Catherine Lynn & James Fryer

SubRant

About the show

SubRant: a podcast wherein Catherine and James, two wildly (mildly) creative and cosmopolitan (provincial) Parisians (Phoenicians), wander in and out of conversations about art and other stuff that annoys them. SubRant Website

Newest episodes

Episode #104: Episode #104: The Chihuahua Problem

Aug 14, 2025 28 min

Show Themes: Cracker Barrel gets boring, Costco electrifying, and Martha's 'Vegan'-yard Show Notes: Catherine is in hot waterCracker Barrel's logo controversy, explainedBORING'American Stupid' is charmingGEN-X is messing everything upWaffle House?Over heated Chihuahua tanks Desert DemocracyLocal business owner Kelly Yu detained by ICECostco putting in EV charging stations?Why Is Martha's Vineyard Going Vegan? It's All About Tick Bites.Ticks triggering allelic reaction to red meatGranny rage bates with A.I. non-sense but she's just a grubby 'creator' leeching your attention to farm clicks and YouTube revenue and I hate her so much that I'm not going to even link to her.

Episode #103: We're Not In 1939 Anymore

Aug 14, 2025 33 min

SHOW THEMES: Dorothy gets A.I.ed, Drones vs A.I., and James's blackout SHOW NOTES: Trump calls National Guard to DCLARPingBig Balls gets roughed up and Trump takes over DC police, Minnesota congress people are shot and killed and Trump does nothingAOL turns off dial-upDrone vs A.I. - which is the more transformative technology?"A dragon can't fight dial-up""Power is power"The Wizard of Oz goes to Las VegasTCM colorized films"People calling it disgraceful on twitter... you know what's disgraceful? Still being on twitter."'Whether rich or poor, it was the longest of nights': How a 2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstillJames's blackout story

Episode #102: Just Read a Book

Aug 6, 2025 31 min

Show Themes: Meta trades porn form books, Han shoots first, and "remaking" the past Show Notes: Moving to Tucson?Project Blue"Superflorious"Water and data centersBuy and RV, drive to where the water isAZRVExpertOh-oh, here comes the Bittorrent explainer...Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says"Sharing porn so he can steal books"Meta runs on pornKennedy cancels mRNA vaccine researchAanand L Rai slams AI version of 'Raanjhanaa': "Betrayal of everything we built"Destruction of the creative intentHan shot firstWill the Kennedy Center become the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts?John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Scholossberg responded angrily to moves to rename the institution, postingCatherine assaults her earsTurn off the internet and readBook Corner:The Color of MagicThe Wicked series

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All episodes

Episode #104: Episode #104: The Chihuahua Problem

Aug 14, 2025 28 min

Episode #103: We're Not In 1939 Anymore

Aug 14, 2025 33 min

Episode #102: Just Read a Book

Aug 6, 2025 31 min

Episode #101: We Have Become South Park Jule 25, 2025

Jul 25, 2025 28 min

Show Themes: Throwing made up shit at Clinton to distract from Trump/Epstein, Catherine rants, and the death of Star Trek Show Notes: Trump sues the WSJ for... sharing the story?Bondi attacking Clinton(email server!)Gabbard attacking Clinton (tranquilizers?!)IT'S ALWAYS THE COVER UP THAT GETS YOU!Trump has THIN SKINCatherine's SubRantFlood the zone with liesHasan Jubilee"Alternative facts is now a life style brand""A lot of rich people (in the 1930s) were Nazis."A little bit of tolerance so we all just don't kill each otherBoycott Star Trek!?Shari Redstone, Paramount, Skydance, David Ellison, all just yuck"South Trek"We have become South Park"Full frontal animated nudity"South Park Muhammad controversyPowell corrects Trump on Fed renovationRIP CornerOzzyMalcolm Jamal WarnerHulk HoganChuck MangioneSo is Ozzy dead NOW?

Episode #100: "Eat the pancakes and be happy"

Jul 18, 2025 36 min

Show Themes: Murkowski sucks, Republicans suck, and Paramount sucks too Show Notes: Fine toothed combSenator Murkowski f****d the rest of the countryDon't vote for bad billsRepublicans renege on their past deals - Recessions (or clawback) BillDeport Murkowski! (to Alaska)Trump is A.I. (uses a small language model)FEMA leaves the stageRemembering Kerrville and their arts centerJames is almost as old ad Judge SmailsSgt. Hulka"What is a ute?"My Cousin VinnyIt's called 'dated', CatherineEpstein, Epstein, EpsteinColbert get's cancelled by, wait for it... the party of free speech absolutistsFuck ParamontCaptain SiskoRosie O'Donnell responds to Trump threatening to 'revoke' how US citizenshipWe fear for our neighbors now, thanks TrumpImmigrant worker dies as he flees from ICEMusk and is American Party"The corrupt current status quo"Cracker Barrel looses its vibe"Eat the pancakes and be happy"The PlaceThe Found:RE Contemporary is the best gallery ever. Ever.Tim SpragueBest 100th episode ever

Episode #99: Maybe it's time for some A.I. overlords

Jun 19, 2025 30 min

Show Themes: The chaotic state of A.I. and the galleries of Phoenix Show Notes: Nuclear really is safeVax Corner - RFK sucksBiden's pardonsAI image generators getting betterTested: The Best AI Image Generators for 2025Google WhiskBest AI Image Generators of 2025The 4 best AI image generators of 2025 — compare their photosHair Club for Men - I'm also a clientBehind the Curtain: What if they're right?"T-minus 20"P(doom)Will AI kill us all, well maybe if it's like Elon Musk, then maybe"Evil is stupid""Fingers and toes"Do humans have free will? Does AI?Bentley Gallery closesCathrine laments the closure of Bentley, James does not because it represents 'artists' like William Anastasi"B******t art"NewArtTVThe HiveModified ArtsFive15 artsCatherine homework: go to all the galleriesJames goes to the protests the day after100th episode?Nap time

Episode #98: Confessions of a Thrifter

Jun 13, 2025 37 min

SHOW THEMES: Nuclear, A.I., and... thrifting SHOW NOTES: NASA count downThe OG crossDad, the food thiefCrucifixions on the planeRifle vs toe clippersHow to bring a hammer on a planePodcast everyday?Coverup covering the coverup’s coverupTrump’s Pardon erases restitution and deletes justiceNuclear is best!AI leaves web in the lurchJames had a blog and people used to read itAI and UI?AI destroys Photoshop?AI is a new type of tool, it does the workAs I type this, AI is finishing my sentence...“Anticipatory prompting”Of course Catherine has a typewriterDirty Rotten Scoundrels Catherine is very specialStardustTaylor Swift is Catherine’s MuseThe history of fonts1984 by Taylor Swift

Episode #97: VAX Corner

May 30, 2025 28 min

Show Themes: Bluesky, vaccines, and the REAL meaning of MAGA finally EXPOSED! Show Notes: Sundae GurlJamelle BouieSubRant"Trump is too immoral to have virtues that are laudable and too stupid to have vices that are interesting."Michi PotteryNationalism vs patriotismReady or not, AI is starting to replace people - Is it though?Fashion is accessibleJoann Fabric = "Jails for the creative mind"Knitting cornerVax CornerHHS cancels Moderna's $590M bird flu vaccine awardDifference between first and third worldPoultry at Hickman's Family Farms tests positive for avian fluArizona egg farmer wants to vaccinate chickens from bird flu, but government won’t allow it1950s values or, when everything was more expensiveWho is eligible for a COVID shot? What to know about the latest U.S. changesDoing t-shirts wrongMAGA translates to wickedness"Snopes is full of lies"Is there any time to rant about art?TACO! But not Tuesday? Trump Always Chickens OutHaiku CornerFrom Nowhere to Somewhere

