Best Doll Artists Podcasts (2024)

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CO Bites: Pretty, Dangerous 13:25

2h ago13:25

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In this week’s episode, host Ben Miller speaks with Sarah Margolis-Pineo about a turning chair prototype made by Brother William Henry Perkins of the Mount Lebanon Shaker community. But don’t sit in it. Looking like a Wendell Castle sculpture avant la lettre, its bird-bone-thin spindles and threaded metal swivel mechanism are too delicate to suppor…

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Introducing Mitchell Owens 48:48

2h ago48:48

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ANTIQUES has a new editor in chief! Mitch Owens, formerly of World of Interiors, joins Ben Miller on this special episode to give listeners an inside look at his art and design philosophy, and his plans for the magazine. Sneak preview: when Ben asked what would be the salvation of the antiques world, Mitch replied that it’s essential to inspire col…

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The "Confirmed Bachelor" Who Forever Changed American Homes 41:47

10d ago41:47

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In this episode, Ben digs into the history of Beauport, the Gilded-Age mansion perched on a rock ledge overlooking Massachusetts’s Gloucester Harbor. Built by Henry Davis Sleeper, one of the country’s first interior designers, it was conceived as a house-sized Valentine for the statesman and economist Piatt Andrew, the object of Sleeper’s (unrequit…

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EP. 130: A 30 year career in beauty with MAC Makeup Icon, Romero Jennings 43:30

17d ago43:30

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Staying creative as a makeup artist. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran sits with professional makeup artist Romero Jennings to discuss how makeup artists can stay creative even when it feels hard. Romero also shares his best advice on skin prep before applying makeup. Join our backstage crew for all the secret content and exclusi…

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THROWBACK: The WPA Origins of the American Doll, with Allison Robinson 46:17

24d ago46:17

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During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration funded an interracial labor program in Wisconsin that employed over five thousand women to craft handmade goods: the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. Especially noteworthy among the rugs, quilts, costumes, and books that the women produced is a run of exquisitely crafted and clothed toddle…

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EP. 129: How Danessa Myricks is Pioneering Change in the Beauty Industry 49:49

25d ago49:49

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Creating innovative makeup products and improving diversity in makeup is an ongoing mission for Danessa. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran is honored to have the legendary Danessa Myricks, a makeup artist, photographer, and entrepreneur, sharing her incredible journey in the beauty industry. Discover how Danessa went from develop…

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EP. 128: The "Skin Doll" Sean Garrette on Navigating the Beauty Industry 43:56

1M ago43:56

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Starting in New York and becoming a renowned skincare expert. Professional artist and host Jaleesa Jaikaran sits with skincare expert the "skin doll" Sean Garrette to chat about his journey from fashion to beauty, including his experience with Dior and working as a Fenty Skin ambassador. They discuss his favorite skincare brands and trends, his app…

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Whale Teeth and the Pirate Princess 33:58

1M ago33:58

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This week on our Curious Objects podcast, host Benjamin Miller is joined by Marina Wells to discuss scrimshaw. Whalebone, teeth, and other products of the sea adorned with nautical scenes and remembrances of home, scrimshaw is a portal into the lives and daydreams of whalers confined for months at a time aboard bobbing, blood-and-blubber-spattered …

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Are Trends Sooo Over? 48:03

1M ago48:03

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This week, Ben is joined by Dan Rubinstein, design journalist and host of the Grand Tourist podcast, to discuss TRENDS. But first of all . . . do they even exist anymore? Or are we living in a post-trend world ruled by the math of the algorithm and the magnetism of sui generis celebrities? Ben and Dan consider trends through historical and pop-cult…

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EP. 127: In Conversation with Stylist & Content Creator Tahira Foster 44:25

1M ago44:25

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It is possible to turn your love of fashion into a full-time career as a content creator. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran sits with New York City-based content creator Tahira Foster to discuss Tahira's journey into content creation, her love for fashion, insights on upcoming trends for Autumn/Winter 2024, and her favorite beaut…

