Ep 53: Why Are Modern Cities So Ugly? (Guest: Michael Diamant)

Ep 53: Why Are Modern Cities So Ugly? (Guest: Michael Diamant)

Why is modern architecture so ugly? Since at least 1950 the world has gotten immensely less attractive. Under the banner of poverty alleviating and social housing beauty in urban spaces became an outdated concept. Progress demanded that the bourgeoisie notion of function be discarded which is why your local library and Opera house now looks something designed by a wicked totalitarian regime totally obsessed with off putting shapes in steel and glass.


Surprisingly not everyone thinks Modernist Architecture, the official name of the movement - think Stalinst but without the sense of grandeur, is great. Carl tends to agree. So we interviewed one of the leading lights of a popular rebellion against Modernism to ask if we are condemned to a future where architecture is still making us depressed. He was suitably optimistic but warned us that this view might be a sign of political extremism, and as he'd been told by his opponents in the architectural establishment, you guessed it, racism.


Colour us surprised. We needed to know more.

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Ep 72: The Most American of Doctrines (Guest: Steven McGregor)

This episode argues that the Monroe Doctrine is not history but infrastructure—the deep logic through which American power still understands the world. In dialogue with Steve McGregor as a critical in...

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Ep 71: The Downfall of Global Liberalism (Guest: Philip Plinkington)

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Ep 69: Navigare Necesse Est, a Lusitanian Call for Heroism

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In this thought-provoking episode, the Manifesto Podcast welcomes Brazilian thinker Guilherme Freire, who takes us on a journey from the medieval Reconquista to modern São Paulo. Along the way, he cha...

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Ep 68: Four Patriotisms For Europe

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In this episode we delve into the lack of a sense of self that exists in Europe. While the European Union for decades has tried and failed (for, to us, obvious reasons) to provide an erzats-identity t...

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Ep 67: War in the East, 12 Year Old Swedish Sicarios and the Collapse of Borders

Ep 67: War in the East, 12 Year Old Swedish Sicarios and the Collapse of Borders

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Ep 66: Tony Gustafsson har skrivit SD:s vitbok

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Ep 65: Why Europe is Great and the Curse of Empires

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From Swedish absolutism to Russian empire, we unravel the chaotic laboratory of European innovation. The Great Northern War, Charles XII’s warrior-king swagger, and Peter the Great’s beard-shaving ref...

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