Episode #96: Tucson Fashion Week

May 23, 2025 27 min

Show Themes: Safari's 'poofing' super power, Tucson as a fashion hub, and the ongoing derangement of the Department of Defense Show Notes: Cover art photo by Janet Ryan of Models MelangeHide Distracting Items(Safari tech tip)IT guys are scared of MacsGo Mac, don't go backWindows NT is the GOATPlayful Paradox ShowFashion Design at Pima Community CollegeFrohar AkbaryJessie Class - PerfectlyClassy Etsy shopQuiet timeNose straight up against the internetOffline Xbox = dead XboxHegseth still using SignalNeed tech support? Don't chat, just call.Bringing god to the Department of Defense"Integrage" with the internetFirst immortal human cell linePsychology + Warhol = James dies a little insideFreehug bearThe four seasonsTalk to the mic

Episode #95: A Fake Wallet For Your Fake Money

May 9, 2025 31 min

Show Themes: SignalGate gets worse, White House news nonsense has replaced Art news nonsense, and crypto scams Show Notes: "The Trump Administration Signal Scandal, Somehow, Gets Worse"We started talking about the silly nonsense of the art world, but the shit coming out of the White House blows all that away, so we pivoted to "politics"Should have been an Onion headline"Our vide has always been the news that is one inch away from an Onion Headline but is real"Invisible "Art"Trump surrounds himself with drunksCoping with StarbucksCatherine buys a washing machine but gets a dishwasherTrump Meme coin a scam"58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin while 764,000 have lost money, data shows"Crypto wallet - "a fake wallet for your fake money"World Liberty FinancialDamien Hirst "The Currency""If Damien Hirst was President"End Crypto Corruption Act"No beans!"Tariffs on moviesJames hates on HollywoodMubiVerizon sucksGoogle Fi doesn't suckPop-up tariffsHot and dizzy

Episode #94: Ethernet Cables and Washing Machines

May 2, 2025 31 min

Show Themes: Sorry not sorry to Warhol, Hegy goes (more) rogue, Costco goes bananas, and Catherine buys a new washing machine Show Notes Doing it rawTrying to apologize to Warhol, yet we still end up crucifying himNot trusting TikTokHegy breaks the most secure place on the planetTrump shrinks the economyHoarding beansWe don't actually need American farmersA weaker dollar is good for an export economy that we no longer haveMarket does better when not if office, Trump points outEven the Nigerian princes stopped callingSouth's trade war killed the SouthWashing machine woesThe M4 MacBook Air - buy now!Pro tip - laptops go in the washing machineCostco has gone bananasTargeting TargetGas burpingBoring the audience with shopping 'news'

Episode #93: The New Frankensteins

Apr 25, 2025 34 min

Show Themes The new Frankenstein experiments, Crypto stupidity, the Googleopoly, and water you can’t drink. Show Notes All the murderingApology to MurkowskiWe, like the founding fathers, are now radical liberalsBrain cells from dead musicianOrganoidPost death experienceThe new FrankensteinsFrench fry transplant'I was careful and followed instructions closely, but still lost my crypto'Crypto expert who lost money says still safe to useThe Catherine test - maybe it really just doesn’t make senseGoogle monopolyAdvertising “innovation”RFK is dumb AND dumberAutism listDON’T DRINK THE WATER!?

Episode #92: They're All Going To Jail

Apr 19, 2025 35 min

Show Themes It's lies, all the way down. Dogma is stupid. And growling cats. Show Notes No follow-up, we are perfectThe BIG Social Security LIEFor the good of the country, we're taking your moneyDOGE = data leaksThey're all going to jailWhen A Nation Embraces A False RealityDan McClellan: Overcoming Dogma"This One Weird Trick"Think critically"Power through strength" is Christian?The Ultimate Guide to Adequately Dismantle MAGA Arguments"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world" - Merlin - Excalibur"Truth telling is an expression of active resistance" - Robert Jay LiftonTrump, like Hitler, has created a "mystical cult" around himselfIs Murkowsky a coward?"Deeply un-American"America was founded to destroy tyrantsTrump supporters are traitors, not patriotsThis Is How Democracies Die: One Man, One Cell, No ChargesThey are concentration campsAuschwitz isn't in GermanyOzone holeAcid rain"If you're not first, you're last." - Ricky BobbyCatherine's house is talking to herLet them drink coffeeJames's cat is growling at the UPS guyWiz off

Episode #91: Horses & Outhouses

Apr 12, 2025 27 min

Show Themes In this episode you will learn how to be thankful for gifts and about basic economic principles Show Notes James broke the bathroomCatherine reverts to a prehistoric kitchenGarbage disposals are stupidPlumbing WorldThe horror of a free BanksyPanic GooglingWork with the shmuck"Valentine's day mascara""What is art?"Banksy SeagullCatherine drowning in Trump shitstormTrump has turned his back on the foundation of US economic might - the fallout will be messy - BBCTrump hates income taxHorses and outhouses, is that what you want?Bananas in the gas tankBush's fast food manufacturing"This reflects America's political choices"Freight train of prosperityMy cow for your daughter?Chihuahua Deficit"no one has any idea when they don't die" - Hank GreenTariff = VAT, Trump turned USA into Europe

Episode #90: Groceries & Tariffs

Apr 7, 2025 29 min

Show Themes You know, just the continued implosion of our country Show Notes Tariff or trade deficit?God Damn PenguinsThree months of ongoing disasterNATO sit and spinsChecks and balances don’t balanceViolence = powerAI "receipts"Pets.comWhy always a scam?AI nonsense"WhiskeyLeaks"The BulwarkMeidas TouchTrey Gowdy b******t"Dementia or performance art. Who can really tell""Groceries" is performance artSo full of stupidDestiny of humanityAn AI voting receiptElon is a memePete Buttigieg TikTokPhil DeFranco reportRewriting history is fascismOld Indian School ExhibitThe truth about human birth

Episode #89: Deport Catherine

Mar 31, 2025 34 min

SHOW THEMES James kinda hates Google and we blowup over SignalGate SHOW NOTES Aggressive Number 3Carbon monoxide alarmWeanerYouTube Music SucksYouTube absorbs allGoogle Kill ListGoogle ReaderPicasaLightroom ClassicApple PhotosGoogle PhotosGoogle DomainsWatching YouTube on Brave with built in ad blockOrkutChromecastSignalGateJamelle Bouie TikTok on Signal debacleLying liars are lying and also breaking all the lawsThe director of Defense doesn't understand what classified information is"A degree in expert"Jan Brewer's abortion banDeport Catherine back to ArizonaLamps galore

