates musicians (especially keyboard players). When Die Hard meets Seinfeld that...
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archi-speak 004: cadence
archispeak 004: cadence starchitects: the podcast™ jeff, vince, and roberta are a part of the rhythm nation as they discuss the term “cadence” and how it relates to the profession of architecture. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….
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S04/ E05 The Darkness
S04/ E05 The Darkness starchitects: the podcast™ Kevin Bacon is the son of a highly respected urban planner, architect and educator Edmund Bacon. This is a film that might make his dad rise from the grave to haunt him for the rest of his life. The Darkness is a movie that follows an architect…
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S04/ E04 The Architect
S04/ E04 The Architect starchitects: the podcast™ When you are in a lonely relationship and all that matters to you is money and how you look to other people then the next logical step is to build your dream house so you can keep up with your “friends”…if this is you then you are the main...
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archi-speak 003: future-casting
archi-speak 003: future-casting starchitects: the podcast™ Oftentimes designers are asked to predict the future so a client can spend their money wisely. Unfortunately, we are not precognitive. Instead we use magic words like “FUTURE-CASTING” to sound more like Philip K Dick than an actual dick....
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S04/ E03 The Christmas Cottage
S04/ E03 The Christmas Cottage starchitects: the podcast™ This is a story of an interior designer whose BFF asks her to be maid of honor, but she must take on a few responsibilities—such as making sure the family cottage is perfect for the honeymoon. Legend has it that if newlyweds spend their...
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archi-speak 002: disruption
archi-speak 002: disruption starchitects: the podcast™ sometimes when an outsider hears the words used by a design professional, their meaning gets muddied. is she really going to “massage” the plan? does he really get turned on by a glossy, white, metal detail by calling it “sexy?” why exactly…
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S04/ E02 Land of the Pharoahs
S04/ E02 Land of the Pharaohs starchitects: the podcast™ When someone says they are “as old as dirt”, they are referring to the characters in this film. Even eons ago architects thought they were great and had all the answers. This is a time when architects didn’t wear pretentious beady glasses....
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archi-speak 001: experience
archispeak 001: experience starchitects: the podcast sometimes when an outsider hears the words used by a design professional, their meaning gets muddied. is she really going to “massage” the plan? does he really get turned on by a glossy, white, metal detail by calling it “sexy?” why exactly are...
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S04/ E01 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
S04/ E01 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House starchitects: the podcast™ Legendary movie star Cary Grant wants the perfect house in the country so he can get away from the crazy city life with his family. Before he knows it, Grant and his wife become amateur architects and interior designers and...
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S03/ E05 Jungle Fever
S03/ E05 Jungle Fever starchitects: the podcast™ And we’re off to the races! In this episode we dive deep into the shallow world that is Spike Lee and the outdated film that had so much talent on camera but so little behind it. Grab some cheap Chinese take-out, go to your office, and bang on a...
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S03/ E04 Sleepless in Seattle
S03/ E03 Sleepless in Seattle starchitects: the podcast™ A dead wife forces an architect to move across the country and live on a houseboat where he is stalked by a crazy lady who likes to peel apples with a switchblade. This is not a pitch for a horror movie but the basic idea of the romantic...
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S03/ E03 TV A&D: Trading Spaces
S03/ E03 TV A&D: Trading Spaces starchitects: the podcast™ Forgotten about until just recently, when this “reality show” made a comeback in 2018. Roberta, Vince, Jeff and our guest Joelle Wolinski reminisce about the early 2000s and the design, style and trends it had to offer. We get into three...
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S03/ E02 Shattered
S03/ 02 Shattered starchitects: the podcast A film starring the always reliable Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen? No it’s not one of the Major League films….It’s Shattered! Yes, one of the many thriller/mystery films that were released in the early 90s and has been forgotten about….Well, not by...
