Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 16 Title: Talking with Aurgho Jyoti Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, looking into issues (hopefully) critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Aurgho Jyoti is the Founder and Creative Director of AUR (Architecture Urbanism Research LLC), an international architecture practice operating out of New York and New Delhi. His work addresses the notion of time in architecture, creating interventions that provide 'spatial specificity' and 'temporal continuity. We discuss: architecture, urbanism, forming a practice significance, disciplinary boundaries, participatory urbanism, the Partition of India, the value of slowness, and beyond. Some images of projects being discussed can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPAw2MTMuI5/ For more information on Aurgho's work, go here: https://www.a-u-r.co/ Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.

Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 15 Title: Talking with Kevin Reed Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, inquiring into topics critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Kevin Reed, Associate Professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, and Director of the Climate Extremes Modeling Group. We discuss: How he got into the realm of marine and atmospheric sciences; the world of academia and policy; the Climate Extremes Modeling Group and its current trajectory; the impact of climate change on extreme weather; the impact of intensified extreme weather on urban infrastructure (specifically stormwater); and the rising intrigue of working within disciplinary overlaps. Have a listen. Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.