Episode #88: Bluesky, Google & Andy Warhol

Mar 24, 2025 30 min

SHOW THEMES James bores Catherine with Bluesky and YouTube, then Catherine bores James with Andy Warhol SHOW NOTES BlueskySkylight: TikTok replacementFlashes: Instagram replacementPixelated: Instgram replacementReject "Learned hopelessness"SubRant on BlueskyJay Graber videoCrying Tesla designersBlipfoto - low key photo sharingGoogle Podcasts is dead"We are YouTuber's now"YouTube podcast / YouTube Music?SubRant on YouTube MusicTherapy and gigglesYouTube's Creator Demographics"Am I qualified to be on YouTube?"Andy Warhol DiariesSoup can triggers Catherine

Episode #87: "Meta or Death"

Mar 14, 2025 30 min

SHOW THEMES Catherine and James cancel everyone SHOW NOTES Catherine's terrible yearJames is undone by performance artThe continuing drama of Orlando Museum of ArtDe Groft is dead (?)An 1840 selfie to 1960s advertising: Eight images that tell the story of America"American Photography" at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam"This is not a commercial, this is my homeland" (1998) by Hulleah TsinhnahjinnieTurn your notifications offHow is Jasmine Crockett 44!?DUMP MetaOk, well now where just go full politicalOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder"Do not obey in advance"DUMP Amazon and the Washington PostDump it all, it's not easy, but do it anywayThe list of No-No words"Language is everything"Catherine's terrible five years

Episode #86: "Luxury Vinyl"

Nov 25, 2023 29 min

SHOW THEMES Houses and 'Performance Art' suck but dogs are awesome SHOW NOTES The house falls apart Good vs bad home inspectors Marina Abramovic Performance art is... not art Barry Lyndon vs Ferris Bueller's Day Off Free Hug Bear Polluting the store with AI nonsense Will AI destroy the world? The tragic story of Sam Altman Did the internet exist before the smartphone? Dogs make life better X's brand assests live on... Twitter.com Apple invented USB-C

Episode #85: Artists & Thieves

Sep 21, 2023 29 min

SHOW THEMES Stolen, painted over, and exploited: the many horrible lives of modern 'art' SHOW NOTES Stealing art? Why bother? Ruthless People Judge Reinhold The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring Arthur Brand - the "Indiana Jones of the art world" Indiana Jones is a thief Drug smuggler steals art to reduce sentence Sex, three times a week! James, the art thief King not Ing This is the whole show Jens Haaning Take the money and run, literally... "Almost as embarrassing as The Orlando Museum of Art" The "Art" of North West My only hope is that no one knows who North West is Sylvestor Stallone paints Thrift Store Ghost Painting Ghosts on everything Is A.I. writing the article?

Episode #84: Not So S3XY

Sep 4, 2023 36 min

SHOW THEMES Muddy Hippies, the true origin of "Prompt Engineer", and ridiculous rich white men SHOW NOTES X - the most powerful letter... Burning Man What should a modern Hippie drive? "Nordstrom was in my soul" "Where does the water come from?" "Goodwill for bikes" Offer-Up sucks Fakesquiat t-shirts The Lexus of fakes Scion xB Trump mug shot = Zoolander Trump took the cookies X is useless "Twatter" "You need better notes" Elon Musk = Howard Hughes S3XY He's bad at jokes Prompt Engineer Large Language Model explained Reddit explained Adversarial prompting SubRant gets spiritual Anyway...

Episode #83: The Orlando Museum of Fake Art

Sep 1, 2023 29 min

SHOW THEMES Catherine and James put Florida art museums and wannabe politicians in time-out SHOW NOTES Vivek Ramaswamy is an a*****e Orlando Museum of Art is on probation Aaron De Groft Dinosaurs aren't real Mitch McConnell freeze Age limits? Lock em up! (Catherine's chihuahuas) Fakesquiat with BTS "You're a puddle" Elle Cordova "So much stupid online" Catherine has a negative attitude towards negative people Drennon Davis and his cats "Can't trust the art world" Catherine is addicted to Pumpkin Spice Latte... Vegan pancakes at The Coronado Toast

Episode #82: Klimt Goes to Yellowstone

Jul 24, 2023 31 min

SHOW THEMES SubRant disembowels an article about an unfinished Klimt and James goes on vacation SHOW NOTES Catherine's bathroom woes continue "Post mid-century design aesthetic"? James explains art pricing Cabin fever in Phoenix James was attacked by the idea of being attacked by a bear and it ruined his vacation "Tourons" - moronic tourists blocking traffic to look at the ugly bison Bison are, in fact, mangy mutated cows (and I don't like cows) A short story of James being the responsible one Glacier National Park is best Klimt's "Lady with a fan" sells for stupid amount What actual Klimt paintings look like: WikiArt and ArtViewer The Japanese influence on Post Impressionism Chance the dog begins to cough because Catherine is painting (nail polish) in the house and poisoning everyone "Stylized elsewhere" Let's sell some Faquiats Martin Mull's renegade art show Nail polish removal process is too much for James

Episode #81: Recycling Economies and Dead Artists

Jun 16, 2023 29 min

SHOW THEMES A new show for a dead artist, art vandals go to Vatican jail, and Apple reinvents Virtual Reality. Oh, and circular economies. SHOW NOTES Catherine is excited about a NEW Basquiat show, but James is not More Fakesquiats "A myth building exercise" James identifies that he is, in fact, an a*****e Art hooligans / environmental activists go to Vatican jail James breaks down the Apple Vision Pro (definitely not a VR headset) Catherine is desperate to be part of the circular economy, but James keeps her straight "Circularity is the hottest topic in the fashion industry right now" iPhones are already circular, they never go to the landfill Catherine's mother doesn't do recycled bricks Recycling news is what we do

Episode #80: The Art Judges

May 19, 2023 34 min

SHOW THEME Prom wear, vomiting Keurigs, Brutalist 'art', and the questionable artistic judgement of the Supreme Court SHOW NOTES 00:20 - In sync and slacking! 02:40 - Local suit maker saves the day! 03:35 - Graduate, and graduate again 05:45 - Prepping for Yellowstone 06:05 - Bathroom beat goes on 07:00 - cannabis and basil plants equally doomed under Catherine's care 10:05 - Brutalist art find in backyard barn 11:30 - Milk glass and Phoenix Lamps 12:04 - Brutalist "art" is a stretch 13:55 - Possibly Marcello Fantoni? 14:35 - Brass, bronze, steel, who knows 17:08 - Just clobber me with basic form 19:20 - Brutalist pieces will survive! 21:15 - Keurig catastrophe 23:00 - Feeling guarana 24:45 - Non sentient AI: Tool or threat? 25:45 - Warhol not transformative! 27:55 - Should judges "judge" art? 30:20 - A derivative slippery slope 31:10 - Siding with Warhol in a "bathtub full of bland" 32:20 - Just use Midjourney 34:14 - It's all derivative

Episode #79: Ancient Artifacts: Anthropology or Morbid Fascination?

