All Episodes
Two Designers Walk Into a Bar — 146 episodes
Episode 138: The Origin Story of Psychedelia (Classic Episode)
Episode 138: Signs of the Times - Barber Poles and Pawn Broker Balls
Episode 137: Pop Culture Products - Wonka Bars and Duff Beer
Episode 136: KISS, The Bicentennial and the Year 1976 (Classic Episode)
Episode 135: Cult Products - TaB Soda and McDonald's Fried Apple Pie
Episode 134: Iconic Pop Culture Cars (Classic Episode)
Episode 133: Visual Alphabets - Nautical Flags and American Sign Language
Episode 132: Game Show Logos for The Gong Show and the Dating Game (Classic Episode)
Episode 131: Fabric Patterns and the Stories Behind Camouflage and Paisley
Episode 130: Cups, Plates and Trophy Design
Episode 129: Punk Meets Tech and New Wave is Born (Classic)
Episode 128: Homage Designs - A Poster for Swatch and an Orgy for Disney
Episode 127: Psychedelia Comes Down, Hangs Around and Gets Reinvented
Episode 126: The 1960s and the Era of Peak Psychedelia
Episode 125: The Origin Story of Psychedelia
Episode 124: Talking Food Mascots with Kirk + Kurtts (Classic)
Episode 123: The Origin Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Episode 122: Trailblazing Toys - Hot Wheels Cars and Mego Action Figures
Episode 121: Giving Thanks for Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms
Episode 120: Politicians, Superheroes and Stars - Noteworthy Magazine Covers
Episode 119: Scary Good Posters - The Thing and Creature from the Black Lagoon
Episode 118: Monster Sponsors - Gritty from Philly and Monster Cereals from General Mills
Episode 117: The Batmobile and the DeLorean - Iconic Pop Culture Cars
Episode 116: Cat Posters with Paul Hennessey (Classic)
Episode 115: NBC, Netflix and Network Branding
Episode 114: The Fall and Rise (Again) of Tiki Culture
Episode 113: Embracing and Evolving the Tiki Style
Episode 112: Tiki Culture: The Story of Post-War Polynesian Pop
Episode 111: Good Movies and Old Books - A Conversation with Matt Stevens (Part 2)
Episode 110: Good Movies and Old Books - A Conversation with Matt Stevens (Part 1)
Episode 109: Foxes, Flies and the Design of Blaxploitation Posters
Episode 108: Cups, Plates and Trophy Design
Episode 107: U.S. Wartime Propaganda Posters
Episode 106: The State Flags of Ohio and Maryland
Episode 105: Iconic Book Covers for Jurassic Park and The Great Gatsby
Episode 104: Movie Studio Logos for 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers
Episode 103: Game Show Logos for The Gong Show and Match Game
Episode 102: Al Hirschfeld and Elvis, Postage Stamps - Part 2
Episode 101: The Penny Black and Dag Hammarskjöld, Postage Stamps - Part 1
Episode 100: Food Mascots with Kirk + Kurtts
Episode 99: Cat Posters with Paul Hennessey
Episode 98: Goodyear’s Blimp, Pixar’s Luxo Lamp and How Objects Become Company Icons (Classic)
Episode 97: The ‘80s: New Wave Gets Fashionable (Classic)
Episode 96: Elliot and MTV's The Real World
Episode 95: Return to the Mailbag
Episode 94: Iconic Music Videos - Part 2
Episode 93: Rural Electrification, Hope for Obama and Posters for Good (Classic)
Episode 92: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Tarantula and the Amazing Art of Reynold Brown (Classic)
Episode 91: Iconic Music Videos - Part 1
Episode 90: Roller Coaster Logo Battle
Episode 89: Looking Back on Four Years
Episode 88: Talking Music Posters with Paul Hennessey
Episode 87: Gen X and the Golden Age of Magazines
Episode 86: Gen X Music Appears from Underground
Episode 85: Selling to Gen X Without Selling Out
Episode 84: Denver, Los Angeles and Stories of Designing for the Olympic Games (Classic)
Episode 83: When Gen X Came of Age
Episode 82: Riffs on Riffs Crossover
Episode 81: Fun Food Containers
Episode 80: Vernacular Architecture
Episode 79: Signs of the Times
Episode 78: The Reflex Blue Conversation
Episode 77: Hey, Nice Package!
Episode 76: The ‘80s: New Wave Gets Fashionable
Design Crimes: Comic Sans: Who’s Laughing Now?