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EP. 126: The Power Of Minding Your Business 11:29

2M ago11:29

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Career and life lessons from a professional makeup artist. Join host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran as she shares some of the greatest lessons she has learned throughout her life and in her 10+ years as a makeup artist. JALEESA'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jaleesajaikaran/ THE LIFE OF A MAKEUP ARTIST INSTAGRAM: https://ww…

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The Secret Code Book at the Independence Seaport Museum 40:52

2M ago40:52

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In Part 2 of a special two-part podcast, host Benjamin Miller speaks again with Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum, this time about a Revolutionary War–era naval signal book made for English Admiral Richard Howe. “Prepare to haul to the wind together on the starboard tack when in order of battle, and the …

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EP. 125: Hairstylist David Lopez on The Power of a Pivot 42:17

2M ago42:17

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Tips to stay creative and inspired when working in the beauty industry. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran is joined by celebrity hairstylist and beauty professional David Lopez to chat about their extensive career in the beauty industry. Find out how David stays ahead of trends and how he became such a sought-after hairstylist. J…

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Discovering a Forgotten Folk Artist at the Independence Seaport Museum 36:02

3M ago36:02

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In Part 1 of a special two-part podcast, Curious Objects’ host Benjamin Miller speaks with Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum about a folk art watercolor from the late 1700s that’s been the subject of a major research project. Called Navigation Lesson, the painting is believed to depict the artist, Cornel…

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EP. 124: The Content Creator Round Table 1:17:12

2M ago1:17:12

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The best advice from fashion and beauty content creators. Host and professional makeup artist is joined by beauty influencer Alyssa J and professional makeup artist Karol Rodriguez to peel back the layers of what it's really like to be a content creator. JALEESA'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jaleesajaikaran/ THE LIFE OF A MAKEUP ARTIST INS…

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A Precious 17th-Century Kleenex 42:59

3M ago42:59

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On this week’s episode, Ben Miller speaks with Elena Kanagy-Loux, lacewear trendsetter and co-founder of the Brooklyn Lace Guild. The focus object is a seventeenth-century Italian handkerchief, but Ben’s and Elena’s conversation also touches on that time she worked for Courtney Love; good (and bad) representations of lace and lace production in cin…

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EP. 123: The Business of Beauty Marketing with Anthonino Olimpio 30:18

2M ago30:18

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The best way to approach marketing in the beauty industry. Join host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran as she speaks with Estee Lauder's global brand strategy expert Anthonino Olimpio about managing a career in PR and influencer marketing. Find out what Anthonino has learned through his experience in global brand strategy that makeup …

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Rescued by the Romanovs, a Fabergé Treasure Comes to Market 45:40

3M ago45:40

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The Romanov dynasty was wiped out in 1918 . . . but what happened to all their stuff? Well, some of it ended up at Heritage Auctions, whose Imperial Fabergé and Russian Works of Art auction on May 17 hopes to move a treasure trove of ikons, furniture pieces, diaries, and gold-encrusted baubles. To discuss the sale—and in particular a Fabergé bonbon…

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EP. 122: Breaking Boundaries with Cyrus Vessi 39:02

3M ago39:02

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Find out what it takes to work with luxury brands as a fashion and beauty creator. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran is joined by marketing consultant Cyrus Veyssi about making it as a creator. Cyrus gives their insight as a consultant on how creators can work with more brands and how they can land luxury brand deals. JALEESA'S I…

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Advice Ep: How to Buy an Antique/Vintage Rug 58:55

3M ago58:55

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In the newest installment of our advice series, Ben Miller speaks with Jordan Heres, co-founder with his wife, Ingrid, of the Charlottesville, Virginia, rug purveyor Weft and Wool. The focus object is a rug from Karaja, Iran, made in about 1900, but Ben’s and Jordan also tackle such subjects as how often a rug should be washed, why you should never…

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EP. 121: Educating & Elevating the Beauty Elite with Sonia Elyss 45:10