Apr 21, 2023 38 min

SHOW THEME Even with no f***s to give, James and Catherine fill 38 minutes with movies and mummies before pondering humanity's precipice and agreeing that most art (other than "Jaws" props) is disposable. SHOW NOTES 00:12 - Catherine is finally on mic 00:48 - Good sleep yields not giving a f*** 01:45 - Know your puppy limitations 03:25 - Sinking the coffee cup 04:35 - Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong? (No) 05:30 - The perfect movie! 07:15 - Skimming the sarcophagus 08:30 - Fayium (portrait) vs faience (glaze technique) 10:10 - Remnants of a Roman Egypt 11:06 - Difference is... mummies are real 12:32 - Unwrapping colonial entitlement 15:00 - Art, anthropology, or morbid fascination? 16:25 - Humanity's eve of destruction? The Precipice: existential risk and the future of humanity - Toby Ord 21:35 - Ancient alien afterlife destruction? 22:40 - Ancient Egyptian Instagram Influencers 24:15 - Inherent Vice: What to do with Decaying Masterpiece? 25:00 - Miami Vice fashion rant 28:28 - Naum Gabo: "If it's gone it's gone" 29:30 - Artwork will eventually fail, so throw it out! 31:00 - Use of dead animals, chocolate and lard is not super edgy but is dumb and or, gross 32:25 - Recalling ASU's "Vague Art Show" and ditching painting at RISD 35:44 - Hirst "props" can't touch "Jaws" 37:00 - "Jaws" the musical 38:05 - Back to the garbage heap!

Episode #78: Good Enough to Steal?

Apr 14, 2023 36 min

SHOW THEME James and Catherine dip their toes into hope before tackling plagiarism vs appropriation in pop-art SHOW NOTES 00:30 - Hope and bikes on the ceiling 02:30 - Ghosted by a chihuahua 04:15 - It's gonna take years! 05:00 - Normal American hoarder? 07:00 - No boxes from Temu! 08:40 - James debunks a dog harness 10:20 - Instagram algorithm whiners 12:45 - More whining about Lichtenstein 'It's called stealing': new allegations of plagiarism against Roy Lichtenstein 13:54 - Seeing the "Ben-Day" dots 15:00 - Disposable illustration, pop-art 16:00 - "It's called stealing", said Hy Eisman, but James has a different take! 18:00 - Appropriation vs plagiarism 20:29 - Seeing "BLAM"! 21:25 - American Art Industrial Complex squashes comic collage 23:18 - Isn't art disposable? 26:15 - Chinese website snatched James' image and used it for a logo! 29:21 - "WHAAM! BLAM! Roy Lichtenstein And The Art Of Appropriation" documentary 31:10 - AI similarities? 32:21 - Intellectually interesting, but not analogous 33:27 - Lichtenstein IS pop-art, Warhol isn't 34:16 - Not a transformative soup can, but good enough to steal! 35:24 - "Come play with us forever"

Episode #77: David vs Florida

Apr 7, 2023 36 min

Show Theme SubRant touches on 3-D printers and lauds Chewy before breaking down the rise of Chinese apps, fear of a marble penis and “loving them some Google”. Show Notes 00:01 - “Zoom hates me” 01:13 - Multiple states of disarray 02:45 - Metal mushrooms & 3-D printers 03:00 - Better call Chewy! https://www.chewy.com 03:10 - Dara Starr Tucker feeds cats https://www.tiktok.com/@darastarrtucker/video/7215400337438543146 05:29 - Buying a 3-D printer tips! 08:00 - Hooked on Chinese apps https://www.axios.com/2023/03/27/americans-hooked-on-chinese-apps 08:29 - Temu “haul” https://www.temu.com 10:00 - More socks and dog harnesses! 11:05 - James ruins Catherine’s day 12:07 - American tech dulling us down? 13:15 - TikTok attack! 14:55 - Stupid folks saying hateful things 15:25 - Everyone hates JK Rowling? 17:05 - Mainstreaming vitriol 17:25 - Contemplating Tennessee 18:40 - “John McCain Party” is dead 19:30 - More bad news from Florida: Italian art experts astonished by David statue uproar in Florida https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65087218 20:50 - Defining pornography, duh! 21:25 - “David” takeaways 22:40 - Deconstructing the ding-dong 23:37 - “Tyranny of the minority” 24:30 - Section-off the “wacky”, please! 26:40 - Good luck re-investing in a loser! 27:04 - “I wish you well”, Gwyneth Paltrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov-FGOPxqcY 27:59 - Gen Z loves them some Google https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/gen-z-jobs-employers-google-tesla-patagonia 29:30 - NASA or Disney more interesting! 31:00 - Follow up on “Fake-squiat” 33:10 - Insta-spam! 35:00 - Cleo, unleashed! 35:55 - Riding on the Metro!

Episode #76: Memories of Metro Center

Mar 17, 2023 1 hr 2 min

SHOW THEME SubRant discusses aliens, Valley Metro Lite Rail, public art and real estate with realtor Andrew Richwine 00:07 - "We do aliens" 00:30 - Welcome Andrew Richwine, Realtor, The Tribe - Keller Williams 01:45 - Andrew's story 03:40 - Green energy AND Lite Rail can move 1500 people every 3 minutes! 06:30 - Valley Metro App 09:22 - Lite Rail expansion projects and memories of Metro Center 13:45 - Biking from Phoenix to Tempe! 15:10 - Bad "flips" and "Where B&B?" 19:25 - Worst client? We don't do those. 23:00 - Preparing for a listing 26:05 - Photographing your old house 31:00 - Tribe Takeover and gimbal gaff! 32:40 - SubRant Podcast is persistent 37:22 - Lite Rail art installations 43:00 - Rail connections = community connections 45:05 - Keeping community businesses afloat 47:55 - Comic book stores, sewing machines, enlightenment, and sleep 52:00 - Lite Rail "honor system" 54:10 - First Friday is still happening? 55:40 - Songbird Coffee House 56:50 - Favorite art spaces 1 & 2 57:50 - Buying houses near the lite rail 01:01:36 - Photo vampire needed

Episode #74: Puppy Down!

Mar 3, 2023 27 min

SHOW THEME SubRant co-hosts get no credit for coining AI job title, so they defined "sweeping the floor" while reveling in the shards of a Balloon Dog. SHOW NOTES 00:20 - SubRant (kinda) said it first 00:40 - Groot sucks 02:30 - Prompt Engineer? 04:17 - A totally unbiased review of Microsoft certifications 05:30 - Dissecting a "high-leverage skill" 06:15 - Is this the job of the future? 07:15 - SubRant abandons all hope? 09:40 - Prompts available! 10:30 - James has sci-fi panel rant 12:00 - Human to human, AI is AI 13:08 - Return to NFT 14:14 - Startup + day trading + NFTs = 🤮 15:05 - "Sweeping the floor" defined 16:51 - TLDR: Avoid NFTs 17:15 - Jeff Koons: Visitor Breaks Iconic Balloon Dog "Sculpture" in Miami 17:45 - Touch it, don't touch it! 19:18 - Puppy down 20:35 - Just buy it at Neiman Macros 21:15 - Isn't all performance art an accident? 21:35 - Stupid shard story! 23:10 - Million-plus dollar rabbit 24:15 - Kinkade the crap out of it 24:55 - James is the star 26:45 - Nod to "S****y Craft Club" 27:02 - "Don't Groot me!"

