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Night Owl Movie TalkTHE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) Reaction & Commentary Watch PartyLet's watch The Big Lebowski directed by The Coen Brothers. Plot of The Big Lebowski: Jeff `The Dude' Leboswki is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug peed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman. Peter Storemare, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Tara Reid, and Julianne...
2025-08-191h 57
The Cine-FilesTHE BIG LEBOWSKI Rerelease (with new intro) | The Season of The Coen BrothersOn this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of the Coen Brothers by re-relasing their episode on THE BIG LEBOWSKI with a brand new intro from Steve and John. This film follows the life of Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity then learns that a millionaire, also named Jeffrey Lebowski, was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is supposedly kidnapped and millionaire Lebowski commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release. The plan goes...
2025-04-272h 04
Cum Lingus CommunicamusEpisodio 57: El gran LebowskiEl gran Lebowski (titulada originalmente en inglés The Big Lebowski) es una película cómica estadounidense de 1998 escrita, producida y dirigida por los hermanos Coen.
Está protagonizada por Jeff Bridges, quien interpreta a Jeffrey Lebowski, un jugador de bolos desempleado de Los Ángeles, quien se hace llamar «The Dude» (también conocido como «El Nota» o «El Fino»). Después de un caso de identidad errónea, el Dude se presenta ante la planeada víctima: un multimillonario también llamado Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston).
Cuando la joven esposa del millonario es secuestrada, este le pide al Dude que se encargue de su rescat...
2024-06-0747 min
Cum Lingus CommunicamusEpisodio 57: El gran LebowskiEl gran Lebowski (titulada originalmente en inglés The Big Lebowski) es una película cómica estadounidense de 1998 escrita, producida y dirigida por los hermanos Coen.Está protagonizada por Jeff Bridges, quien interpreta a Jeffrey Lebowski, un jugador de bolos desempleado de Los Ángeles, quien se hace llamar «The Dude» (también conocido como «El Nota» o «El Fino»). Después de un caso de identidad errónea, el Dude se presenta ante la planeada víctima: un multimillonario también llamado Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston). Cuando la joven esposa del millonario es secuestrada, este le pide al Dude que se...
2024-06-0746 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 78 - The LA Neo Noir Trio: The Big Lebowski, Inherent Vice, Under the Silver LakeSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re covering a trio of Neo Noir films set in the city of…where else? Los Angeles, as we discuss 1998’s The Big Lewbowski, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring the extraordinary Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, John Tutturo, Ben Gazara, David Thewlis, Tara Reid, Peter Stormare, Leon Russom and Sam Elliot against 2014’s Inherent Vice directed by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Watersto...
2024-03-191h 24
Truth Is GoldenEp. 18 | SPECIAL EDITION - Truth And Narrative In Architectural Media - IDS19 Panel TalkIn January 2019, I participated in a panel at the Interior Design Show (IDS) in Toronto. We discussed the nature of media in the representation in architecture and what representing architecture in this day and age means. This recording was our conversation.The panel was comprised of Peter Sobchak, Editor at Canadian Interiors and Moderator, Amanda Large, co-founder at Doublespace Photography, Babak Eslahjou principal at Core Architect, Kyle Bergman, architect and founder of the Architecture and Design Film Festival in NYC as well as myself.About the podcast: The intent behind our podcast series "Truth Is...
2023-09-061h 02
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 22 - Digging into the Craft of Trend Spotting w/ Dr. Michael BerensIt is a well-known fact that the media loves trends reports. After all, they give us so much to report on: experts providing clairvoyant insights into what they think will happen in the near future; pointing out observable changes in people’s behaviour; identifying key drivers, challenges, threats and opportunities that are influencing industries; and so on. All professions and industries employ trends reports, and the interior design industry is no exception. For example, just recently the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) released its 2023 Trends Outlook report, examining societal shifts and economic trends impacting the design profession and th...
2023-04-0356 min
Retro Late FeeThe Big LebowskiThe Big Lebowski (/ləˈbaʊski/) is a 1998 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, then learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston) was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is kidnapped, and millionaire Lebowski commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release; the plan goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom mon...
2023-03-0740 min
UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARD85 Peter Sobchak, Editor in ChiefI am a journalist who has been writing for over 15 years about architecture, design and real estate development. I am an Editor in Chief who oversees and directs two national trade publications -- Building magazine and Canadian Interiors. My writing has also appeared in design magazines in England, Germany, the Netherlands and China, and my work has won multiple awards for business writing.
