Episode 519 – The Guest List 2022
Episode 504 – Eva Hagberg
Virtual Memories Show 504:
Eva Hagberg
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Author & architecture writer (& secret agent of PR) Eva Hagberg rejoins the show to celebrate her new book, WHEN EERO MET HIS MATCH: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect (Princeton University Press). We get into how Aline built the narrative around Eero Saarinen’s greatest buildings, her pivotal role in shaping the way we — media, laypeople, and critics — talk about architecture, and how publicity has been intertwined to architecture ever since. We also talk about how Eva’s own career in architecture PR is woven through the book, why her original title was What Would Aline Do?, the moment she realized Aline & Eero’s correspondence was Ph.D. thesis-worthy, and the notion of legacy and the ego of architects. Plus, Eva being Eva, we get into oversharing, divorce, IVF, the VERY impending birth of her first child, and more! Give it a listen! And go read When Eero Met His Match!
(And go listen to our 2019 conversation!)
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About our Guest
Eva Hagberg teaches in the Language and Thinking Program at Bard College and at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Her books include How To Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship, and Nature Framed: At Home In The Landscape. Her new book is When Eero Met His Match.
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Credits: This episode’s music is Fella by Hal Mayforth, used with permission from the artist. The conversation was recorded at the Brooklyn Navy Yard WeWork on a pair of Blue enCORE 200 microphones feeding into a Zoom PodTrak P4 digital recorder & interface. I recorded the intro and outro on a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone feeding into a Zoom PodTrak P4. All processing and editing done in Adobe Audition CC. Photo of Eva by Paul Loebach. It’s on my instagram.
COVID Check-In with Eva Hagberg 2
COVID Check-In with Eva Hagberg
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COVID Check-In: Eva Hagberg
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“I lost my mortality innocence a long time ago. I feel very grateful for that. . . .In this moment, I’m not afraid of a possible future. (I do reserve the right to have a complete panic attack if I’m in an ambulance on the way to the Javits Center.”
On March 30, Eva Hagberg got the news that she tested positive for COVID-19. We talked that evening about her condition, her previous life-threatening health issues (chronicled in her memoir How To Be Loved) and how they shape her response to this, the impact of self-isolation on sobriety (she’s doing fine with that, but worries about others), and more. Give it a listen! And go buy How To Be Loved and follow Eva on Twitter & Instagram!
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About our Guest
Eva Hagberg’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, Wallpaper*, Wired, and Dwell, among other places. She is the author of How To Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship, and holds degrees in architecture from UC Berkeley and Princeton as well as a Ph.D. in Visual and Narrative Culture from UC Berkeley. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
From early 2019:
Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via Zencastr. I used a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone
Episode 355 – The Guest List 2019
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The Guest List 2019
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It’s time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition: The Guest List! I reached out to 2019’s pod-guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they’re hoping to read in 2020! More than two dozen responded with a dizzying array of books. (I participated, too!) The Virtual Memories Show offers up a huge list of books that you’re going to want to read in the new year! Give it a listen, and get ready to update your wish lists!
This year’s Guest List episode features selections from 25 of our recent guests (and one upcoming guest)! So go give it a listen, and then visit our special Guest List page where you can find links to the books and the guests who responded.
Also, check out the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of The Guest List for more great book ideas!
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About our Guests
The guests who participated in this year’s Guest List are Christopher Brown, Nina Bunjevac, Caleb Crain, Joan Marans Dim, Boris Fishman, Katelan Foisy, Mort Gerberg, Eva Hagberg, Peter Kuper, Kate Lacour, Liniers, Kate Maruyama, Edie Nadelhaft, Sylvia Nickerson, James Oseland, Dawn Raffel, Witold Rybczynski, Frank Santoro, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Karl Stevens, James Sturm, Frederic Tuten, Chris Ware, and me, Gil Roth! Check out their episodes at our archives!
Credits: This episode’s music is Fella by Hal Mayforth, used with permission from the artist. The episode was recorded at stately Virtual Memories Manor on a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone