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The Mortise & Tenon Podcast, 85 episodes.

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85 – Traditional New Mexican Furniture Making with Andrew Gonzales

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84 – Coperthwaite on “Life Work” with Kenneth Kortemeier

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83 – Coperthwaite on “Simplicity” with Kenneth Kortemeier

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82 – Tools for Engagement: Reclaiming Craft in an Age of Technology

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81 – Coperthwaite on “Wealth, Riches, Treasure”

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80 – Coperthwaite on Nonviolence: A Gentle Revolution

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79 – Coperthwaite on Education/Nurture

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78 – Coperthwaite on “Work/Bread Labor”

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77 – Coperthwaite Chapter 2: “Beauty”

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76 – Coperthwaite Chapter 1 Part 2

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75 – Coperthwaite, Chapter One: “Society by Design / Design by Society”

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74 – A Handmade Life by Bill Coperthwaite

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73 – The Tenth Anniversary Issue

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72 – Working at Scale

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71 – Finding Balance

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70 – “Making Hay”

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69 – “Backwoods Chairmakers with Andy Glenn”

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68 – “In Defense of Maintenance”

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67 – Reviving the Mechanical Arts

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66 – Road Trip for Lumber

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65 – “Handworks 2023”

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64 – “Fruitful Seasons of Work”

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63 – A Critique of David Pye

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62 – “The Aesthetic Importance of Workmanship, and its Future” Pye Ch 11

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61 – “Critique of ‘On the Nature of Gothic’” Pye Ch 10

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60 – “Equivocality” Pye Ch 9

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59 – “Durability” Pye Ch 8

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58 – “Diversity” Pye Ch 7

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57 – “The Natural Order Reflected in the Work of Man” Pye Ch 6

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56 – “The Designer’s Power to Communicate His Intentions” Pye Ch 5

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55 – “Quality in Workmanship” Pye Ch 4

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54 – “Is Anything Done By Hand?” Pye Ch 3

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53 – "The Workmanship of Risk and the Workmanship of Certainty" Pye Ch 2

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52 – “Design Proposes. Workmanship Disposes.” Pye Chapter 1

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51 – Unpacking David Pye’s “Nature and Art of Workmanship” - Part 1

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50 – Reflections & Resolutions

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49 – Tools, Jigs, & Meaning(s)

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48 – Raise the Roof

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47 – The Apprentices’ Summit

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46 – Thinking Outside the Shop

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45 – Just the FAQs

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44 – Aristotle on How We Learn New Skills

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43 – Skill as a Safety Net

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42 – Is Hand-tool-only Woodworking Actually Viable?

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41 – Making Wooden Planes

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40 – Defining “Craftsmanship”

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39 - This Old House

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38 – To the Ends of the Earth

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37 – Freehand Honing

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36 – Woodworking in the Metaverse

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35 – Craft as a Bottomless Pursuit

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34 – Chairs, Controversies, & Issue Eleven

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33 – Armageddon Life Skills

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32 – Things We Argue About

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31 – How Do I Learn New Skills?

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30 – Tool Epiphanies

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29 – Craft as a Daily Practice

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28 – Should Work Be Easy?

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27 – A Tour of the M&T Headquarters

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26 – How Many Tools Do We Really Need?

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25 – The Value of Batch Production

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24 – Our Tools Shape Us

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23 – Blacksmithing for Woodworkers

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22 – How to Examine Antique Furniture

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21 – Saving Historic Windows

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20 – Working Wood Outside

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19 - Engagement with the World

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18 – Issue Eight!

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17 – Another Work is Possible

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16 – A Handmade Christmas

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15 – Workshop, Timber Frame, and Issue Seven

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14 - Tool Marks Tell Stories

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13 - The Case for Hand Tools at Fine Woodworking Live

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12 – “The Radical Efficiency of Green Woodworking”

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11 - "The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher"

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10 - “Barriers to Woodworking” with Jim McConnell

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09 - Perfection in Woodworking with Jim McConnell

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08 - A New (Old) Way of Working Wood

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07 - The Creation of Issue Four

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06 - Setting Up a Hand-tool Workshop

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05 - Why Make Things with Your Hands featuring Ben Strano

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04 - Sourcing Lumber

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03 - Beginning Your Hand-tool Journey

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02 - Tradition & Innovation in Woodworking

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01 - "With Saw, Plane & Chisel", Our New Timber Frame Shop, and What is a "Fore Plane"?