3M ago45:10

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The inside scoop on being a successful beauty content creator. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran sits down with beauty marketing consultant and creator mentor Sonia Elyss to chat about how beauty creators can land brand deals and build long-term partnerships. Tune in and learn to maximize your influence as a beauty creator. Don't…

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THROWBACK: This Chair Is Made of America 38:39

3M ago38:39

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In this special throwback episode, Benjamin Miller speaks with Ellery Foutch, assistant professor of American studies at Middlebury College, about a “relic Windsor chair” assembled by Henry Sheldon (founder of the Middlebury museum named in his honor) in 1884. This unique piece of furniture was built with fragments of wood salvaged from structures …

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EP. 120: Wake Up Boo - 5 Products You're Sleeping On 11:19

3M ago11:19

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The best beauty products of 2024 thus far. Join professional makeup artist and host Jaleesa Jaikaran as she shares some of her favorite products that she's keeping in her makeup kit. Which ones will you add to yours? JALEESA'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jaleesajaikaran/ THE LIFE OF A MAKEUP ARTIST INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thel…

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Stitching Rhythms: The Craft of Crochet and Hip-Hop Dolls with Adwoa Cooper 58:26

3M ago58:26

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www.inthedollworld.com In today's episode, we sit down with Adwoa Cooper from Adwoa Design. Adwoa details her journey from using crochet for stress relief to developing a successful business, illustrating that the path to achievement can be as unexpected as it is rewarding. Adwoa brings a fresh vibe to crochet, merging hip-hop influences with her u…

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CO Bites: A Pitch-Perfect Vermont Songbook 14:56

4M ago14:56

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In this Curious Objects Bites episode, Benjamin Miller examines an 1830s manuscript tune book from rural Vermont. Bound crudely in leather, this book of sacred music was made by a farmer named Bernard Ward as a gift for his grandson, and many years later passed into the major collection of musical instruments, books, scores, and ephemera assembled …

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EP. 119: In Conversation with Jessica Cruel, Editor-in-Chief of Allure Magazine 38:29

3M ago38:29

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The beauty industry is changing and you've got to keep up. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran speaks with Allure's Editor-in-Chief, Jessica Cruel, about diversity and inclusion in the beauty industry and the future of beauty and fashion. JALEESA'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jaleesajaikaran/ THE LIFE OF A MAKEUP ARTIST IN…

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EX63 - Jordan Davis - The Next Thing You Know we will be Dancing in a Parking Lot 13:40

4M ago13:40

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Episode 63 - Jordan Davis - The Next Thing You Know we will be Dancing in a Parking Lot (external version outside of Spotify) Biography Jordan Carl Wheeler Davis (born March 30, 1988) is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division. Davis was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to mot…

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EP. 118: My Life as a Makeup Artist 9:08

4M ago9:08

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The Life of A Makeup Artist is back. Host and professional makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran kicks off the new season by sharing one of the keys to her success and celebrates 11 years of living in New York City. JALEESA'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jaleesajaikaran/ THE LIFE OF A MAKEUP ARTIST INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thelifeofama…

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The Book of Dragons (and the Con Artist Who Made It), with Rebecca Romney 35:39

4M ago35:39

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Rebecca Romney, co-founder of rare book dealer Type Punch Matrix and a frequent guest on Pawn Stars, returns to our podcast Curious Objects this week. She has with her a mid-nineteenth-century abecebestiary, or calligraphic treatment of the alphabet with animal motifs, made by Englishman Charles Eduard Stuart . . . except that wasn't really his nam…

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Remembering Greg Cerio 6:15

4M ago6:15

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Greg Cerio, editor of The Magazine ANTIQUES, died Saturday. In this special episode, Ben pays tribute to the man who gave Curious Objects the green light, and who foresaw a rich future for objects from the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Magazine Antiques

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CO Bites: Toshiko Takaezu's "Closed Form," with Glenn Adamson 13:44