Episode #73: Jesus Wins the Super Bowl February 17, 2023

Feb 17, 2023 29 min

SHOW THEME This week on SubRant we question copyright law, search for Banksy's missing freezer, and go to war over a Super Bowl ad. SHOW NOTES * 00:15 - Catherine gets "topic ambushed"! * 00:35 - Hypothetical: Copyright "all or nothing" * 06:01 - Voting for a shorter copyright timeframe! * 07:00 - Can't remake "Babylon 5", so watch "The Expanse" * 07:30 - "Great ideas just go off and die because big corporations hold the copyright." * 07:50 - Chihuahua update: 10 pounds! * 08:45 - "Valentines Day Mascara" * 09:30 - Banksy website image * 10:00 - The freezer was removed! Twice! * 11:15 - Leave street art and Valentines Day alone! * 13:15 - Cats, dogs, and "Velcro" * 14:05 - Super Bowl depression * 15:35 - James cinched win for Chiefs! * 15:58 - The divisive Jesus commercial * 16:40 - Catherine prefers beer commercials * 17:30 - Responding to confrontational imagery * 17:42 - "Human" (Rag n Bone Man) * 18:03 - "Jesus loves the people you hate" * 19:15 - Both sides of the aisle lost their minds! * 20:43 - "He Gets Us" has an agenda! * 23:30 - James defines fascism * 24:40 - Two fascist households * 26:00 - No time for the twisted * 27:35 - Just take a nice message at "face value" * 29:00 - A "bad take" or calling out a "slippery slope"?

Episode #72: January Happened

Feb 3, 2023 29 min

SHOW THEME James and Catherine reconvene to ponder Twitter, fawn over vintage Legos, and marvel at 3-D printers while saving the planet using freeze dried coffee. SHOW NOTES - 00:20 - Plaything formerly known as Twitter - 00:50 - Hello Mastodon! - 01:45 - Algorithms are (21st century) life - 02:30 - Lego redux and 3-D printers - 03:35 - Fancy hot glue gun (AKA 3-D printer) - 07:25 - Paraglider drops in, smashes house - 10:50 - Coffee is ruining the earth - 12:28 - Lifecycle of a coffee bean - 15:40 - Landfills are for sequestering - 17:55 - "Dose" is key and freeze-dried wins! - 19:20 - James saves the environment, one cup of Keurig at a time! - 21:55 - How about just drinking less coffee? - 22:28 - Gas stoves fuel culture war - 24:00 - Most of Florida passes (on) gas - 25:05 - Induction is magic! - 25:45 - The Nigerian AI artist reimagining a stylish old age - 26:30 - "Fashion Show For Seniors" via AI - 27:30 - Finally, the fingers look like fingers! - 28:25 - AI comes through (again) as creative tool!

Episode #71: Call 1-900-Twitter Today!

Dec 19, 2022 30 min

Show Theme Twitter’s “Meltdown” sets a festive mood as our SubRant co-hosts continue their AI deep-dive via ArtStation protests and opt-out image training before going to war over Christmas! Show Notes 00:05 - Moods and (tile) meltdowns 01:15 - The “bots” have spoken! 02:15 - “Are we having free speech yet?” 02:45 - Dear Elon, links are the web… 03:15- Just dial “1-900-Twitter” 04:35 - A CEO fall-guy? 06:10 - Tesla, SpaceEx, Star Link 07:18 - NFT’s are flying off the shelves! 08:45 - It’s only a head-shot! 10:45 - Real tough guys wear Aviator glasses 12:15 - Drive-by Vegan burger 12:50 - Artists Protest After ArtStation Features AI-Generated Images https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/12/artists-protest-after-artstation-features-ai-generated-images/ 13:45 - “Explore” the flood-plain 14:05 - Artstation Website https://www.artstation.com/?sort_by=community 14:55 - Your lane is over there! 15:10 - Art station makes it worse? https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/12/artstation-responds-to-ai-controversy-makes-things-worse/ 16:05 - Opt-out, opt-in? 16:30 - Issues, issues, issues https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/stability-ai-plans-to-let-artists-opt-out-of-stable-diffusion-3-image-trainxxing/ 18:17 - Was it doxing? 20:18 - “We’re all re-compilers!” 21:12 - What’s your definition of free speech? 22:43 - Christmas soap opera 22:59 - Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/riffusions-ai-generates-music-from-text-using-visual-sonograms/ 24:26 - Six prompts yield similar results, all bad 25:04 - “Gayatri Mantra” AI-style 25:57 - “One Minute After New Year’s Eve” 26:22 - Battlestar Galactica finale disconnect 27:31 - Costco membership woes? https://www.thestreet.com/retailers/costco-plans-to-raise-its-membership-prices 28:30 - Christmas every 4 years? NOPE 29:00 - Blame SubRant! 29:50 - Durable Medical Equipment Festivities 30:00 - Wrapping dog presents!

Episode #70: A.I. Art History

Dec 2, 2022 29 min

SHOW THEME SubRant cohosts touch on eyeballs and pie while drafting their own conspiracy theories and pondering the place of AI in art history. SHOW NOTES - 00:15 - Cream pie and a left eye - 01:15 - No turkey, no salmon! - 02:30 - Sweet words at Thanksgiving - 03:25 - Uncles and conspiracies - 05:05 - Crazy takes a "right"? - 06:18 - Twitter chugs along - 06:55 - Swastikas are not in vogue - 08:00 - James unveils a conspiracy theory! - 08:45 - How Is AI Changing Art History? - 09:55 - Up in arms about detachment - 11:00 - Directing AI or minions, what's the difference? - 13:15 - Circuitous discourse on historical bias - 14:00 - Modern Dream: How Refik Anadol Is Using Machine Learning and NFTs to Interpret MoMA's Collection - 15:08 - Hold the hallucinations! - 16:05 - Are we all just machines? - 18:50 - "I see cubism" - 19:50 - No talk of the show disappoints - 21:30 - All ones and zeroes are the same - 22:30 - Digital vs Physical - 24:00 - The art of James - 26:00 - Connection without nostalgia - 27:45 - Mash-ups create new ideas - 28:30 - AI is part of art history

Episode #69: Here's A Turkey!

Nov 22, 2022 28 min

SHOW THEME The "Second Annual Thanksgiving Show" where James and Catherine exude more delight for a Western image of China than for the holiday while pondering the benefits of video games. SHOW NOTES - 00:20 - We are Thanksgiving-holes! - 01:35 - Costco unhinged over missing turkeys - 02:30 - No chickens, eggs, or parking rant! - 05:10 - Anything important already happened - 05:55 - Missing Oreos - 06:55 - Drop-bars, drop-bars everywhere - 07:35 - FIFA shit show, Twitter meltdown - 08:00 - It's also a gaming franchise! - 08:40 - "If you want to play soccer, just go outside!" - 09:00 - Gaming friendships - 10:45 - Guy talk: weddings and kids? - 12:00 - They came to his wedding! - 12:50 - "Bit of stick" explained - 14:10 - The begging billionaire list - 16:00 - Smart but not so savvy? - 17:30 - The "Twitter tone" - 18:20 - Polling cop-out, still no landslide! - 19:35 - Burning down the wealth - 21:00 - Jung Kook at World Cup - 21:30 - Playing lots of video games may benefit kids' brains - 22:15 - Surgeons who game get good results - 23:10 - Jen hides from the aliens! - 22:20 - More research needed - 25:00 - Strife, violence, and Marvel - 25:30 - Finally some art to ponder! - 27:00 - "This isn't China", it's how we see China - 28:10 - Dior calligraphy - 29:00 - "Fashion is art"

