Todd Pruzan

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Todd Pruzan—a prolific writer, editor, and journalist—recently inherited a collection of several thousand New Yorker covers from his family spanning the past 77 years. He joins to read an essay that explores a number of realizations while reviewing the covers, including his family’s Jewish identity.

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0:00.0	It doesn't take a psychologist to see that the New Yorker's imagery, its covers and ads,
0:06.9	depicted the world my grandparents wanted to live in, the people they wanted to be.
0:14.8	From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milma.
0:21.8	On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.
0:31.5	On this episode, Todd Pruzan talks about his family's long relationship with The New Yorker magazine.
0:37.4	Was the golden age of the New Yorker magazine.
0:41.5	Was the golden age of the New Yorker cover the era when I was growing up,
0:45.4	when the magazine and I were both learning vaguely to be Jewish?
0:55.3	Rollback is back at ASDA, with thousands of prices roll back across the store and online.
1:00.8	Including 600 grams of chicken breast fillet was £4.70, now just £4.14.
1:03.5	And for recipes the whole family will love.
1:06.4	Like my mouthwatering Italian chicken and auze bake.
1:09.1	Find Joe Wicks meal picks at ASDA.com.
1:11.6	Helping you make your midweek meals for less.
1:12.9	That's ASDA price.
1:16.1	Selected stores online subject to availability offer ends 26 of Feb.
1:17.7	May exclude Azure Express and small stores.
1:19.1	See ASDA.com slash more stores.
1:20.1	Online charges may apply.
1:23.2	Hey guys, it's Temi Alchemy here from the 90s baby show podcast and we are currently sponsored by Audible.
1:25.8	Guys, I've started making audiobooks my thing on my long walks.
1:29.1	The next one I'm due to give a listen to is Hidden Histories with Nova Read.
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