5M ago13:44

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This week Glenn Adamson returns to the pod to discuss an exhibition he co-curated at the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York. Worlds Within: The Art of Toshiko Takaezu focuses on the work of the Okinawan-American ceramicist, which bridges the gulf between art and craft. In this inaugural installment of Curious Objects Bites—bingeable conversations a…

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Taylor Thistlethwaite Gets Excited About "Brown Furniture" 42:00

5M ago42:00

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Taylor Thistlethwaite, proprietor of Thistlethwaite Americana in Middleburg, Virginia, returns to the pod to defend the merits of “brown furniture.” Whether it’s earthy, richly figured black walnut or the sometimes-overlooked black cherry, it’s important not to “think of wood as just something brown,” Taylor says. “There’s so much life in it. And i…

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THROWBACK: Once Upon a Bowl 27:53

5M ago27:53

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If you ever start to feel like history is abstract, spend a little time with an object or two that were actually there. For instance, a silver bowl and a pair of candlesticks that once belonged to New York grandees Pieter and Elizabeth Delancey, which suddenly reappeared recently after being lost for three hundred years. In this special rerun of on…

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Ben visits the Art Slice podcast 43:55

6M ago43:55

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Last month Benjamin Miller made a guest appearance on Art Slice, hosted by the podcasting power couple—and artists and art historians—Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker, and now available here. The trio’s conversation focuses on a dazzling group of mixed-metal wares made by Tiffany and Company in the latter part of the nineteenth century, inclu…

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Advice Ep: How to Buy a Vintage Engagement Ring 47:30

6M ago47:30

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How much should you spend? What kind of stone should you get? Is antique better than modern? These are just a few of the many questions that any courter must consider when ring-hunting. Here to share his ring lore on this special Valentine’s Day episode is a true jewelry expert, Matthew Imberman of Kentshire Galleries. First things first: don’t wor…

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E63 - Spotify Has Cancelled Our Show - Yes, it is true! 4:37

6M ago4:37

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E63 - Spotify Has Cancelled Our Show - Yes, it is true! Podcasting has evolved quite a bit since its early days. As a format, it is increasingly becoming more visual and interactive, with more people around the world creating, listening, and engaging with the medium than ever before. ‍ And while the core vision of Spotify for Podcasters has remaine…

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The Woman Who Saved Wedgwood 37:01

6M ago37:01

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In 1909, Daisy Makeig-Jones was hired by the Wedgwood firm in Staffordshire, England, to decorate pottery. She would go on to develop the “Fairyland” luster pattern, which combined dazzling iridescent glazes with motifs from fairy tales and would serve to revitalize the Wedgwood brand. Bailey Tichenor, one half of the duo behind Artistoric gallery,…

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“Enriching Your Life Through Collecting” at the Winter Show 1:12:55

6M ago1:12:55

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In what has become an annual tradition, Curious Objects host Benjamin Miller capped off January with a panel discussion at the Winter Show. This year’s edition was named “Catching the Bug: Enriching Your Life Through Collecting,” and featured three distinguished collectors and the objects they live by and through. The Hawkes bowl belonging to conse…

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The Beatles as Painters 33:20

6M ago33:20

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In the summer of 1966 the Beatles were in Japan, whirling through the first leg of what would be their final world tour. Hoping to forestall the dangerous excesses of Beatlemania, Japanese authorities confined the Fab Four to their hotel suite at Tokyo’s Hilton Hotel for almost the duration of their one-hundred-hour stay. Casting about for things t…

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The Marginalia That Made Christie's Value This Book at $1 Million 50:40

7M ago50:40

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In 1543 Andreas Vesalius published a seven-part book that would become the foundational text of modern anatomy: On the Fabric of the Human Body. With it, the Flemish anatomist overturned more than a millennium’s worth of medical dogma, many of his breakthroughs coming while dissecting human corpses—a method of study unavailable to physicians of cla…

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Advice Ep: Making Your Home a Source of Inspiration, with Tara McCauley 50:17

