PEMcast
Conversations and stories for the culturally curious co-hosted by Dinah Cardin and Chip Van Dyke. This is the official podcast of the Peabody Essex Museum
- Update frequency
- every 75 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 45
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
PEMcast 039 - Behind the scenes of PEM’s new Yu Kil-Chun Gallery of Korean Art and Culture
In this episode of the PEMcast we explore one of the nation’s earliest and most historically significant museum collections of Korean art and culture. Join us inside PEM's new gallery and look closel…
PEMcast 036 - The Book Arts of Moby Dick
Join us on this salty episode of the PEMcast, as we feature a 24-hour reading of the book at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, exhibition curator Dan Lipcan and Moby Dick expert, author Nathaniel Philb…
PEMcast 035, Part 2 - William Bentley as Curious Collector and Consultant
In Part 2 of this episode about William Bentley, join curators and experts as we continue looking at the remarkable and storied life this popular polymath, collector, and diarist. Bentley was a consu…
PEMcast 035 - The Curious Life of Reverend William Bentley
This episode of the PEMcast looks at the life and legacy of Reverend William Bentley who chronicled his busy days as a clergyman from 1784 to 1819 with an unmatched dedication and flourish. We know …
PEMcast 034 - Hanging with Bats
Bats have an interesting association with Salem, a place that celebrates Halloween pretty much year round. We’re used to seeing multiple versions of Dracula around town. But a small colony of live Eg…
PEMcast 032 - Restoring Justice after the Salem Witch Trials
In this epsisode of the PEMcast we go behind the scenes of PEM's latest Salem Witch Trials exhibition. We examine objects that belonged to the Salem Puritans and attempts to restore justice from the …
PEMcast 031 - Queerness and Creativity
As we anticipate the return of Pride to Salem, artists Bill Crisafi and Hogan McLaughlin are the featured guests on the PEMcast. They share with us their day-to-day creative collaborations and their …
PEMcast 030 - Following the Thread
PEMcast 029 - Tsherin Sherpa and Robert Beer
In Episode 29 of the PEMcast, we delve into the hearts and minds of two artists, separated by geography and time, but inextricably linked in their curiosity, their exploration of Tibetan Buddhist spi…
PEMcast 028 - Drawn to Place
PEMcast 027, Part 2 - Love and Loss
The second part of PEMcast Episode 27 looks at the brief creative life of Patrick Kelly. This queer, Black fashion designer pushed for racial equality and forever changed fashion before his untimely …
PEMcast 027 - Love and Loss
The pandemic, war, mass shootings, changing laws about our bodies. In Episode 27 of the PEMcast, we explore themes of love and loss while also celebrating PRIDE. Listeners meet Canadian artist Zachar…
PEMcast 026 - The Current Climate
Episode 26 of the PEMcast features artists and activists who are inspiring climate action this spring at PEM. Every day is Earth Day around here with Jane Goodall, Wes Bruce, Konstantin Dimopoulos, S…
PEMcast 025 - Tidying Our Sonic Realm
PEMcast 024 - A Fresh Lens on the Salem Witch Trials
In this PEMcast episode, we look at the exhibition The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming, which pairs historic trial documents and personal objects with the response of two contemporary ar…
PEMcast 023 - Postcard from Crystal Bridges
Join host Dinah Cardin as she heads home for a visit to the Ozarks and to Crystal Bridges of American Art, PEM's co-organizer for the exhibition In American Waters. This episode features a tour of th…