{"id":21557,"date":"2025-08-22T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=21557"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:16:32","slug":"more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-living-and-working-together-in-modern-times","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/podcasts\/more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-living-and-working-together-in-modern-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMore than the Sum of Its Parts\u201d: Living and Working Together in Modern Times With Thorsten Nagelschmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/header-podcast'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='header-magazine-contents'>\n\n<div  class='cf-rem-max-width container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-4'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">\u201cMore than the Sum of Its Parts\u201d: Living and Working Together in Modern Times With Thorsten Nagelschmidt<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='podcast-metadata'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div>Episode 10<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div>36 min<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 podcast-image-wrapper'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 21542,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985-232x300.jpg\",\"width\":232,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":13228},\"large\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985-792x1024.jpg\",\"width\":792,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":91363},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985-768x993.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":993,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":86968},\"small\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985-340x440.jpg\",\"width\":340,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":23386},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985-449x580.jpg\",\"width\":449,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":36938},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985-557x720.jpg\",\"width\":557,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":51933},\"original\":{\"file\":\"F8256_6a.1_Hermann-Eckner_Atelier-Eckner_Weimar_Water-Gropius_Adolf-Meyer_Umbau-Stadttheater-Jena_Eingangsseite_1921-1922_1985.jpg\",\"width\":928,\"height\":1200}},\n\"alt\" : \"Modern building with a smooth facade and vertical elements, shaded by trees, on paved ground.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.43,\"y\":0.49},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:129.31034482759%; 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At the Bauhaus, too, some radical concepts emerged, often closely linked to political aspirations.<br><br>In this episode, we speak with musician and author <a href=\"https:\/\/thorstennagelschmidt.de\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thorstennagelschmidt.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thorsten Nagelschmidt<\/a> about architecture and community, about connections between the Bauhaus and the \u201cPlattenbau\u201d, about the possibilities offered by the collective, about shared living and working such as in the band Muff Potter, and about how political art should actually be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/text-hinweisbox'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight color-bg-fg-revsersed'>\n\n<div  class='padding-top-1 padding-bottom-1 margin-left-4 margin-right-4'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-rem-max-width cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n\n<div  class='text-align-left margin-bottom-3 margin-top-3'>\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>Podcast-Host: Adriana Kapsreiter<br><br>Story\/Concept: Adriana Kapsreiter, Astrid B\u00e4hr, Niklas M\u00fcnch, Lena G\u00fcnther, Lukas Klaschinski<br><br>Production: Auf die Ohren GmbH <br><br>Photo credits: Umbau Stadttheater Jena, Eingangsseite, Architekt: Walter Gropius, um 1922, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Photo: Hermann Eckner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21542,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"teaser_indicator":[],"class_list":["post-21557","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/21557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/21557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27547,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/21557\/revisions\/27547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"teaser_indicator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/teaser_indicator?post=21557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}