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S03/ E01 A Master Builder
S03/ E01 A Master Builder starchitects: the podcast After a long and well deserved break—Roberta, Jeff and Vince are back for season 3 of starchitects: the podcast! No better way to open up a new season than with a pretentious look at how a self-important and self-absorbed architect (played by…
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S02/ E12 Poltergeist
S02/ E12: Poltergeist starchitects: the podcast Our final episode for Season Two is 1982’s summer sleeper hit "Poltergeist." Many of the practical effects of this tale brought back terrifying childhood memories of boy-eating trees, self-opening closet doors, and a base fear of clowns.…
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S02/ E11 The Cable Guy
S02/ E11: The Cable Guy starchitects: the podcast In a $20 million dollar coup, the King of Dick and Fart movies, Jim Carrey, broke a salary record for his betrayal of “Chip Douglas,” cable installer and stalker. Matthew Broderick, the center of Chip's attention, lumbers along reacting (?) to...
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S02/ E10 The Frighteners
S02/ E10: The Frighteners starchitects: the podcast The starchitects wondered how the man who created the cult favorite “Meet the Feebles” transitioned into the Academy™ award winner of “The Lord of the Rings.” Like the Australopithecus Lucy, we found the missing link between the two: The...
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S02/ E09 Two for the Road
S02/ E09: Two for the Road starchitects: the podcast “Two for the Road” saw Albert Finney as the protagonist and love interest to the setting sun of Audrey Hepburn as flirty ingenue. He mumbles his way through all dialogue about… life? art? architecture? We couldn’t make it out… then he eats an...
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S02/ E08 Housesitter
S02/ E08: Housesitter starchitects: the podcast “Housesitter” is as rom-com-y as it gets: jilted lover meets drastically, mismatched, kookie gal our protagonist is destined to love…. but are they?! Will they?! One giant bag of Chinese food and awkward boob touch later, Goldie Hawn’s Gwen is...
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S02/ E07 My Architect
S02/ E07: My Architect starchitects: the podcast PT Barnum is noted as saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Could it be an entire generation of architects were swindled by noted starchitect, Louis Kahn? He sure fit the bill of a con artist: self-assured, self-serving all while supporting...
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S02/ E06 Pacific Heights
S02/ E06: Pacific Heights starchitects: the podcast Post “Batman,” Michael Keaton tested his menacing chops as the mysterious Carter Hayes, who turns out to be a misfit, well-to-do psychopath hell bent on making his landlords’ (Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine) lives a living nightmare. Vince...
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S02/ E05 Fools Rush In
S02/ E05: Fools Rush In starchitects: the podcast Project management. It’s a job definition most people, even those in the profession, can’t quite put their finger on. In her recent shift to project management, Roberta was able to offer some insight as to what Matthew Perry’s character was doing…
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S02/ E04 TV A&D: Designing Women
S02/ E04: TV A&D - Designing Women starchitects: the podcast It's a snapshot into a time when women in their late-twenties wanted to look like women in the mid-forties. A time when shoulder pads were worn to intimidate men and weaker women alike. When Delta Burke's weight was as hotly debated as...
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S02/ E03 Road House
S02/ E03: Road House starchitects: the podcast Hotly debated amongst the starchitects team, "Road House" has been on Roberta's mind for months after strong arming this film into Season Two. Roberta contends it's a movie about urban design as a small town bar owner wants to better his…
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S02/ E02 Dream Lover
S02/ E02: Dream Lover starchitects: the podcast 2016 saw the 30th anniversary of “Pretty in Pink” where James Spader plays a rich teenager who seems kind of rape-y. In “Dream Lover,” Spade takes an acting leap in a tour-de-force performance playing a rich architect who seems kind of rape-y. The...
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S02/ E01 Earthquake
S02/E01: Earthquake starchitects: the podcast The starchitects team kicks off its second season after a holiday hiatus to talk about all that is wrong in the world of pre- and post-earthquake Los Angeles in the celebrity cluster f***k, “Earthquake.” All-star guest Eric Li returns to remind us no...
