Do you ever wonder why subway tile is so common in bathrooms? Are you flummoxed by bidets? What’s your take on pedestal sinks? Join Rae and Andi as we talk all things evacuation and cleanliness while trying not to giggle 🚽🛁
Episode 19: Bathrooms
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Episode 18: Haunted Houses
To celebrate spooky season – the best season – Rae and Andi talk all things haunted house-related. What is the most eerie architectural style? What are the best examples and what makes those houses so wonderfully spooky? Get yourself a seasonally-appropriate beverage and join us as we talk about mansard roofs and other spine-chilling features. 👻
Episode 17: Visual Pollution
How would you define “visual pollution”? In this episode, Rae and Andi tackle the visual blights that affect us all. Where is the line between advertising and art? What’s intrusive, what adds to the streetscape? We start by discussing our producer’s documentary feature This Space Available and go from there. Join us!
Episode 16: Postcards
Most mail is spam, or maybe bills. But postcards! Getting a postcard is a joyful little moment, and then you can keep it on your fridge, or your mantel, or a shoebox, and then every time you look at it you get another little burst of joy. So this month, Rae and Andi talk about postcards and share postcards and generally appreciate all things postcard. Hope we can encourage you to send some to your loved ones! 📫
Episode 15: Ballparks
Celebrate America’s pastime with Rae & Andi, with special cameos from our baseball-obsessed partners. Do you like baseball? Or maybe just ballpark snacks? Either way, let’s while away the summer heat together. ⚾️🍿🌭
Episode 14: Celebrating Pride 2025
To celebrate Pride Month 2025, Rae and Andi chat with Free Harris about gay men in preservation, gayborhoods, and gaytrification (that last portmanteau is bleh, but the places we discuss aren’t). Happy Pride, everyone! 🌈
References:
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History – Chapter 13 by Free Harris
Richard Florida & Charlotta Mellander Gay-Bohemian Index
Grant House, Logan Circle, Washington DC
Anna Julia Cooper House, LeDroit Park, Washington DC
Mary McCloud Bethune House, Logan Circle, Washington DC
Episode 13: Why Preservation?
May is preservation month! To celebrate, Rae and Andi talk about their own path to preservation, and share some favorite preservation-related songs. You have three playlists to choose from below: Rae’s, Andi’s, and Andi’s teen daughter’s. Do you prefer the middle age jams or the teen bops? Do you have songs of your own to share? Let us know!
Episode 12: Nails & Saws
This month, we are going metal! Listen along as we talk all about nails and saws. No tetanus shot required (though make sure you’re up to date.) Rae and Andi cover the history of nails from the handmade ones of yore to the ones you have in your toolbox. We also talk about saw technology through the years. If you don’t know the difference between a bandsaw, circular saw, and table saw, we’re here to serve. And don’t forget to wear your PPE if you decide to apply anything you learn.
Episode 11: A Night at the Movies
Rae, Andi, and special guest Colin enjoyed a night at the movies in RVA. We went to the historic, beautiful Byrd Theatre to see a French movie from the 1960s you’ve likely never heard of. But it’s really good, we promise! We hope you’ll sit back, grab some popcorn, and listen to our thoughts on Playtime and the joys of making fun of modernism. 🍿📽️
You can find lots of stills from Playtime here.
Episode10: Ducks!
This month, we are talking all about Ducks. Duck ducks, sheep ducks, basket ducks, hot dog ducks, dino ducks… If these sound like a contradiction in terms, please listen as Rae & Andi wax poetic about the wonderful quirky world of architectural ducks. 🦆
In this episode, we talk a great deal about Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown & Steven Izenour. You can learn more about the book here and you can purchase it here.
BONUS! Once you listen to the episode, check out Rae’s grandpa with his record-setting catch as displayed at the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. It’s here (and EPIC!)
