Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Discussing the book "By Design: Why there are no locks on the bathroom doors in the Hotel Louis XIV, and other object lessons" with designer and author Ralph Caplan. Includes an interview with George Nelson.

British author and psychiatrist Anthony Storr discusses his book “Solitude: A Return to the Self,” a book that attempts to combat the reigning notion that interpersonal relationships are most important in life. Storr discusses the importance of humans being able to spend time alone and how this fuels creativity. Studs plays a recording of Carl Sanburg reading his poem “A Father to His Son.”