Episode #40: Art & Oligarchs

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!