2023-02-0151 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 21 - Robotics in Design w/ David CorreaRobotic automation has changed virtually every industry. Their ubiquity has moved from the assembly line to the house, from multi-axis manipulator arms to cute little vacuums and many other examples in between.
I say “virtually” every industry because there is a major one that still lags far behind in embracing the precision, reliability and endless potential of robotics and automation: the making of buildings. Given how this is an industry notorious for inefficiency and waste – problems put into stark relief thanks to the pandemic – one must wonder why are we not seeing robots on the jobsite or in the d...
2023-01-301h 05
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 20 - Web3's Potential for Designers w/ DigbyWhen you hear words like “blockchain” do you immediately conjure up images of Minecraft, that video game your 14-year-old son plays all day? Or when you encounter the phrase “metaverse” do you instantly hear Keanu Reeves utter his famous “Woah!” line from The Matrix? Don’t feel bad, you’re not alone. To many, they feel like buzzwords that gamers and tech savants love to throw around on their discussion boards. But in fact, they are foundational pieces of a larger tech shift that we are in the midst of and may not even know it.
The new frontier, be...
2023-01-0356 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 19 - Auto-Ethnography in Design w/ Michael KaethlerAsk a designer what the role of a designer is, and you will get as diverse a spectrum of answers as you will designers. Is it one of creative expression or rigorously conducted research? Is it engineering over artistry, or vice versa? Can it be everything, all at once? Many designers will chafe even at that, saying not taking a position is part of the problem of our times.
Designers taking a position, at times referred to as authorship, has always been fertile ground for debate between critics, theorists, educators, and practitioners. There are designers who shy...
2022-10-251h 17
Showdino58: The Big Lebowski (1998)The Big Lebowski (/ləˈbaʊski/) is a 1998 black comedy crime film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, then learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston) was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is kidnapped, and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release; the plan goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money. Sam...
2022-10-2051 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 18 - Understand Your Design Firm’s Financials w/ Rick LinleyWhen small and midsized design firms try to strengthen their firms, they tend to fixate on the “Practice of Design”: doing better work. However, the work itself isn’t the problem. Getting stronger requires a shift of focus to the “Design of Practice.”
This foundational philosophy is expressed early and often in Rick J. Linley’s new book, titled Scoreboard Your Practice: 7 Numbers to Understand Your Design Firm’s Financials.
His focus on the “Design of Practice” is more than just a clever turn of phrase: it is a pillar around which Rick weaves and distills lessons l...
2022-09-191h 11
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 17 - Re-examining the Industrial Design Process w. Lee Fletcher“As the nature of designing and making physical objects – particularly products for workplaces – continues to evolve, the way we approach that work needs to evolve with it,” said industrial designer Lee Fletcher this spring while announcing the launch of a new venture, called Fletcher Scott Studio, based in Toronto.
Lee is a founding partner in Fig40, a product design studio also based in Toronto and in which he is still actively involved with partner Terence Woodside. But with Fletcher Scott Studio, he is, in his own words, “looking for a pause in process, and an expansion of the limina...
2022-08-011h 00
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 16 - Writing a Designers' Manifesto w/ Bulent AkmanDesigners have been drafting design manifestos (DM) for over a hundred years with varying degrees of success and fidelity in their professional practices. According to author Alexandra Franzen, a DM is “A written statement where you publicly declare your intentions, opinions and vision,” yet despite such a succinct characterization there appear to be gaps in understanding when it comes to the features which distinguish an exemplary DM and the function it serves (if any) in contemporary professional design practices.
These days, designers’ websites seemingly prefer short generic statements that mix their approach to design with lists of techni...
2022-06-271h 01
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 15 - Interior Design in Public Transit w/ Greg ParsonsAnyone who has spent a considerable amount of time in Toronto has on some level developed a relationship with public transit. But then there are those who have spent a really significant amount of time in the city, someone like me, who has spent their whole life here – was born here, grew up here, has gone through the various stages of life here – those people have an intimate relationship with public transit, specifically the TTC: we develop associations with details such as going through turnstiles, sounds and smells of waiting on platforms, the feeling of subway seats, different tile colo...
