In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews Gregory Betts, one of the poets behind the collaboration, Muttertongue: what is a word in utter space (Exile Editions, 2025) – by Lillian Allen (Toronto’ s seventh Poet Laureate, a dub poet, writer, and Juno Award winner), Gary Barwin (poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer, and educator), an ... Show More
Nov 21
Eli Clare, "Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming" (Duke UP, 2025)
A transcript of this interview is available [here]
A queer disabled love song to trees and beavers, tremors and dreams, Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming (Duke UP, 2025) explores the pulsing core and porous edges of survival, sorrow, and dreaming. Blending poetry and crea ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 10
Concetta Principe, "Disorder" (Gordon Hill Press, 2024)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Concetta Principe about her poetry collection, DIsorder (Gordon Hill Press, 2024). Disorder, the newest collection of poetry from Concetta Principe, explores the metaphorical relationship between the home and the mind, where a ... Show More
50m 43s
Nov 4
Anand, "The Notbook of Kabir: Thinner than Water, Fiercer than Fire" (India Viking, 2025)
Kabir is the most alive of all dead poets. He is a fabric without stitches. No centres, no edges. Anand threads his way in. Over the years, as a publisher and editor, Anand immerses himself in the works of Babasaheb Ambedkar and other anticaste thinkers. He gives up his practice ... Show More
1h 33m
May 2023
Evie Shockley, "Suddenly We" (Wesleyan UP, 2023)
In her new poetry collection Suddenly We (Wesleyan UP, 2023), Evie Shockley mobilizes visual art, sound, and multilayered language to chart routes towards openings for the collective dreaming of a more capacious "we." How do we navigate between the urgency of our own becoming and ... Show More
1h 12m
Oct 2024
Johanna Hedva, "How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom" (Zando-Hillman Grad Books, 2024)
The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a fact of life.
In the wake of the 2014 Ferguson riots, and sick with a chronic ... Show More
57m 22s
Oct 2024
Subhashini Kaligotla, "Shiva's Waterfront Temples: Architects and Their Audiences in Medieval India" (Yale UP, 2022)
The vibrant red sandstone temples of India's Deccan Plateau, such as the Pattadakal temple cluster, have attracted visitors since the eighth century or earlier. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the coronation place of the Chalukya dynasty, Pattadakal and its neighboring sites are ... Show More
30m 55s
Oct 5
Ep 186: The Rules of Modernism
Every rule was made to be broken, except in architecture, where even the act of breaking rules seems to come with its own set of rules. Modernism promised liberation from the past, but it quickly wrote its own commandments into the story—flat roofs, open plans, white walls, and e ... Show More
57m 25s
Apr 2023
Yoga and the Spine with Kaya Mindlin
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1309609/open_sms"></a></p><p><b>What do you think of when we talk about the spine in yoga? </b></p><p>Probably anatomy, the spine in Asana, posture, age of the spine, backbends and more. But mostly we end ... Show More
50 m
Sep 1
Episode 263: Phillip Rossington and Richard Francis-Jones on the the design philosophy, challenges, and vision that shaped Sydney House
<p>This is the story of Sydney House, a transformative mixed-use development that redefines luxury living while honouring over 130 years of built legacy. </p><p>Rising above the historic facades of the former City Tattersalls Club, this elegant composition is more than just a bui ... Show More
34m 55s
Mar 2025
Episode 241: Tackling urban density, rediscovering the beauty of 1960s walk-up unit blocks & remembering Mulholland Drive with Tone Wheeler
<p>On our 7th anniversary, in this episode of <b><em>Talking Architecture & Design</em></b>, we explore the evolving landscape of our cities and the ideas shaping how we live. Today, we’re tackling urban density and taking a fresh look at an often-overlooked housing model—the ... Show More
43m 53s
Aug 2024
102\\ Turning Challenges into Creative Fuel: Kelee Katillac's Journey in Helping Clients Manifest Their Dream Spaces PLUS Color Meditation
<p>An interior designer's role is to partner with clients to manifest and bring their dreams to life through personalized designs.</p>
<p>I love how Kelee, my special guest, illustrates that role.</p>
<p>Kelee Katillac, an acclaimed interior designer and author shares her rem ... Show More
43m 9s