A spontaneous and unrehearsed interview.

Welcome to the 72nd episode of Curiosityness.

I am the host of the show.

My name is Travis DeRose.

Welcome.

Thanks for being here.

And this episode I have on Stefan Al,

and he's an architect and urban designer, but he's also the author of a book called The Strip

subtitle Las Vegas and the architecture of the American Dream. So we dive into like the architecture

and design of Las Vegas because it's extremely unique. And Stefan shares

some interesting thoughts and perspective on that stuff like, you know, how important the pool is

and, you know, why these, you know, casinos and resorts were themed in the 90s, why that happened, and the Disney

vacation, as he calls it, of that stuff. So it's pretty interesting. All this stuff is designed

with a purpose, and it's designed because people want it that way. So it kind of reflects, like, the

larger American culture at the time. And Stefan does a really good job of kind of breaking that

down and explaining what that really all means. So I think you're going to enjoy this episode.

And I'll let Stefan get to it. So without further ado, here is episode 72 right now.

All right, Stefan. How you doing?

Very good, Travis. And thanks for the invitation.

Yeah, hell yeah, man. Thanks for coming on. I just, you know, I appreciate the opportunity to talk to you.

Because this stuff is, I mean, myself personally, I really find architecture and stuff interesting.

You know, I don't have any training on it or anything, but I find myself a bit like

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