#1151: Blue Sky Design

I spent eight years working on the Pro Tour overseeing the feature matches and final-day video coverage. Those eight years just happened to overlap with the greatest run in professional Magic where Pro Tour legend Kai Budde won seven Pro Tours in five years. This podcast honors K ...  Show more

In this podcast, I sit down with Neale LaPlante Johnson, the creative lead of Lorwyn Eclipsed, to talk all about the worldbuilding for the set. 

In celebration of our 1,000th Podcast Episode, we wanted to do something BIG and Unique. But we still never imagined we'd be at the top of the Tower at Circuit of the Americas answering questions with a LIVE audience. This was recorded Live on May 31, 2025. This version has a bit ...  Show more

This episode is just a short introduction to why I wanted to make this podcast and why listening to natural English is so important. (Note at one point I made a mistake and send "video" when I meant "podcast" - remember this is natural talking without a script!)

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In today’s episode, I’m using a short video for today’s topic question: When is art design and when is design art? See the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UxZehKGMrAI ask the question: does it really matter? I also share examples of artists, designers and design movem ...  Show more