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S01/ E10 Steel
S01/ E10: Steel starchitects: the podcast In the 1970's, men and women worshipped one man on their televisions: Lee Majors. His finely chiseled, action-figure looks and Kung Fu grip would also open the door to become "Mr. Farrah Fawcett.” During this time, television actors rarely made the jump…
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S01/ E09 A Christmas Kiss
S01/ E09: A Christmas Kiss starchitects: the podcast You want Christmas with little plot, no back story, no character development, no inflection in the voices of 60% of the actors, and more face glitter than last seen from a cocaine bender from Studio 54’s hay day, you got it. “A Christmas Kiss”…
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S01/ E08 Beetlejuice
S01/ E08: Beetlejuice starchitects: the podcast Ever watch a movie so perfect you don’t have much to say? The starchitects team and guest Aly Pierce had that very problem watching the Tim Burton classic, “Beetlejuice.” We set out to observe and critique Otho, the Deetz’s smug interior “designer,”...
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S01/ E07 Electric Dreams
S01/ E07: electric dreams starchitects: the podcast Richard Branson brought his unique production talents to what is a seemingly banal movie about a young architect learning the ins and outs of becoming computer literate for the sake of his job and personal organization. Any scene becomes active...
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S01/ E06 My Super Ex-Girlfriend
S01/ E06: my super ex-girlfriend starchitects: the podcast Sometimes, the most fantastic foods together sound like a memorable moment of gastronomy: seasonal fruit with artisanal cheese, freshly caught salmon grilled on cedar, a dusty cabernet, lavender creme brulee. Likewise, a movie with the…
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S01/ E05 Interiors
As an homage to Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen created the movie “Interiors,” a bleak reflection of a bland upper, upper middle class New York family broken apart by a parents’ divorce. The wife, an interior designer (really, a decorator...ugh.), slowly (and holy shmoly is it slow) descends into a...
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S01/ E04 TV A&D: The Brady Bunch
S01/ E04: TV A&D, The Brady Bunch starchitects: the podcast The starchitects team go into the Way-Back Machine to visit the family who made a day wearing bell bottoms a sunshine day, “The Brady Bunch.” Did you remember Mike was an architect? In the episodes we watch ("A Clubhouse is Not a Home,"...
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S01/ E03 Bio-Dome
S01/ E03: Bio-Dome starchitects: the podcast Long ago, in a time called “the Nineties,” the environmentalist movement took hold of a generation. We watched our culture embrace the love of recycling cans, bottles, and office paper. We looked to MTV (back when they played videos) and connected with...
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S01/ E02 Death Wish
S01/ E02: Death Wish starchitects: the podcast “Death Wish” teaches us when wronged to the point of breaking and seeking revenge, start with a sock full of quarters first, then go to firearms. Charles Bronson goes from a wooden work-a-holic architect whose smile looks painted on for the first...
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S01/ E01 Indecent Proposal
In 1993, Billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford) asked a would-be architect (Woody Harrelson) to “have one night” with his wife, played by Demi Moore, for $1,000,000. The pretense of this movie sparked conversations all over America where one significant other asked the other, “Would you take the...
About this show
Hollywood has its message VERY wrong when portraying what architects and designers do in a day. starchitects:the podcast explores fact versus fiction with the professionals. How many interior designers (shoulder pads included) should work from the residential office of a sole proprietor? Would you pay for the services of an architect who signed off on a building where not only the electrical wiring is shot but the sprinklers won’t work unless you explode the water tanks on the roof (?!) using C4 (Paul Newman, I’m looking at you…)? Do you trust your developer moved the headstones AND the bodies? A&D (architecture and design) professionals Jeff Wolinski, Vince Galea, and Roberta Pennington are joined each episode with a hand-selected “starchitect” in our amazing basement studio in Portland, Oregon and try to tear down what the entertainment industry has built up.
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penzek, llc