Episode #40: Art & Oligarchs

04/04/2022 27 min Episodio 40

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Episode Synopsis

SHOW TOPICS
 - Words matter
 - Travel and Catherine don't mix
 - Oligarchs and art
 - Saving art in times of war
 - Good Grammy
SHOW NOTES
 - 00:07 - "Hanging out" is not dating, and words matter!
 - 01:05 - James berates Catherine's (lack of) travel
 - 01:20 - Pissing on the Midwest
 - 02:25 - Exploring Hong Kong before Google maps
 - 04:15 - "It's the oligarchs' (art) world, we just paint in it?"
 - 05:35 - Guardians of ambiguity
 - 06:45 - Hold that auction!
 - 08:30 - Gatekeepers of moral responsibility?
 - 10:00 - Catherine mistakes a soccer team for a neighborhood in New York
 - 11:00 - The global presence of Philips (not light bulbs)
 - 11:45 - James defines "art washing"
 - 13:20 - Don't collude with bad guys
 - 14:05 - There are no cushions, even for art
 - 15:13 - Dr. Evil was not evil or effective
 - 15:30 - Disclosure laws needed, case closed
 - 17:25 - Keeping collecting safe in "The Garage"
 - 18:25 - Even ugly history repeats itself
 - 19:50 - Destroying art erases humanity's connections
 - 21:45 - Prohibiting "wanton destruction" since 1899
 - 23:35 - Drunk dialing an Italian article that will not be shared here
 - 24:50 - James is (not) a word criminal
 - 25:37 - The Grammys, BTS, President Volodymyr Zelensky
 - 26:45 - Make your own damn art!
 - 27:06 - Stop the war!