# McMansions and The Trump Aesthetic ft. Kate Wagner

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Podcast: [The Study Hall Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-study-hall-podcast-7121871)
Published: 2026-03-30T09:08:00+00:00
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## Resource

Kate Wagner is the architecture critic at The Nation. She also runs the blog "McMansion Hell." In this conversation with host Daniel Spielberger, Kate chats about the significance of McMansions, President Trump's tacky design choices, 1880s/1980s, gilded palaces, Saudi Arabia's failed future city, Iranian architecture, and gentrification. Subscribe to "McMansion Hell": https://mcmansionhell.com/ More info about Study Hall: studyhall.xyz Music by KT The Terrible

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