7M ago50:17

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In this week’s episode, interior designer Tara McCauley gives listeners an inside look at her practice, which she likens, curiously, to a travel agency. She says: “I like to think of myself like I’ve gone into the market and I’ve done the research and I’ve talked to the experts and the locals and I’m bringing you the best kind of experience you’re …

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Ask Ben Anything 1:12:39

7M ago1:12:39

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Over the past couple weeks we’ve been fielding and compiling questions that listeners have put to host Benjamin Miller. A taste: “Has any object ever truly baffled you?” “What’s the best town for antiquing?” and “Will Curious Objects ever do an adults-only episode?” This week’s episode represents a taste of his own medicine for Ben, usually the int…

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END OF YEAR THROWBACK: A Conversation with Luthier Paul Becker 46:30

7M ago46:30

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A top-tier orchestra might well have tens of millions of dollars–worth of instruments on stage. Many of them are antiques. And there are few people who know these instruments more intimately than Paul Becker. He’s the fifth-generation owner and director of Carl Becker and Son, a 150-year-old luthier business in Chicago. He and his family have resto…

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Lewis Littlepage and the Amazing Silk-embroidered Dreamsuit 39:33

8M ago39:33

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“Conservative” by the standards of its day, the three-piece suit worn by American statesman and bon vivant Lewis Littlepage (1762–1802) at the court of Catherine the Great is sewn of silk and embroidered with sprays of blue, white, and grey flowers. Neal Hurst, curator of textiles and historic dress at Colonial Williamsburg, comes on our Curious Ob…

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COIFFEUR EXTRAORDINAIRE - Waiting for Legros with Director Lance Lucero 58:46

8M ago58:46

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COIFFEUR EXTRAORDINAIRE - Waiting for Legros is the spinoff of BOB: The Non-Union Psychic. Director Lance Lucero teased the story of Legros the last time he was on. For more on that click here. Now, Lance found some time between festivals to tell us what it was like bringing a figure from history to life in COIFFEUR EXTRAORDINAIRE - Waiting for Leg…

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Azhelle Wade: The Toy Coach, Guiding and Empowering Others in the World of Toys. 39:23

7M ago39:23

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www.inthedollworld.com In this wonderful episode of In The Doll World, I am joined by Azhelle Wade, the Toy Coach. Her journey to a key figure in the toy industry is an incredible testament to the power of passion and commitment and her love of teaching and being creative. Embark on Azelle's journey as she shares her reasons for leaving corporate l…

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What makes Thomas Cole’s “Course of Empire” Cycle as Relevant Today as in the 19th Century 37:06

8M ago37:06

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This week Benjamin Miller is joined by filmmaker Rachel Gould, better known on YouTube as the Art Tourist, to discuss Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire cycle of about 1834–1836. A watershed in the genre of landscape painting, Cole’s canvases use an allegory of empire—germination, prosperity, decline—to preach a cautionary tale about environmental and …

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EP. 117: Best of 2023 13:10

8M ago13:10

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As we close this incredible season, I'm deeply grateful for your support and thrilled by the fantastic guests and beauty insights we've shared. Stay tuned for our upcoming season, promising more amazing guests, industry trends, and surprises during our short break. Don't forget to follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes exclusives, and join…

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EX62 - A Thousand Horses - We fill the Room with Smoke and a Room Full of Strangers 12:22

8M ago12:22

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EXTERNAL EPISODE 62 - A Thousand Horses - We fill the Room with Smoke and a Room Full of Strangers A Thousand Horses was founded in 2010 in Nashville by longtime friends, vocalist Michael Hobby and lead guitarist Bill Satcher (both natives of Newberry, South Carolina), along with rhythm guitarist Zach Brown and bassist Graham DeLoach. This ballad i…

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A Met Curator Tells the Strange Story of Louis XIV's Carpets 55:28

8M ago55:28

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This week we travel back to the seventeenth century, to the glorious court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, in France, and his astonishing commission for a suite of ninety-three carpets to cover the 1440-foot-long Grande Galerie at the Louvre, then a royal palace. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is now the proud owner of three of these carpets—the creati…

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