This interview traces Aaron Betsky’s family background and radical roots, his education in the Netherlands, and his studies in the humanities and architecture at Yale. It covers his early work in journalism and teaching in Cincinnati, the influence of Vincent Scully, material culture, and phenomenology, and his experience working with Frank Gehry. The interview also follows his curatorial leadership at SFMOMA, the Netherlands Architecture Institute, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Betsky reflects on his outsider perspective, his promotion of experimental Dutch design, and his understanding of landscape as an artifact. He also considers architectural theory’s evolution from 1970s postmodernism to deconstructivist discourse in the 2000s, favoring forms that emerge from everyday life over those imposed through predetermined order.