I Would Prefer Not To
Hosted by Ana Miljački · The Architectural League of New York
4.7from 41 ratings
- 36
- Episodes
- 2
- Transcribed
- 41
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 755K
- YouTube views
About I Would Prefer Not To
Why does an architect turn down a commission? What could change if we knew? An interview podcast series produced by MIT's Critical Broadcasting Lab sheds light on a necessary but understudied part of architectural practice.
- Publisher
- The Architectural League of New York
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 4 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
2 of 36 episodes have a transcript.
4 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kate Orff
26 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
LTL Architects
14 Apr 2026
Thom Mayne
Inside a recent episode
Kate Orff
Published 4 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it kind of forced me to articulate this kind of notion of ecology as infrastructure in a way that I had not done before and at multiple scales, like at the harbor scale and then at the scale of the mussel and the oyster. So that kind of over overlay of of policy of sort of water watershed of water quality of, you know, critters and, you know, the sort of participatory aspect of what could be literally kind of created a scaffolding in which I kind of. was moving forward within the world. And that could not have happened in terms of, I mean, if I had not done that project, I do not think that I would have that scale of ambition that I had after that project. […]
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- Kate Orff
- Paul Lewis
- Marc Tsurumaki
- David J Lewis
- Christian Benimana
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 755,260
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 22 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 19 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100
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- Quality
- 12
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
Contact I Would Prefer Not To
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts I Would Prefer Not To?
Ana Miljački host the show. Published by The Architectural League of New York.
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