2022-05-131h 11
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 14: A Future for Architecture Criticism? w/ Ian ChodikoffThere was a time in the mid- to late-20th century when arts critics held serious power in swaying the consumption habits of the general public. Film and music were two realms in the popular press where this was particularly notable, with critics such as Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert for film or Lester Bangs and Robert Christgau for music writing reviews and essays in publications that many believed could “make or break a career.”
Then as the early 21st century saw the internet unleash a tidal wave of content, where value is measured by clicks, criticism morp...
2022-04-261h 23
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 13 - The Design Industry’s Representation Crisis w/ Ian RolstonThere is ‘saying,’ and there is ‘doing.’ Both are important, and in many cases one can’t happen without the other. But eventually the latter must happen, otherwise the former has been abandoned and rendered meaningless.
We all saw the slow emergence of conversations about diversity in representation kicked into high gear during the summer of 2020, as companies and organizations queued up to give their official Statements on Diversity and Inclusion in the face of intense scrutiny coming from social upheavals. And deservedly so, for while Canadian workplaces may appear more diverse than ever before, that appearance belies the...
2022-02-211h 10
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 12 - The Designer & Product Rep Relationship w. George FoussiasArchitects and interior designers specify thousands of architectural and interior products, building materials and related goods, representing billions of dollars in sales. But how these goods and products register on the radar of creative professionals and ultimately get specified is a major part of the industry that rarely gets discussed. Design firms have both formal and informal procedures when working with product industry representatives, and like everything else these days, things are changing due to a combination of both internal and external forces.
In this episode of Bevel we sit down with George Foussias, Design Director of...
2021-12-291h 05
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 11 - Canada's Evolving Architectural Identity w. Leslie Jen“What is Canadian architecture? The question has often been posed, with no single satisfactory response. Understandably so, as Canada is not only vast but geographically and climatically diverse across its provinces and territories,” says author Leslie Jen in the introduction to her new book, titled Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity.
In it, she explores several significant building projects in urban and rural environments that influence our interactions with each other and the communities in which we live, reflecting a multiplicity of architectural languages, regions, and building types seen in this country.
In this episode of B...
2021-11-3044 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 10 - Why Designers Must Pivot w. Johanna HoffmannAlthough we have been in the COVID trenches for what seems like an incessantly long period of time, there now appears to be light at the end of this tunnel. With vaccination rates on a speedy incline and phased re-openings across the provinces, things are slowly returning to normal.
But we’re not out of the woods yet, and even when the pandemic is officially declared over its effects will be long-lasting. Which is why we are sitting down with Johanna Hoffmann, CEO of Oomph Group, to discuss why your space planning, project management and procurement skills ar...
2021-08-101h 01
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 9 - The Financialization of Architecture w. Matthew Soules“Architecture is not the result of finance capitalism but rather is finance capitalism” / “Just as architecture has helped produce finance capitalism, finance capitalism has helped produce architecture.”
Those two passages appear early in Matthew Soules’s new book, titled Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin, which serves as an indictment of how finance capitalism changes not only architectural forms, but the very nature of our cities and societies.
The impetus for this book arose from the 2008 global financial crisis, which revealed, among other things, the damage done by unchecked housing speculation. Yet in the ensuing years, say...
2021-06-0947 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 8 - Cinema of Design w. Kyle BergmanFrom their inception, both architecture and filmmaking have been forms of representational art. The closer one looks at these respective disciplines, the more their overlapping attributes become glaringly obvious. Both manipulate time, space, movement, light, colour and sound; in the case of cinema, to reinforce the narrative of a film; and in the case of architecture, to manifest the ideas behind a design. They both engage the viewer, one by projecting moving images while the viewer is still, the other by being still while the viewer moves. Both architecture and film play an important role in influencing how we...
2021-05-1352 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 7 - Material & Process Transparency w. Jane AbernethyWith a new United States president in the White House already signalling a recommitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, environmental issues are encouragingly back to the top of many design and manufacturing agendas.
For some companies, it always had been, as evidenced by the recently released Corporate Social Responsibility Report from Humanscale, one of the leading designers and manufacturers of high-performance workplace products with an aim of making a net-positive impact on the earth, and who signed a pledge back in 2017 to uphold the Paris Agreement.
In this episode of Bevel, we chat with Jane...
2021-03-0840 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 6 - Social Design w. Michael Kaethler“When you start to deconstruct or question design, all sorts of questions emerge: How does design affect our behaviour, our use of resources, our choices and freedoms to participate in social, political or economic decision-making, and the extent to which we feel we have agency over our lives?”