Episode #68: E-Bikes Flameout

Nov 14, 2022 31 min

SHOW THEME James and Catherine view a Christie's art auction and the banning of E-bikes through the lens of classism, while questioning the goals of AI SHOW NOTES - 02:10 - James and the GIANT bike! - 03:00 - Finally, a good Oreo cookie? - 04:55 - Update: Christie's auction - 07:00 - "They were all bangers" - 07:30 - Thought we banned "art-speak" - 07:55 - Through the lens of classism - 09:00 - Swollen lithium batteries = havoc - 11:20 - Bent iPhone battery ignites! - 12:52 - "Lithium likes to burn a lot" - 13:34 - Lovingly roasting Samsung - 15:45 - James solves E-bike storage issue - 16:50 - PSA: Risky in-app browsers - 18:20 - inappbrowser.com - 18:50 - Just stop clicking on ad links - 20:45 - Crypto setback, so wait 5 years - 21:55 - What's the AI goal? - 23:00 - Triggered by ultrasound AI - 23:45 - Judy Schweibert won & AZ midterm update - 26:30 - Where are the visionaries? - 27:05 - AI steamrolls, but who sets standards? - 29:00 - James predicts break-through tech - 29:55 - Runway re-run (next episode) - 31:00 - Blown away (in a good way)

Episode #67: AI Tsunami

Oct 31, 2022 32 min

SHOW THEME James and Catherine unload on new phones, hyperlink irritants, and copyright restrictions before uncovering a tsunami of AI image generator talent SHOW NOTES - 00:03 - Late (again) for Halloween - 00:35 - Old people get new phones - 01:40 - Hell is in the link - 03:10 - "Free your Apple news" - 04:20 - Chihuahua eats AI "homework" - 05:55 - James dabbles and hits gold! - 07:30 - AI vs. living artists - 09:15 - Copyright doesn't protect your vibe - 10:08 - "Always room for robots!" - 12:20 - Are they coming for all of our jobs? - 12:58 - Copyright primer - 14:45 - Is there protection for AI art? - 16:00 - Legal vs. moral, plus trademark - 17:40 - AI advancement moving fast! - 18:20 - Removing references to living artists makes it harder (but not really) - 19:50 - The value of knowing - 21:45 - How Much "Art" Can There Be In Artificial Intelligence? - 22:52 - Second place winner speaks out - 24:24 - Who really owns the creative output? - 25:40 - Save time, just draw it! - 26:05 - AI selfie filter fail - 26:50 - "Draw Anyone" (with three arms?) - 28:15 - Backwards AI gets snarky! - 28:42 - Selfie roast - 30:55 - Spicing up a "too nice" internet? - 31:27 - James appeals to human kindness, then recants

Episode #66: Seeing with Cezanne

Oct 25, 2022 24 min

SHOW THEME Catherine and James riff on Cezanne, plead for curatorial intelligence, and dismiss "Process Art" SHOW NOTES - 00:10 - No disarray here! - 01:05 - "Kay-enne" got too hot for Adidas - 02:20 - Flat Earth AI Zombies push a button - 04:24 - James is a bit of a troll - 05:24 - "Wait! We get a lot of hate?" - 06:35 - SubRant t-shirts not disappointing - 08:00 - We see, therefore, Cezanne - 10:05 - Static, roving, is it that deep? - 11:00 - Teardown of the stare-down - 12:41 - Impressionism interrupted - 14:00 - Plea for curatorial common sense - 15:30 - From Impressionism to Midwifery - 16:10 - Addressing Western-centrism - 18:00 - Distortion and evisceration gone wild - 18:35 - "Cezanne, I'm glad he did it!" - 19:40 - Imagining Cezanne's process-timeline - 20:40 - Process + end product = art? - 22:00 - Thinking of Da Vinci - 23:05 - "The work is the art. and everything else is a prelude" - 24:00 - If the "process" is also art, how does this apply to AI generated images? - 24:30 - Stay tuned for more AI

Episode #65: Eve of (Art) Destruction

Oct 17, 2022 33 min

SHOW THEME Catherine and James laud a MET facade, but trash "art speak", selling dead people's collections, cold soup, and burning ‘art'. SHOW NOTES - 00:03 - "Constant state of bicycle shopping" - 01:47 - James is "The Surly Straggler" - 03:05 - Ding your bell, it's "Biking Story-time!" - 04:06 - Good morning, or not! - 05:00 - James freaks out road bikers - 05:45 - Walking into walls & delayed synaptic response - 06:27 - MET public art (not MOMA) - 08:40 - "Gilt & Guilt" or "Ownership & Superficiality"? - 10:15 - Artist's words versus "art-speak" - 11:09 - James bans "curatorial studies" - 12:17 - Appreciating a facade (on a facade) - 12:30 - The power of Paul Allen - 13:26 - "So, regular people can't buy art?" - 15:30 - "Norm" or not, just buy what you like! - 16:48 - Back to the museums to raise value! - 19:00 - Van Gogh plus soup is good art - 19:15 - SubRant Throwback - 19:35 - "Just Stop Oil" (painting) - 21:00 - Gone haywire on "The Haywain" - 24:50 - Hirst kicks off his own "Burning Man" - 26:30 - "The Haunting of Word Soup" - 29:03 - SubRant Throwback (Koons) - 29:08 - Nod to DeGrazia'z taxation protest - 31:10 - Maximize that carbon footprint! - 33:15 - Dust in the wind

Episode #64: "They always go for the ceilings"

Oct 10, 2022 32 min

SHOW THEME James and Catherine "nerd rant" about tech platforms, Minotaur teeth, and the curious trend of whole house doodling. SHOW NOTES - 00:05 - "Old people don"t need new phones" - 00:20 - "Prey" panoramic followup - 02:00 - 300 year evolution of "The Predator" - 03:05 - Hollywood butchers technology - 04:20 - James repos quote, shoves Plato off cliff - 05:05 - Google nerd-rant - Stadia: DONE - 07:00 - Treading water with Search and Mail - 09:30 - Hey YouTube, remember Flickr? - 10:27 - Silly Google, Docs is for kids! - 11:00 - Lame VR and the developers who won't use it - 12:00 - Instagram hack! - 13:07 - Secure your passwords and don"t use Facebook log-in - 14:35 - "Mr. Doodle does" wall drawings! - 15:18 - Gettin a superficial Haring vibe - 16:45 - Buys house and doodles it! - 17:13 - "Graffiti Spaghetti" for lunch? - 18:15 - Do doodles need color? - 19:30 - Mr. Doodle freestyle - 20:22 - Revisiting Polina Rayko, self-taught Ukrainian artist - 22:36 - James is a doodler - 23:10 - Ron's House: Minotaur Head And Lion Is Discovered In Rented Birkenhead Flat - 24:45 - Nerds contemplate minotaur teeth and other points of fiction - 26:25 - Put some effort into your art! - 29:40 - "They always go for the ceilings" - 30:50 - Doodle camouflage - 31:13 - Halloween t-shirt plug!

