Toby Witte of Wittehaus reads chapters from his book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek”. Occasionally he throws in extra anecdotes and interviews with folks out of his world of modern, sustainable, luxury homes in the Southeast of the US.
For more info on the book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
About Toby and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
Good Design Is Empathetic - An example of a home that feels for its inhabitants. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 12: Good Design Is Empathetic.
Image: The climbing library of the Schönberg Residence, 2010, Toby Witte. (Photo by Armando Bellmas.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-12-good-design-is-empathetic
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
6 Mar 2025
Chapter 11 - For You
For You - What you deserve and should ask for. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 11: For You.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-11-for-you
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
20 Feb 2025
Chapter 10 - McMansions
McMansions - Why builders build big. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 10: McMansions.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-10-mcmansions
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
6 Feb 2025
Spoke & Hammer - A Chat With Mike Masto and Ryan Dennison
A conversation with the craft building duo Mike Masto and Ryan Dennison of Spoke & Hammer, a North Carolina construction company known for its custom energy-efficient homes, impeccable customer service, and an incredible eye for every detail. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Mike and Ryan about the craft of building, passive house design features, and what future homeowners can expect.
Image: Spoke & Hammer
Spoke & Hammer: https://spokeandhammer.com/
Spoke & Hammer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spokeandhammer
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/spoke-hammer-a-chat-mike-masto-and-ryan-dennison
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
23 Jan 2025
Chapter 09 - Good Design Is Intimate
Good Design Is Intimate - An example of a home that builds on a sensual connection. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 09: Good Design Is Intimate.
Image: Backside of the freestanding wall segments leading into the foyer of the Woung House, 2015, Toby Witte. (Photo by Armando Bellmas.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-09-good-design-is-intimate
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
9 Jan 2025
Chapter 08 - Builders Build
Builders Build - Who designs your home? Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 08: Builders Build.
Image: Suburban Sprawl, Las Vegas. (Courtesy of tupungat/123RF.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-08-builders-build
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
26 Dec 2024
NC/US Modernist - A Chat With George Smart
A conversation with Mr. Modernism about the incredible building stock of midcentury modern homes in North Carolina and the USA and the archival efforts of NC and US Modernist. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with George Smart, the “accidental archivist and architect” who has helped archive thousands of midcentury modern homes nationwide.
Images: George Smart
NC Modernist: https://www.ncmodernist.org/
US Modernist: https://usmodernist.org/
Matsumoto Prize: https://www.ncmodernist.org/matsumotoprize.htm
George Smart on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-smart-382145162/
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/nc-us-modernist-a-chat-with-george-smart
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
12 Dec 2024
ClaassHAUS - A Chat With Paige Claassen
A look behind the curtain of an architectural historian’s Instagram account for midcentury modern and innovative architecture in the US. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Paige Claassen, an architectural historian about her Instagram account Claasshaus.
Images: Paige Claassen
Claasshaus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claasshaus
Claasshaus: https://www.claasshaus.com/
Habitat 67, Moshe Safdie, Montréal, Québec: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCrfis8vLEt/
Biosphère de Montreal, Shoji Sadao and Peter Floyd (with Buckminster Fuller), Cambridge Seven, Frank Heger (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Montréal, Québec: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDH0Qeyuol3
Mummers Theater / Stage Center, John M. Johansen, Oklahoma City, OH: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSo5w3cL_JY/
Gropius House, Walter and Ise Gropius, Lincoln, Massachusetts: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9fN7VaOLU7
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/claasshaus-a-chat-with-paige-claassen
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
28 Nov 2024
The Edith Farnsworth House - A Chat With Michelangelo Sabatino
A new look at the Edith Farnsworth House, the masterpiece by architect Mies van der Rohe - About the research, book, its architecture and its three lives. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Michelangelo Sabatino, a historian, curator, preservationist, professor of architectural history and heritage in the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, as well as author of “The Edith Farnsworth House. Architecture, Preservation, Culture” and “Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975”.
