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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

20th Anniversary celebration with memoirists Elissa Altman, Thomas Page McBee, Ashley C. Ford, Josh Brolin, and Isaac Fitzgerald

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In honor of 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits memorable conversations with memoirists Elissa Altman, Thomas Page McBee, Ashley C. Ford, Josh Brolin, and Isaac Fitzgerald. This anniversary collection reflects on the candor, resilience, and storytelling power of five voices who have turned personal experience into unforgettable art.



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0:00.0

Hello there. This is Debbie Millman, and I'm so excited to share something wonderful with you. This month, I am featured on Apple Podcasts as one of their creators we love. This is a big time honor for me, and I'm so thrilled in the ways that Apple has acknowledged the 20 years I've been podcasting Design Matters.

0:23.2

A big thank you to all of my friends at Apple Podcasts for their generosity and support for the last two decades.

0:31.4

My world was turned upside down. At the same time, there was actually a sense of relief.

0:36.8

Gender, I think, is kind of almost spiritual.

0:38.3

There's something mystical about it.

0:40.8

And that feeling made me want to not let him go.

0:48.3

From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.

0:55.3

On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world

0:59.0

about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.

1:04.3

On this episode, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, we'll hear from

1:10.0

some of the many memoirists that Debbie

1:12.3

has interviewed over the years. Alcohol was a great friend for a while. In that moment, I don't

1:18.7

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1:33.2

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1:36.6

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1:41.8

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1:49.3

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1:58.4

Hello, we're Russell and Robert from the podcast Talk Art,

2:01.4

which is currently sponsored by How to Art by Kate Bryan, published by Penguin Books.

2:07.1

Russell, you know how art can sometimes feel a bit intimidating, even pretentious. Yeah, but it shouldn't

2:12.6

be. Art is for everyone. It should be fun and something we can all enjoy. Exactly. And that's what

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