Episode #63: A Story of How South Korea Broke The Internet

Sep 26, 2022 28 min

SHOW THEME Catherine and James waffle on selling their cars while dissecting potential changes to S. Korean net neutrality and crowning RM as the best art critic! SHOW NOTES - 00:05 - Selling our cars? - 02:35 - Forget new tires, just buy a new car! - 04:10 - Hybrid Maverick: The "exciting" choice - 07:10 - The biggest issue of the week! (Or not) - 07:35 - James explains net neutrality and data access fees - 08:55 - No more "Baby Shark or BTS" scares Catherine - 09:30 - S. Korean ISPs want to charge more, James breaks it down! - 12:12 - Just don't interrupt Catherine's Korean content! - 14:00 - James calls out a "dick move" and rights a "slippery slope" - 15:35 - "The world is coming to an end and we're all going to be isolated" - 16:45 - A usage fee bill from Argentina? - 18:00 - SubRant saves the Internet! - 18:58 - Appeal to S. Korean legislators to not mess with success! - 19:50 - Temporarily annoyed with "art critic" RM? - 21:45 - "RM is the Liz Cheney of the art world!" - 22:45 - James implements a usage fee to deliver thoughts to your head - 23:30 - Bad analogies, free speech, and TV - 25:15 - The expensive neighborhood road - 26:34 - A soothing perspective - 28:10 - Territorial women's wear (for a new Arizona reality)

Episode #62: Flat Earth AI Zombies

Sep 16, 2022 31 min

SHOW THEME Catherine and James eviscerate flat earth theory and the zombified appetite for "alternate realities" while predicting the future of AI "art". SHOW NOTES - 00:10 - Honey Bear's rescue story! - 01:30 - James describes a real dog - 02:10 - New format flop - 02:30 - TikTok Flat Earth hilarity - 03:45 - She gotta be trolling! - 05:10 - Reason begone, here comes the wacky! - 05:45 - Ignorance or boredom? Who cares! - 06:15 - Stupidity rises like cream on social media - 07:05 - Does the appetite for "alternate realities" affect how we see art? - 07:45 - Colorado State Fair vs. AI generated art - 08:05 - AI image generator: Midjourney - 10:00 - "Hand of the artist" is now "your mind"! - 11:20 - Riffing from Hudson River, but did anyone know (or care?) - 14:30 - Questions remain re: digital image sourcing and "sampling" - 17:49 - Image synthesis via latent diffusion - 18:25 - Search yourself (and your art) LAION-5B - 21:10 - Robots are coming for your creativity! - 22:40 - Put me in your database and re-use my work! - 23:20 - Severed head Phoestivus - 26:33 - Interest equals value! - 27:50 - "Watching the death of artistry..." - 28:20 - Art communities ban AI generated images - 29:43 - James looks into an AI crystal ball - 31:20 - At last, James is correct!

Episode #61: Chromophobia: A Beginners Guide

Sep 5, 2022 26 min

SHOW THEME Catherine and James discuss the "greatest conspiracy in ancient art" while summarily dismissing Minimalism, Architecture, and Modern Design. SHOW NOTES - 00:10 - Cohost identifies as chromophobic, but not really? - 00:48 - The Greatest Conspiracy In Ancient Art - 01:05 - Breaking news: Ancient monochromatic statues are just faded - 02:14 - Natural weathering takes a toll - 02:43 - The "art historian elites" object! - 03:40 - Restoration erases patina and the passage of time - 05:05 - Refurbish recoil and "The Archer" - 06:10 - Nobody paints Baby in a corner! - 07:15 - "Ancient ancient" color gap - 11:07 - Going mad with color! - 12:37 - Clean away the goth (and forget Plato)! - 13:24 - High Renaissance ghostly minimalism - 14:05 - Michelangelo was the first Western abstract artist! - 15:09 - "Hard no" on "nipple tattoo" - 16:04 - Black, white, and grey = garbage palette - 18:15 - James has a purple door (but it's actually red) - 20:25 - "Visual stillness" vs design degradation - 21:05 - Architectural stasis - 23:05 - Arcosanti - 24:38 - "Modern humans are just boring" - 25:40 - Arcosanti bell loses a dangle - 26:15 - Christopher shows up and ends the show

Episode #60: Mannequin Madness

Aug 29, 2022 31 min

Show Themes - All kinds of drought - PC Gaming - Show note PSA - Instagram hate - Mannequin Madness - Prey follow-up - Huge conspiracy next episode! Show Notes - 00:20 - Cohost identifies as the “Lake Mead” of emotional support - 01:00 - Abbreviated Southern California cringe https://www.axios.com/2022/08/24/california-drought-crisis-water-waste-celebrities - 01:46 - So many Kardashians, so little water - 02:15 - Stallone (and 1599 others) exceed water usage - 02:20 - “Let Them Eat Koi” revisited! https://www.subrantpodcast.com/episode_0048_eat-koi.html - 05:20 - Thirty years of creeping water shortages - 06:30 - “Can you spell privilege?” - 07:50 - PlayStation sued in UK, but why? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62631533 - 08:45 - James puts gaming in perspective - 10:00 - “What’s the point? That was my point!” (Huh?) - 10:30 - Console and platform subrant - 13:30 - Listeners spared, contact James for more! - 14:40 - Show notes PSA: Scroll, read, links, follow! - - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SubRantPodcast - - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/subrantpodcast/ - - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@subrantpodcast - 16:00 - I wear my (denim) sunglasses on Instagram! - 18:23 - Idiot “feather ruffling” yields more idiocy - 20:30 - Contemplating Plato (or not) - 21:00 - Thank you “Mannequin Madness” for the “butts”! https://www.mannequinmadness.com - 22:20 - Triggered by a plastic belly button, please send help! (It wasn’t the belly button) - 22:36 - “Prey” follow-up - 23:12 - “Predator was a better action movie, Prey was a better film” (Plato) - 25:15 - Badass, not revisionist - 27:20 - Muddying up the “mud scene” - 29:00 - The “no subtitle” Predator-Prey thread - 31:10 - Trying everything or barely trying?

Episode #59: Watch Prey and Your Cat

Aug 12, 2022 36 min

SHOW THEMES - Prey (2022) and Predator (1987) - High tech litter boxes - AI generated images vs editorial illustration - Again with the dead cow head SHOW NOTES - 00:18 - Let's both not talk about the movie you didn't see - 00:58 - Newsflash: There is no "Prey 1" - 02:00 - Catherine answers a citizenship question - 03:00 - Streaming negates need for movie theaters - 04:15 - James recommends "Prey" (2022), revisits "Predator" (1987) - 07:18 - No spoilers here, just a Hollywood ending - 09:35 - "Predator" is a better action film, "Prey" is a better movie - 10:47 - Trolls in a twist - 12:15 - No subtitles for "French Klingon" - 13:40 - Cat poop in AI headlines - 14:20 - Cat litter is incredibly exciting? - 16:00 - Cats openly mock litter box technology - 18:00 - Nothing about this is AI, so just look at you cat - 20:35 - AI-generated digital art spurs debate about News illustrations - 21:50 - James breaks down AI - 24:25 - Comparing editorial illustration to AI generated images (DALL-E) - 26:57 - Is this just image sampling or will it evolve creatively? - 28:00 - The hubris of overcoming bias - 29:20 - Is your bias really your perspective? - 31:50 - Random connections generate new ideas - 33:02 - James leaves, Catherine talks to herself - 34:15 - We probably shouldn't ignore DALL-E! - 35:05 - Plastic wins at our demise! - 36:00 - In: AI all the way! Out: dead cow heads!