Image: Michelangelo Sabatino
Michelangelo Sabatino: https://michelangelo-sabatino.com/
Michelangelo Sabatino, IIT: https://www.iit.edu/directory/people/michelangelo-sabatino
Michelangelo Sabatino on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelangelo-sabatino-phd-900aa628/
The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture: https://www.phaidon.com/monacelli/architecture/the-edith-farnsworth-house-architecture-preservation-culture-9781580936194/
Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75: https://a.co/d/f7OnN4I
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/the-edith-farnsworth-house-a-chat-with-michelangelo-sabatino
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
14 Nov 2024
Chapter 07 - Some Myths Around House Ownership
Some Myths around House Ownership - Census numbers that tell a story. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 07: Some Myths around House Ownership.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-07-some-myths-around-house-ownership
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
31 Oct 2024
Chapter 06 - Two Planes
The Farnsworth House - a convincing example from history. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 06: Two Planes.
Image: An exterior view of the Farnsworth House, 1951, Mies van der Rohe. (Photo by Mike Crews.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-06-two-planes
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
17 Oct 2024
The Motor Age - A Chat With Peter Norton
How the automobile won the battle over the American streetscape, changed our lives, and will impact our future. Toby Witte, Author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Peter Norton, historian, academic, and author of “Fighting Traffic - The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City”.
Image: Peter Norton
Peter Norton, University of Virginia: https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/peter-norton
Peter Norton, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norton_(historian)
Peter Norton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdnorton/
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City: https://a.co/d/as8HF5u
Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving: https://a.co/d/1MDPHSn
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/the-motor-age-a-chat-with-peter-norton
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
3 Oct 2024
Chapter 05 - The Mudroom
How we should be greeted by our home. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 05: The Mudroom.
Image: Inviting entry of the Gerendák Residence accessed from the garage or by foot, 2022, Toby Witte. (Photo by Amanda Anderson.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-05-the-mudroom
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
19 Sept 2024
Chapter 04 - The Kit
How we have created houses for a century. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 04: The Kit.
Image: Modern Homes Catalog, Page 38, The Norwich, 1936, Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Courtesy of the Internet Archive.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-04-the-kit
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
5 Sept 2024
Cohousing - A Chat With Kyle Barker
How cohousing might provide a better stage for life than single family homes. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Kyle Barker, founding Principal of Primary Projects and expert on cohousing.
Image: Kyle Barker, Primary Projects
Primary Projects: https://primaryprojects.org/
Primary Projects on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primaryprojects/
Kyle Barker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barkerkl/
Primary Projects on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primary_projects/
The Cohousing Association of the United States: https://www.cohousing.org/
Kathryn McCamant: https://www.cohousing-solutions.com/our-team
Charles Durrett: https://www.cohousingco.com/charles-durrett
Vandkunsten in Denmark: https://vandkunsten.com/en
R50 by ifau, Jesko Fezer, and Heide & von Beckerath in Berlin:
https://heidevonbeckerath.com/single/r50-cohousing
Nightingale by Breathe in Australia: https://www.nightingalehousing.org/
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/cohousing-a-chat-with-kyle-barker
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
22 Aug 2024
Chapter 03 - The Luxury of Excess
The uncomfortable truth about the luxury of single-family homes. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 03: The Luxury Of Excess.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-03-the-luxury-of-excess
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
8 Aug 2024
Chapter 02 - The Ad
How a piece of advertising provides a surprising mirror image of our expectations. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 02: The Ad.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-02-the-ad
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
2 Aug 2024
Chapter 01 - A Sense of home
Thoughts about the idea of home and the call for luxury. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 01: A Sense of Home.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-01-a-sense-of-home
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
31 Jul 2024
Trailer: Introduction - A Word Of Caution
Toby Witte reads the introduction to his book Supersizing Bliss and gives a sketch of what is to come.
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Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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