In this Episode Max and Miranda discuss the limits of creative-type-jobs. What is and isn't part of a job? What should you get paid for? Special guest, Bettina Yung.

Episode 12 - Interview with Bb

Sep 1st, 2016 1h 5m

In this episode, we rekindle a conversation with Allie Linn and Colin Alexander, co-directors of Bb, a gallery in Baltimore. Val Karuskevich showed up halfway through the episode and took this picture; also lurking was the work of Jared Brown a

Episode 12 - Audio Experience - Parmagiano Reggiano

Sep 1st, 2016 3m 52s

In this script-reading, Colin Alexander and Allie Linn Also adapt a scene of “Chef’s Table” where a cheese farm is talking about the process of making parmesan.

Episode 10 - Audio Experience - Material by Alice Munro

Jul 13th, 2016 37m 33s

It's now day, but when I [Miranda] started recording this episode, it was the middle of the night. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. I found myself trying to remember the name of this short story by Alice Munro. Eventually, I got up and

Episode 11 - Name Change

Jul 11th, 2016 56m 18s

In this episode, we discuss changing your name--and the professional and personal ways that shapes one's experience. Is it ever inauthentic? Special guest Margo Malter, co-director of Open Space, textile designer, and keeping-everyone-honest-ki

Episode 10 - Counter Narrative

Jul 4th, 2016 47m 14s

In this episode, Max and Miranda discuss an artist's interest in narrative and when it is appropriate to dismantle conventions around storytelling.

Episode 9 - Pretending to be Vija Celmins and Robert Gober

Oct 6th, 2015 54m 38s

Max and Miranda embody two of their heroes by using transcribed dialogue as a script. More explanation: an awkward reading of an interview with Vija Celmins (played by Miranda) and Robert Gober (played by Max). They fall short, of course, and t

Episode 9 - Audio Experience - Anne Moore's Life by Roberto Bolaño

Oct 6th, 2015 1h

Miranda and an uncredited male voice read a short story by one of her other heroes, Roberto Bolaño. The reason this is the audio experience for this episode is something to do with admiration and authenticity from the primary audio, but also it

Episode 8 - Audio Experience - Letter from Mirella Toncheva

Jul 30th, 2015 2m 56s

Mirella's response to our Anime Episode from March 2015.

Episode 8 - Learning A Language

Jul 30th, 2015 58m 14s

In this episode which, by the way, is very overdue, we explain why exactly this episode is overdue, and then move on to two new languages we've aspired to learn. Strangely, both center around Japan. In Max's case, he elaborates on his attempts

Episode 7 - Audio Experience - Live From The PMF

Apr 2nd, 2015 1h 36m

In addition to the primary phone call, our audio experience this week is field recordings from Open Space's Prints and Multiples Fair. During the fair we interviewed and live-broadcasted interviews with Bite Not Press, Molly Colleen O'Connell,

Episode 7 - Game Show

Apr 2nd, 2015 56m 31s

In this Episode, we quiz each other on art history. Though usually the answers given are wrong, each question sparks a brief conversation. Though a listener is able to follow along and quiz herself, no art history knowledge is required. Mostly,

Episode 6 - Audio Experience by Lauren Brick - Lavender Town

Mar 2nd, 2015 15m 48s

Episode 6 - Audio Experience by Lauren Brick - Lavender Town by Miranda Pfeiffer and Max Guy

Episode 6 - Anime

Mar 2nd, 2015 56m 53s

This episode discusses Anime. In the 1990's, for many young Americans, newly imported shows like Neon Genesis Evangelion were popularized by the afternoon lineup Toonami on Cartoon Network. Wrapped in a seemingly youth aesthetic, though anythin

Episode 5 - Planning an Exhibition pt 2

Feb 18th, 2015 43m 1s

On this episode Miranda and Max continue their conversation on curating, focusing on the process and methods behind organizing a show.

Episode 4 - Audio Experience - Interview w/ Woobie Bogus and John Elio Reitman of Wanusay, Montreal

Feb 17th, 2015 47m 11s

Episode 4 - Audio Experience - Interview w/ Woobie Bogus and John Elio Reitman of Wanusay, Montreal by Miranda Pfeiffer and Max Guy

Episode 4 - Planning an Exhibition Pt 1

Feb 16th, 2015 55m 24s

As Miranda prepares for an upcoming Exhibition, Max is in the early stages of planning a collaborative curatorial project. In this episode we discuss the role of the curator from the start to finish of a show, as well as the possible influences

Episode 3 - Hobbies

Jan 31st, 2015 51m

In this episode, we wonder what artists do in their free time. Also, do artists have free time?

Episode 2 - Entrepreneurs

Jan 29th, 2015 54m 44s

Conversation from 1.4.15, discussing a recent article in the Atlantic:http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-death-of-the-artist-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-entrepreneur/383497/