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A weekly(ish) podcast about architecture, place, and global travel, created by John Golden and Sarah Rovang, H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow.

Sarah Rovang

  • Dec 1, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 25m AVG DURATION
  • 35 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Sundowners

Series Finale

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 28:59


At long last, our very last episode of Sundowners! We look back on an amazing year of travel and personal growth.

Audioguides and Industrial Heritage

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 19:25


A special episode for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Leadership Forum Blog on audioguides, industrial heritage sites, storytelling, and visitor experience.

2.11 Where’s My Wife? (Unwinding in Switzerland)

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 22:27


After a long break from podcasting, Sarah and John catch up about a busy month. John has started his new job, and Sarah has been in Scandinavia, Paris, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Switzerland.

SAH Blogcast Part 2: Listening to the Industrial Past

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 21:23


Part two of special podcast created for the Society of Architectural Historians, as my monthly Brooks blog report for April 2019. talk about what it means to hear industrial heritage sites as contemporary listeners, and how sound can be effectively curated and deployed as part of a public history experience.

SAH Blogcast Part 1: Sounding Industrial Places

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 24:38


Part one of special podcast created for the Society of Architectural Historians, as my monthly Brooks blog report for April 2019. In this part, we talk about the soundscapes of industrial heritage, how sound impacts our experience of architecture, and how we can understand the different types of sound we might encounter at an industrial heritage site.

2.08 John Got a Job!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 18:46


John gets a job that warrants a lot of explanation; Sarah is in Copenhagen with friends.

2.07 Where’s My Wife? (Offline in Stockholm)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 25:06


Sarah and John go without their phones for a day in Stockholm and Santa Fe, and reflect on the how smart phones have transformed global travel.

2.06 Where’s My Wife? (Listening in Belgium)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 24:53


This week on Sundowners, a deep dive into industrial sound and what we can learn from listening to the built environment. Featuring the sounds of coal mines, windmills, cotton looms, and two very talkative dogs.

2.05 Where’s My Wife? (Reflecting in the Netherlands)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 25:39


Windmills, steam pumps, and food poisoning in the Netherlands. Plus our reflections back on 5 months of traveling together in 2018.

2.04 Where’s My Wife? (Back in Paris)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 25:12


Sarah explores parks in Paris and muses on industrial heritage tourism across Europe. John battles a fickle smoke detector.

2.03 Where’s My Wife? (Underground in Slovenia)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 28:14


Sarah encounters a mercury mine and some impressive socialist architecture in Slovenia; John hears a pack of coyotes.

2.02 Where’s My Wife? (Setting out in Northern Italy)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 25:35


Sarah explores a utopian company town near Milan and learns how to travel on her own. John feeds the blue jays and critiques this year’s Super Bowl ads.

2.01 Where’s My Wife? (Alone in Paris)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 14:48


A new season, a new format while Sarah is away in Europe and John is home in Santa Fe.

22 Santiago Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2018 22:55


Altiplano tourist traps, abandoned nitrate mines, desert flamingos, and Christmas in a fancy chain hotel in Santiago.

21 Atacama Desert

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 36:49


Adventures in Chilean ghost towns, labor history, and reflections on time spent in historic Iquique. Plus the joy of rogue Christmas parades.

20 Iquique

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 19:03


John turns 30 in an industrial port town with a great beach; also historic wooden architecture and more cheap thrill boat rides.

19 Chiloé

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 34:09


Hyper-local architecture on a magical Chilean island, adventures in local cuisine, and what makes a nation a nation.

18 Puerto Varas

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 23:38


Santiago’s urban vibe, German colonial architecture, and how we were foiled by ferries on the Carretera Austral.

17 Santiago

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 31:35


Culture and politics in Chile’s capital city, plus a 12 hour tour of an abandoned copper mining town in the mountains.

16 Valparaíso

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2018 17:34


A new week; a new continent. Settling into a vibrant port city with stunning street art while enjoy the comforts of home cooking and a familiar writing system.

15 Japan Top 4 Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 35:28


A wrap up of our time in Japan, and a ranking of highlights and top experiences from the last two months.

14 Tokyo Redux

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 37:19


Back in Tokyo, we reflect on multi-faceted Japan and the unique experience of encountering open air architecture museums.

13 Southern Honshu

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018 37:52


Encountering tourist traps, looking back at industrial heritage site visits, and reflecting on the architectural landscape of Japan.

12 Mid-Trip Review

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 39:14


At the halfway point in our trip together, we reflect back on what it’s been like so far, and look forward to the second half of the journey.

11 Nagasaki

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 25:19


Finally finding the narrative thread in Japan, challenging culinary experiences, and coal mine tourism.

10 Kagoshima & Yakushima

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 19:29


Exploring industrial heritage in the south of Japan and a unique forest island.

09 Hokkaido

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 23:45


Seafood, “ruin porn,” and summer tourism in and around Sapporo and Hakodate.

Singapore and Tokyo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 22:30


Hawker centers, heritage in the wilds of urban Singapore, and meditations on the nature of Japanese architecture.

Cape Town Pt. 2 & South Africa Wrap-Up

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2018 25:35


This week we conclude our time in South Africa, and discuss our last few days in Cape Town as well as broader takeaways.

Cape Town

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 21:07


Part 1 of our time in Cape Town. We talk about some of the big tourism site we visited with Devon last week.

Franschhoek

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 20:34


The one where Sarah and John discover they are not “winelands” people.

Road Trip & Mine Towns

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 26:30


Reflections on navigating a South African road trip, plus insights into two very different mining heritage experiences.

Johannesburg, Part 2 & Safari

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 28:42


Updates from the road after leaving Jo’burg and a few days on safari in Klaserie & Kruger.

Johannesburg, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 29:49


The first Sundowners episode from the road; the first of two parts reflecting on our time in Johannesburg.

Pilot: Santa Fe

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 21:51


Introducing Sundowners, a podcast about place, architecture, and global travel.

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