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A podcast about iconic design and popular culture.

15/08/2025

Happy birthday, iMac! Believe it or not, the blue gumdrop that saved Apple's bacon and began their turnaround was introduced today back in 1998. This iconic design led to everything made from colorful translucent plastic including staplers, desk lamps and countless other household items.

14/08/2025

Today back in 1920, the Summer Olympics officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly-adopted Olympic flag raised for the first time.

Our episode archive includes episodes about the Olympics, flags and a bunch of other interesting topics. Be a champion and listen now.

https://www.rfr.bz/f232677

13/08/2025

Our latest episode is chock full of examples of the impact of tiki culture on graphic, interior, fashion, product, and architectural design in applications ranging from kitsch to high-concept. Join us as we sway our hips and hula our way back into the bar. Here’s a taste.

Full episode here:
https://www.rfr.bz/fa1fb72

12/08/2025

Drop the needle on the record! Today is National Vinyl Record Day here in the U.S.

Our episodes have touched on several iconic albums since we launched close to five years ago. What's been your favorite story we've shared with you? What should we be talking about?

11/08/2025

Today back in 1973, in the middle of The Bronx in a rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, DJ Kool Herc hosted a house party widely considered to be the birth of hip hop culture and music. Herc demonstrated beat juggling while Coke La Rock performed a new style of vocal performance called rapping.

08/08/2025

Today back in 1969, The Beatles made a London crosswalk famous.

Iconic album art? It's up there.

We have several episodes about different albums and their origin stories. Hit our website, search using the word "album" and you're off and running!

https://www.rfr.bz/fbe633a

07/08/2025

We want to wish a very happy birthday to Jimmy Wales, entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia and our podcast's patron saint for curiosity. Thank you for creating one of the greatest parts of the internet.

06/08/2025

Today, we're continuing our series on tiki culture as we look at how professional designers embraced and evolved the island aesthetic. Was it low brow? High brow? A symbol of exotic adventure? A goofy gimmick? Regardless, the movement left a deep imprint on graphic, interior, fashion, product, and architectural design, in applications ranging from kitsch to high-concept.

We're gonna figure out the price of some amazing tiki drinks, get some quarters sticky with pineapple juice and throw some exotica on the jukebox. Join us as we sway our hips and hula back into the bar.

Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and more!

https://www.rfr.bz/fbada12

05/08/2025

Tomorrow we're continuing our series on tiki culture. Was it low brow? High brow? A symbol of exotic adventure? A goofy gimmick?

Stay tuned.

04/08/2025

You know what happened today back in 1972?

The movie Super Fly dropped along with an iconic soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield that became a soul music landmark, taking on the drug culture portrayed in the film with vivid commentary.

We had so much fun with our Blaxploitation film posters episode. Action, grit, empowerment. Consider us your pusher men. Listen now.

https://www.rfr.bz/f77c2f5

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01/08/2025

On this date back in 1981, pop culture was changed forever when an astronaut first set foot on the moon and MTV began broadcasting.

Our episode on MTV and New Wave details how huge of a moment this was. Please, please listen now...

https://www.rfr.bz/f5dcc1e

31/07/2025

Today marks the passing of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, pro wrestling icon and actor, back in 2015. He was great in John Carpenter's sci-fi horror film They Live and the TV comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He also hosted the interview segment "Piper's Pit", which facilitated numerous "feuds" among his wrestling buddies.

If you've ever arrived to chew gum and kick ass, and found yourself out of gum, you have Piper to thank for it.

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