This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is joined by registered architect and landscape architect, Susannah Drake of dlandstudio. Curtis and Susannah are discussing eco-friendly urban landscaping, and what landscape architecture can mean for New York City's protection from future storms like Hurricane Sandy. Hear about sanitation issues that come with storm surges, and how innovations like sponge parks can deal with rising tides and currents. Where and how are architects building to compensate for the increasing number of tropical storms in the New York metro area? Later, Curtis and Susannah talk about the intersection of landscape design and architecture, and where one ends and the next begins. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"I think that a lot of our cities were set up on waterways to facilitate exchange. Going back to (dlandstudio's) MoMA project, we analyzed the coastline and the ways it has expanded to facilitate exchange... Now we don't have the same systems of exchange where we're translating goods at the water's edge- in part due to containerized shipping." [17:55]

-- Susannah Drake on Burning Down the House

On this episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is joined in the studio by Jen Tullock: actor and co-host of Heritage Radio Network's The Morning After. Tune in to hear discussions regarding the intersection of art and architecture, and how both art forms express a narrative. Jen recalls her childhood, and what constitutes the notion of a home. Later, Curtis and Jen discuss how upbringing reflects one's attitude towards art. Do artists from suburbs react against their experiences in their work? Or is their art informed by their life? Hear some old clips of John Hejduk discussing acts of architecture and what makes built objects works of architecture. Hear about how set design engages and heightens theatrical works, especially when including biophilic elements. This episode has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"Architecture should tell a story about its creation." [1:00] -- Curtis B. Wayne on Burning Down the House

"Context: it's one more of the through-lines that connects what you and I do." [57:20] -- Jen Tullock on Burning Down the House

On this episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is talking suburbia, oil, and energy with two call-in guests. James Howard Kunstler is a public speaker, critic, and author of Too Much Magic, a book about limited oil and a reversion to smaller-scale, agriculture-based living. Duo Dickinson, a frequent guest on Burning Down the House, is an architect specializing in designing residences in urban, suburban, and exurban areas. Tune in to hear discussions about how trends in transportation have affected the landscapes we inhabit, food security, and our supply of natural resources. Hear about how a desire for "country-living" built the suburbs. Has the rate of human technological innovation ultimately doomed the species? Find out this and more on Burning Down the House! This episode has been brought to you by S. Wallace Edwards and Sons.

"What you finally get when the suburban experience reaches full flower is a cartoon version of country house in a cartoon version of the country." -- James Howard Kunstler on Burning Down the House

"Most people want an individuated place that reflects their values, and the easiest way to do is by having a blank palette, a piece of dirt, and an object in it that you inhabit. And that is the easiest way to control that micro-environment." -- Duo Dickinson on Burning Down the House