20th Anniversary celebration with non-fiction writers Lisa Taddeo, Malcolm Gladwell, Anne Lamott, Maria Konnikova, and Alain de Botton

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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To mark 20 years of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits some of her most memorable conversations with acclaimed non-fiction writers Lisa Taddeo, Malcolm Gladwell, Anne Lamott, Maria Konnikova, and Alain de Botton. This anniversary collection captures the insight, candor, and wisdom of five extraordinary thinkers whose work continues to shape how we see ourselves and the world around us.

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0:00.0	What makes sex exciting is really the sense of someone allowing you into their life.
0:07.9	She remembered every second, but she also wanted it recorded in the world.
0:15.2	From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.
0:22.2	On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about
0:26.3	what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.
0:31.3	On this episode, in celebration of Design Matters 20th anniversary, we'll hear from some of the
0:36.9	terrific nonfiction writers that Debbie has
0:39.3	interviewed over the years.
0:40.8	When we're making high-stakes decisions
0:42.8	about strangers, we might be better
0:45.3	off not meeting them. And socially,
0:47.2	that societies with higher levels of trust
0:49.2	end up doing better economically.
0:51.5	Families, hard,
0:53.2	hard, hard.
1:00.2	They did it again. Flower instead of flowers on my birthday. And 95 minutes late,
1:07.4	but it's hard to leave when you've shared so much. Your postcode, your gluten intolerance.
1:13.0	Then I saw it.
1:14.2	25% off your first Accardo shop, plus free delivery.
1:18.7	And I just knew I'd found the online supermarket of my dreams.
1:22.4	Arcado, life delivered.
1:24.1	Geographical restrictions, min spend £60 and charges apply.
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