Air Date: 12-23-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: <ul> <li> Ch. 1 - Why everything is so ugly these days </li> <li> Ch. 2 - The story of "Millennial Gray" and how our personal spaces are impacted by beauty </li> <li> Ch. 3 - How government intervention and regulation does (and could) impact the beauty in our surroundings </li> <li> Ch. 4 - How beauty impacts sustainability as well as our very important feelings of belonging </li> <li> BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: Why people around the globe are unhappy despite increasing wealth and progress </li> </ul> FOLLOW US ON: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YouTube</a> (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday - please subscribe and share!) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bestoftheleft.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bluesky</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bestoftheleft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bestoftheleft@mstdn.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mastadon</a> Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES <a href= "https://www.delish.com/food/a68854138/why-are-all-fast-food-restaurants-gray/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Why Do All Fast Food Chains Look Like Boring Gray Boxes Now?</a> - Delish <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYxrowovts" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How Did The World Get So Ugly?</a> (YouTube video) -Sheehan Quirke <a href="https://youtu.be/0NyeK_Vi0Kc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Why Millenial's Have No Taste</a> (Youtube video) - Answer in Progress <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/politics/classical-architecture-trump-executive-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trump executive order mandates classical architecture for federal buildings, discourages brutalism</a> - CNN <a href= "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-donald-washington-dc-arch-b2877016.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">'We're doing arch': Trump says his plan for DC's answer to the Arc de Triomphe is moving forward</a> - The Independent <a href= "https://news.sustainability-directory.com/urbanism/zoning-incentives-mandate-private-developers-create-public-open-space/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Zoning Incentives Mandate Private Developers Create Public Open Space</a> - Sustainability <a href= "https://plusurbia.com/the-impact-of-architectural-guidelines-on-shaping-our-cities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Impact of Architectural Guidelines on Shaping Our Cities</a> - Plusurbia <a href= "https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-most-sustainable-building-is" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The most sustainable building is one too beautiful to tear down.</a> - Lloyd Alter on Substack <a href="https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/05/94915/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Building, Beauty, and Belonging</a> - The Public Discourse BACKSTAGE: <a href= "https://www.verywellmind.com/hedonic-adaptation-4156926" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Psychological Reason You Can't Seem to Stay Happy</a> - Very Well Mind <a href= "https://www.vox.com/podcasts/471467/gray-area-brad-delong-progress-abundance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The world has gotten richer — so, why aren't we happier?</a> - Vox EXTRAS: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/13356/9781524761172" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">"Palaces for the People"</a> by Eric Klinenberg (If you make a purchase after clicking this link, we get a small commission!) <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1759" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Best of the Left #1758 - "Why Dictators Are Lunatics and Their Followers are Fools"</a> TAKE ACTION: <a href="https://www.nokings.org/next" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">No Kings Next Steps</a> <a href="https://freedcproject.org/allies" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Free DC Project: FOR ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY</a> <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/803953/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">One Million Rising Trainings</a> <a href="https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">In a blue state? 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