Episode 75: The ‘80s: New Wave and the Boob Tube
Episode 74: The ‘80s: Punk Meets Tech, New Wave is Born
Episode 73: Pepsi, Tropicana and the Challenge of Good Design
Episode 72: Six Marines, One Photographer. The Story of Iwo Jima
Episode 71: The Goodyear Blimp: More Than a Bunch of Hot Air
Episode 70: Black Cats, Fireworks and Celebrating a Logo We Love
Episode 69: KISS and their Flaming Wheel of Death
Episode 68: When the Beats Moved a Generation
Episode 67: All Mascots Are Wieners in Our Eyes
Episode 66: The Failure of Google Glass
Episode 65: 1979, Disco and the Opening of Studio 54
Episode 64: Rubber Chickens vs. Whoopee Cushions
Episode 63: Charles Atlas vs. Art Instruction Schools
Episode 62: Ant Farms vs. Sea Monkeys
Episode 61: Andy Warhol: When The Factory Meets Studio 54
Episode 60: Andy Warhol: Movies Emerge from the Underground - Part 2
Episode 59: Andy Warhol: Movies Emerge from the Underground - Part 1
Episode 58: Andy Warhol: Album Covers Take a Walk on the Wild Side - Part 2
Episode 57: Andy Warhol: Album Covers Take a Walk on the Wild Side - Part 1
Bonus Episode: Nostalgia and Marketing: A Conversation with Kate Christensen
Episode 56: Andy Warhol: The Silver Wears Off The Factory - Part 2
Episode 55: Andy Warhol: The Silver Wears Off The Factory - Part 1
Episode 54: Andy Warhol: New York and Rise of The Silver Factory - Part 2
Episode 53: Andy Warhol: New York and Rise of The Silver Factory - Part 1
Episode 52: Andy Warhol: Andy Becomes the Center of Pop Life
Episode 51: Andy Warhol: The 1960s Scene and the Emergence of Pop
Episode 50: The Pepsi (Logo) Challenge
Episode 49: Listener Mail
Episode 48 1/2: The Beat Era: Frank Sinatra and His Golden…Arm?
Episode 48: The Beat Era: Beats, Beatniks and Myth vs. Reality
Episode 47: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork Styles with Jim Flora
Episode 46: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork Styles with S. Neil Fujita
Episode 45: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork Styles with David Stone Martin
Episode 44 1/2: The Beat Era: Andy Warhol and Jazz Albums (Bonus!)
Episode 44: The Beat Era: John Hermansader and Two Iconic Jazz Album Designs
Episode 43: The Beat Era: The Origins of the Blue Note Records “Look”
Episode 42: The Beat Era: Pollock’s Drips and How They Changed the Art World
Episode 41: The Beat Era: Kerouac’s On the Road and the Movement It Started
Season 3 Preview: The Beats, Studio 54, 80s Modern and 90s Grunge
Episode 40: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 4 (Dire Straits, Super Mario, Street Fighter, Tennis and Alex Gross)
Episode 39: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 3 (Mood Lighting, Bourbon, Egg Nog and A Room with a View)
Episode 38: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 2 (Superman II, The Michelin Man, The Kool-Aid Man, Snap, Crackle and Pop, and Hanna-Barbera)
Episode 37: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 1 (MAD Magazine, Puma and Bugs Bunny)
Episode 36: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 4 (Sega, Dr. Strange, Italian Sausage, Guitar and Lowbrow Artists)
Episode 35: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 3 (Vodka and Cranberry, The Finger Lakes and Iron Maiden)
Episode 34: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 2 (Looney Tunes, Superman II, McDonald's Characters and Monster Cereals)
Episode 33: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 1 (G.I. Joe, Disney Maps, I Love NY and Foghorn Leghorn)
Episode 32: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 4 (Steve Miller, Blue Note Records, Centipede, Meat Pies, the Fez and the Art of Alex Toth)
Episode 31: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 3 (Wine Labels, The Manhattan and Bali)
Episode 30: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 2 (Clint Eastwood, Big Boy and Space Ghost)
Episode 29: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 1 (Batman, Sinclair Oil and Calvin and Hobbes)
Episode 28: Best of Season 2 (Episodes 21 through 26)
Episode 27: Best of Season 2 (Episodes 15 through 20)
Episode 26: Hobos, Dollar Bills and Secret Codes Hidden in Plain Sight
Episode 25: Carnivalé, Six Feet Under and the Joy of Title Design
Episode 24: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Tarantula and the Amazing Art of Reynold Brown
Episode 23: The Dead Kennedys, The Ramones and Punk Rock Logos
Episode 22: Bigfoot, Iwo Jima and the Backstories of Two Iconic Images
Episode 21: The Onion, Batman and the Joy of Well-Designed Books
Episode 20: Oranges in Syracuse, Sausages in Milwaukee and the Origin Stories of Sports Mascots
Episode 19: Switzerland, Panama, Patriotism and the Design of Flags
Episode 18: The Pink Panther, The Three Little Pigs and the Magic of Saturday Morning Cartoons
Episode 17: Denver, Los Angeles and Stories of Designing for the Olympic Games
Episode 16: American Psycho, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and a Couple of Iconic Movie Props
Episode 15: OK Soda, Google Glass and the Stories of Two Magnificent Flops
Episode 14: Best of Season 1 (Episodes 7 through 12)
Episode 13: Best of Season 1 (Episodes 1 through 6)
Episode 12: Dogs Playing Poker, Ernest P. Worrell and Pitchmen Going Pop
Episode 11: Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and the MAD Magazine Connection
Episode 10: Union 76, Holiday Inn and Signs from the Open Road
Episode 09: Goodyear’s Blimp, Pixar’s Luxo Lamp and How Objects Become Company Icons
Episode 08 1/2: The Origin Story of the Hollywood Sign
Episode 08: Ghostbusters, The Rocketeer and Logos Made for Adventure
Episode 07: Tootsie Rolls, The Dukes of Hazzard and Childhood Memories
Episode 06: Voodoo Doughnuts, Black Cat Fireworks and Other Unsung Logos
Episode 05: Rat Fink, Screaming Hands and West Coast Street Culture
Episode 04: Reddy Kilowatt, Big Boy and Advertising Mascots
Episode 03: Rural Electrification, Hope for Obama and Posters for Good
Episode 02: KISS, The Bicentennial and the Year 1976
Episode 01: MAD Magazine, Humor and Finding Pop Culture Inspiration
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