Episode #58: The Missing Milagros

Aug 1, 2022 31 min

SHOW THEMES - Netflix v Hulu - Lalapalooza - New mannequin - De-globalization in the arts - "Old Masters" on caring walls - Milagros and street art SHOW NOTES - 00:30 - Swapping Hulu for Netflix (for now) - 01:10 - "HobiPalooza" soothed an aching soul! - 01:45 - Shower, tea, phone off for J-Hope! - 02:20 - James is an English teacher - 03:07 - Better K-drama translation? - 04:15 - Ghost stories more believable than the news? - 05:00 - James makes Hulu recommendations - - Save Yourselves - - Love and Monsters - - I Love Lucy - - People of Earth - 06:45 - Town of "Fish Kill" doesn't kill fish - 07:50 - Mannequin mocking - 10:10 - Who needs a head? - 10:40 - Insane cyclists of Scotland - 11:45 - De-globalization Hits the Art World (or does it?) - 12:22 - Unwinding vs fracturing vs b******t - 14:25 - Art: Means to an end vs end in itself? - 14:55 - Just say "Plato" - 16:10 - Art blockbuster shows, niche museums, community focus - 17:15 - Collection sell-off debate - 21:45 - Deaccessioning? Just say "selling"! - 22:30 - Catherine gets emotional about art preservation - 23:15 - James subrants on the lies and lies of the artworld! - 25:00 - 30-year China trend? - 26:40 - "The 'China-nization' of Hong Kong" - 27:00 - SF MOMA Mural, Healing and Milagros - 27:12 - 100 Day Project Celebrating Essential Workers 100 Days Action's Art for Essential Workers - 27:55 - Suenos Imports - 29:27 - "Mural-ized" street art - 30:15 - Hope comes full circle: Meaning of Milagros - 31:17 - Must start with cats! - 31:35 - I'm a dog person

Episode #57: Cracker Jack Buddhas

Jul 24, 2022 25 min

SHOW THEMES - Van Gogh "hidden" portrait - Secret mirrors and Cracker Jack Buddhas - AI image generators SHOW NOTES - 00:38 - Van Gogh portrait found behind "Head of a Peasant Woman" - 01:08 - James makes a case for "peasant-core" - 01:35 - Random x-rays, but why? - 02:02 - "I thought the painting was depressing" - 02:25 - Breaking down curator boredom - 03:12 - Impasto faux pas... Rembrandt not Van Gogh! - 04:45 - It's simple - canvass is expensive. - 06:12 - Van Gogh was "a broke ass painter" - 06:30 - Buddha Buddha on the wall. How did you get there? - 07:25 - "Mystery purchase" at Tucson Gem Show - 08:12 - Cracker Jack enlightenment - 10:45 - Are there more mysteries in plain sight? Probable not. - 11:56 - All the kids are doing it? (AI image generators) - 13:30 - Why AI? It's not art, it's a tool https://www.craiyon.com - 14:20 - Joan of Arc eating ice cream - 15:43 - Georgia O'Keefe painted cats? - 18:10 - Cats in the "style" of Damien Hurst look like Laurel Burch https://www.laurelburch.com - 19:08 - James is DALL-E wait-listed - 21:00 - Unintended scarcity? - 22:28 - Generating "fun spaghetti" - 22:50 - "Nefarious" experimentation yielded freakish results! - 24:00 - "Hack-a-thon" and curated image database - 25:40 - Let's just leave it!

Episode #56: Interview with Grace Habib of Shop Refugee

Jul 14, 2022 40 min

SHOW NOTES - Grace Habib of Shop Refugee part of GoTen - Grace started as an English teacher with GoTen - Seamstress volunteers wanted to start Sewing class started 2021 - Grace shifted from English teaching to running Shop Refugee full time - Stared by rebranded Shop Refugee - Expanded classes and has its own workshop (20 person max) - Loving Covers helped out with material donations in the beginning - Sourcing material locally - City Serve (Amazon, Walmart, and CostCo returns) - Sheer fabric = Scrunchy - Mesh netting = produce bags - Environmentally friendly process - 95% of sales goes to seamstress - Business owners now coming to Shop Refugee for seamstresses - Noggin Boss - Seamstresses are contract working and can work at home at their pace - Bead trade of Murano - Welcome Cookie! - Grace rents out her wedding arch and a mogul is born! - Grace's marketing side hustle - We need to support more refugees - Parolees from Afghanistan - Refugee is a legal status - Spread the world! - The Rock as the model - Requests welcome! - Sewing machines are awesome - Farmer's markets - World Refugee Day Phoenix College - Retail stores: - - Cultivate coffee - - Gather Phoenix - - SBC Book Store - Phoenix eats batteries and tires! - Success stories from the class - Rapha House - Donations (fabric and thread)! - Aug 18 - Meeting for volunteers - Insha'Allah

Episode #55: Contemplating Namjooning

Jul 8, 2022 33 min

SHOW NOTES - 00:15 - Tired of "adulting" - 00:45 - Disregard SubRant dating advice - 01:40 - The Met is not MOMA! - 02:00 - Catherine doesn't listen to James! - 02:50 - SubRant stickers buy a Lamborghini - 03:20 - Episode 55 is important (?) - 03:59 - All politics are local - 04:45 - Hospitals waste time and plastic (and lives) - 06:10 - Pink plastic (from one room) fills the dump! - 07:15 - James has a suggestion for hospital performance art - 07:45 - What would happen if we stopped using plastic? - 08:35 - Hypothetical plastic recycling - 09:53 - Sequester plastic so it doesn't kill us - 11:10 - Glass water bottles kind of suck - 12:15 - Glass is no picnic either - 14:05 - Conquering the world in just 70 years - 14:34 - Hard pass on intelligence and sacrifice - 15:45 - Can't grow your own in Phoenix - 16:30 - James has faith in good engineering - 17:35 - Fewer cows would be nice - 18:40 - Thirteen uses to offset carbon footprint - 19:30 - Baffled by K-pop and BTS - 20:15 - Kim Nam Joon, art enthusiast - 20:25 - RM fans flood art museum - 22:10 - Is it just a passing fad? - 24:17 - James gives it one shrug (WTF?) - 26:45 - Who is on your list of favorite modern artists? - 29:00 - Vicarious expansion via Instagram - 30:00 - Contemplating "Namjooning" - 30:40 - James wants a study, but is it necessary? - Weverse - 32:50 - Moving to Italy but visiting ROK - 33:29 - Fingers crossed!

Episode #54: Interview with Judy Schwiebert and Jeanne Casteen

Jul 1, 2022 36 min

We Speak With Jeanne Casteen: Candidate for Arizona State Senate LD2 Judy Schwiebert: Arizona House of Representatives LD2 SHOW TOPICS The disfunction in the Arizona legislature The problems Arizonians are actually facing Fighting the wave of extreme legislation from The American Legislative Exchange Council The distraction of the "Culture Wars" The trajectory of Womens Rights in America Let's do better The Arizona State Budget and the 5.3 billion dollar surplus School vouchers School Choice - we already have it! Super majority for voter initiative Ice cream vs cake

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Created by: Catherine Lynn & James Fryer
Status: Inactive
Latest episode: Aug 14, 2025
Episodes: 103
Release period: Weekly
Avg. episode length: 33 min
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Language: English

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