That is a point raised by Jan Boelen, a curator, educator and researcher in art and design who has been the head of the Master’s department of Social Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven since 2010.
Jan is one of the co-editors of a provocative new book titled...
2021-03-0854 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 5 - Architecture Theses on FilmWhat role does film play in shaping experimentation in architecture? How can film be used to document and archive different projects in the context of architecture school? Can film be used to make an architectural argument?
From experimental thesis projects that use film as a means for discourse to shorts documenting the processes and dynamics of collaborative design studios, in this episode of Bevel we partnered with the Toronto Society of Architects to chat with student filmmakers, recent graduates, and faculty about the role of filmmaking in architectural education.
About the Panelists:
Vineetha...
2020-11-1958 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 4 - Design Education w. Anna StranksDesign is interdisciplinary by nature, therefore it is no surprise that design education is similar and provides a variety of platforms for students to learn different knowledge and skills from, and then apply those skills to solve design problems.
That said, anyone watching the state of education can see that it is evolving at a rapid pace. Today’s parameters are much less defined and what is expected from both students and teachers is being re-evaluated.
While today’s classrooms are undoubtedly molding the design workforce of the future, the question exists: is that workforce evol...
2020-11-1256 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 3 - Office Re-entry w. Dyonne FashinaThe COVID-19 crisis has forced corporate culture to radically adjust ways of working.
The question facing us now is what will happen when the pandemic winds down and we emerge from quarantines? What’s likely is that awareness about workplace health and safety will be strong, and this awareness will have a direct impact on the design of physical environments, most notably, the surfaces we touch and how we interact with people after this prolonged period of social distancing.
In the wake of the pandemic, the connection between the physical environment and wellness will be un...
2020-10-2849 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 2 - Design Trade Shows w. Jeff ForrestBecause of wide-ranging governmental policies created to enforce social distancing measures in efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, some of the swiftest casualties have been the regular stops on the trade show circuit.
Many show organizers either cancelled or postponed their events, but some of them were re-imagined as online or virtual entities. While a virtual trade show is seldom a desirable substitute for the real, in-person experience, it does offer several benefits for attendees including streaming and archived keynotes, panels and technical sessions. And from the exhibitor side, there is an argument to be made...
2020-10-2830 min
Bevel: Canadian Interiors ConversationsEpisode 1 - Cross Pollination: Embracing Inspiration from Alternative DisciplinesInterior design is a profession based on ideas meant to eliminate barriers between ourselves and our built environment, so it is wonderfully positioned to benefit from a mining of design inspirations that come from other industries, thereby breaking down conceptual barriers to create new forms, introduce emerging typologies, weave in themes, and more.
2020-10-2846 min
Midnight Bath — Where Stories Get ToldWhen do you know your creative project is done?When do we know a story is done? Regardless of medium, whether words, film, software, song or some other, we agreed that a story is done when we turn it in. In other words when the audience has it in their hands, ears, hearts, minds.
Guests on this podcast in alphabetical order:
Ross Guerico
Ilir Pristine
Peter Sobchak
Your host: Bulent Akman
2020-04-1838 min
Single Serves PodcastSingle Serves ep. 103 - Sobchak On Media Literacy And CriticismIn episode 103 I interviewed peter sobchak, editor in chief of canadian interiors, building magazine and lover of great design. Peter and I talked about criticism and media literacy or lack thereof in the architecture industry and the challenges that it poses. Listen in to learn more about peter's thinking on the subject
About the podcast: Single Serves is a podcast where we interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. The thought-provoking ideas shared here are intended to inspire our listeners to become well-rounded entrepreneurs who are the leaders of their field.
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2019-08-2355 min
World Politics ReviewThe Celebrity Candidate in Russia's Election Is Struggling to Be Taken SeriouslyIn this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the week’s big news, including the firing of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the escalating tensions between London and Moscow after a former Russian spy was poisoned with a lethal nerve agent in the United Kingdom. For the Report, Natalie Rouland talks with Peter Dörrie about Ksenia Sobchak, the celebrity-turned-politician challenging Vladimir Putin in Russia’s presidential election. Is Sobchak an opportunistic stalking horse for the Kremlin, or a rising force for Russi...
2018-03-1642 min