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The maestro of mystery

August 4, 2023 Culture, History, Literature, Race/Identity

Best-selling author Brenden Slocum discuss themes of authorship, authenticity and art from his novel about uncovering the truth about a composer’s legacy.

Art was easy to steal. Why’s it so hard to give back?

June 26, 2023 Culture, Global Issues, History

Fulbright scholar and editor Elizabeth Kadetsky discusses the theft of revered stone deities in India and what they say about the ways the art world traffics prized items.

Indigenous people tell their own story through photography

November 21, 2022 Culture, History, Race/Identity

Will Wilson talks about a collection of the works of more than 30 indigenous artists who have used their lenses to chronicle issues of identity, culture loss and representation.

Art can open our minds to new solutions

March 28, 2022 Culture, Education

Amy E. Herman explains her method for training leaders to look to works of art to mend what’s broken in their organizations.

The art of attention span

December 8, 2021 Culture

Kyle Chayka talks about nine works of art that challenge, cajole and actually still manage to hold our attention.

What your nose knows

November 2, 2021 Culture, Science and Technology, Think

Journalist Jude Stewart joins us to talk about how our sense of smell shapes our world from art to history and reveals the surprising science behind it.

She Traveled The World And Found Herself

June 8, 2021 Culture, Race/Identity

Larissa Pham joins us to talk about her memoir, a travelogue that combines her love of art and music and ultimately helped her map a way home.

An Artist’s Quest To Replace The Irreplaceable

April 15, 2021 Current Events, History, Race/Identity

Michael Rakowitz joins us to talk about his work that uses historic moments as a launching board to workshop big ideas into moments of change.

NFTs And The Future Of Digital Art

April 8, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, History

Kyle Chayka is a contributor to The New Yorker, and he joins us to discuss the high stakes, high-price world of digital art and why galleries, museum curators, auction houses, even everyday people are jumping on this cutting-edge trend.

The Brilliant Women Walt Disney Drew From

March 23, 2021 Culture, History

Nathalia Holt joins us to talk about Disney’s Golden Age and the women who fought gender discrimination behind the scenes.

Is Appropriation In Art Always Wrong?

January 26, 2021 Culture, Language, Literature, Race/Identity

Paisley Rekdal, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah and the state’s poet laureate, joins us to discuss the places where identity intersects with politics, and why it’s important to confront the language we use when defining cultures.