Diving into the honest, creative, challenging, and fun human part of how design really happens - all with a little love for light along the way. Featuring creative minds who walk into their own story - from designers to manufacturers, innovators, and professors - unpack their vision, ideas, accomplishments, and habits that make it happen!
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Signup to Generate a PitchDiving into the honest, creative, challenging, and fun human part of how design really happens - all with a little love for light along the way. Featuring creative minds who walk into their own story - from designers to manufacturers, innovators, and professors - unpack their vision, ideas, accomplishments, and habits that make it happen!
LytePod is hosted by Lytei. The show has published 158 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Beauty as Medicine? A Hospital Designer Talks Neuroaesthetics, Design & Healing | Brooke Horan, HDR" (27 October 2026, 30 minutes), "Why Some Rooms Just Feel Good, A Top Interior Designer on Lighting’s Secret Power | Sarah Kuchar" (13 October 2026, 38 minutes), and "Why Billionaires Hire a Lighting Designer as Insurance | Pete Romaniello, IALD [4K]" (29 September 2026, 58 minutes).
LytePod publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 158 episodes.
Booking probability for LytePod is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. LytePod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. LytePod's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for LytePod are Design Services and Architecture & Engineering. LytePod has an arts audience.
Lytei hosts LytePod, an arts podcast with 158 episodes published.
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Episode #29
What happens when a hospital designer reveals why beauty isn’t a luxury—it’s medicine—and why neuroaesthetics proves art, light, and design are critical to healing? In this episode of LytePOD, host Sam Koerbel sits down...
Episode #28
What happens when a top interior designer who's spent a decade crafting unforgettable spaces reveals why lighting isn't just another layer in the design—it's the secret weapon that makes or breaks whether a room feels...
Episode #27
What happens when a lighting designer who's lit more than 2,000 homes explains why billionaires hire him as insurance—and why the most powerful design tool isn't complexity or technology, but simplicity, trust, and the...
Episode #26
What happens when an architectural photographer who's spent years translating design into visual stories sits down and reveals why the material you picked, the light you specified, and the space you created might never...
Episode #25
What happens when two lighting scientists who've spent decades studying how light impacts human health sit down and reveal why the lighting industry has all the science it needs to make a difference—but still isn't...
Episode #24
What happens when an integrator who's spent 30 years building luxury smart homes sits down and reveals why lighting—not AV, not home theater, not even video walls—has completely grasped his company, and why a lighting...
Episode #23
What happens when a PhD who studies color science sits down and reveals why the material you picked never looks right once it's installed—and why the answer has nothing to do with the material and everything to do with...
Episode #22
What happens when an Italian architect and a Los Angeles lighting designer sit down in Frankfurt and reveal why the best design doesn't come from specialization—it comes from understanding culture, trust, and the...
Episode #21
What happens when a healthcare lighting designer who's spent years navigating the most complex, code-heavy, human-centered design challenges sits down and reveals why the lighting industry still doesn't understand what...
Episode #20
What happens when a lighting designer who lit one of Chicago's most iconic public spaces sits down and reveals why the most powerful design tool isn't technology or talent—it's leading with heart, not ego? In this...
Episode #19
What happens when a lighting designer who's built her life around betting on herself sits down and reveals why everything she once believed about success was completely wrong—and what came next changed everything? In...
Episode #18
What happens when a lighting designer who's built a thriving practice around education sits down and reveals why he's giving away all his secrets—and why that terrifying decision might be the only way to change an...
Episode #17
What happens when a lighting designer with four decades of experience sits down and reveals the uncomfortable truth about what creative professionals get wrong about money—and why that misunderstanding quietly...
Episode #16
What happens when custom integrators stop dabbling in lighting and start building entire divisions around it—and why is this the fastest-growing category in luxury residential technology today? In this episode of...
Episode #15
What happens when two lighting designers and two manufacturers sit down in the same room and get brutally honest about spec swaps, value engineering, custom details, and what really breaks when a project goes sideways...
Episode #14
What does it take to build a career shaped by deep listening, quiet confidence, and the courage to lead without losing yourself in the process? In this episode of LytePOD, host Sam Koerbel sits down with Teal Brogden...
Episode #13
What does it take to build a culture that outlives the people who shaped it? In this episode of LytePOD, host Sam Koerbel sits down with Carrie Hawley and Teal Brogden, co-leaders of HLB Lighting Design — one of the...
Episode #12
Tom Doherty has spent 40 years in consumer electronics and two decades arguing for one quietly subversive idea: that the lighting industry has spent decades failing homeowners — and the custom integration channel is...
Episode #11
The IALD Enlighten America's conference filled up the keynote hall - 200+ lighting designers were on edge, as soon as the conversation was over, we recorded this podcast. Sam Koerbel sits down with Emad and Ketty, two...
Episode #10
What happens when you sit down with an architect who's spent decades designing the custom homes of billionaires in one of the world's most demanding environments—and ask her what it really takes to turn a house into a...
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