On this week's episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is talking about this year's Venice Biennale, featuring direction from Sir David Chipperfield. Sir Chipperfield is best known for his restoration of the Neues Museum in Berlin after World War II. Hear how Curtis interprets Sir Chipperfield's inclusion in this year's Biennale, and what it means for architectural education and knowledge in the public sphere. Tune in to hear some audio clips of Sir Chipperfield discussing his architectural processes regarding materiality and context. Curtis also discusses the American offering at the Biennale- Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good. Hear why Curtis finds the assumptions of the contribution to be problematic. Finally, learn about the social obligations of architecture, and why people outside of the field associate the profession with egotism. This program has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"Over the last few years, there has been a long crisis of the quality of questions asked. And in the near past, architects and designers were asked to create objects and buildings solely with the aim of shocking a public that didn't know how to ask the right questions."

-- Curtis B. Wayne on Burning Down the House

On today's episode of A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio is talking about Jewish Italian food, or Cucina Ebraica, with a panel of experts. Jayne Cohen is a food writer and cookbook author involved with preserving the culinary roots of Jewish cooking. Her most recent cookbook is entitled Around the Passover Table and Cooking for Jewish New Year. Cara De Silva is a food historian who writes about food and culture, and has authored In Memory's Kitchen: A Legacy from the Women of Terezin- a book featuring recipes from women in a Nazi concentration camp. Alessandra Rovati is a Jewish Italian food writer who also authors the blog Dinner in Venice. Tune in to hear how and when Jewish people immigrated to Italy, and how the various neighborhoods where they resided influenced their cooking. Learn why Jewish cuisine helped to popularize certain vegetables in Italian food, such as the tomato and the eggplant. What substitutes were used by Jews in the pork-heavy Italian diet? Hear about how ethnic tradition and cultural food survives through holiday meals. What Jewish foods have become part of everyday Italian cuisine? This program has been sponsored by Route 11 Potato Chips.

"The number of things that went into making Italian Jewish cuisine... created a cuisine of incredible variety- even though it was all Jewish in some way. There were also issues whether or not some of these dishes came to be associated with Jews- and that was sometime the case- but most of these dishes were brought by Jewish people." [6:50]

"There has been fusion since there have been borders!" [15:00]

-- Cara De Silva on A Taste of the Past

"One thing that is notable about Jewish Italian cuisine is that it was influenced by so many immigrants, sort of like Jewish food in the United States." [11:20]

-- Jayne Cohen on A Taste of the Past

Happy Valentine's Day from The Mike & Judy Show! Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are joined in the studio by two heartbroken songwriters: Billy Hough and Peg Simone. Tune in to hear Billy and Peg play some of their songs on-air, and listen in to hear the gang chat about terrible break-ups and make-up sex. Lo from Em & Lo calls in to talk about spicing up love with her new book, 150 Shades of Play! Is Valentine's Day just a Hallmark holiday? What's an appropriate way for a punk rocker to show their love on V-Day? Tune in and find out on this week's installment of The Mike & Judy Show! This episode has been brought to you by Roberta's.

"By the time I'm breaking up with someone, my friends already won't speak to them!" [23:20]

"Why is the best sex always with such toxic people?" [25:30]

-- Billy Hough on The Mike & Judy Show