Framed

This week we unwrap the spectacle that was Anton LaVey—the self-styled “Black Pope” who turned occult theater into a movement. From alleged circus days and media stunts to San Francisco’s infamous Black House, we track how LaVey founded the Church of Satan and packaged sin as brand strategy. We dig into what the church actually taught, why the shock wore off, how satanic panic hit back, and what splinter groups came next. This one’s about image, power, and the line between belief and performance.

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This week, we’re leaving the Overlook Hotel and heading to the real place that started it all — Colorado’s Stanley Hotel.

Steph takes us through the true story behind The Shining — the haunted room that survived an explosion, the ghostly chambermaid who still unpacks your luggage, and the night Stephen King checked in and left with one of the greatest horror stories ever written.

Joel plays Demon or Debunked?, ranks the ghost photos, and reveals which hauntings could actually be real (spoiler: he’s not totally sure). From mirror portals to a piano-playing ghost with attitude, this one’s equal parts creepy and ridiculous

This weeks recommendations

Steph - Two podcast episodes this week — both from Shameless. In Conversation with Louis Theroux & their behind-the-scenes chat about turning a podcast into a media empire.

Joel - Shopping for clothes before your holiday

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It’s time to check in at the Overlook Hotel.

This week on Framed, we’re pulling apart Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining — how it works, why it still crawls under your skin, and what Shelley Duvall actually went through on set. Joel confesses to watching it very high at 14 (and never quite recovering), Steph digs into Kubrick’s obsessive directing, and together they unpack the movie’s eerie logic, impossible corridors, and that final photo everyone argues about.

Along the way we talk: liminal horror, Room 237 theories, Nicholson’s unhinged grin, and how The Shining showed that horror can be well lit.

Recommendations

Steph: Netflix’s 2-part Charlie Sheen documentary - aka Charlie Sheen

Joel: Comfort-TV rewatch — The Simpsons (also cat-approved background viewing).

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Horror has always been a little… gay. In this episode we trace the queer DNA of the genre—from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the Hays Code’s “coded villains,” and why queer audiences see themselves in monsters and final girls. Along the way we talk repression, desire, camp, and the modern movies carrying the torch.

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It’s spooky season — and we’re back with a Halloween special that takes art history into the haunted. 🎃

From the Red Man of the Louvre, to eerie encounters at the British Museum, to ghostly footsteps in San Francisco and the haunted Fremantle Arts Centre, we’re digging into the strange, creepy, and downright terrifying stories of art galleries that won’t let their pasts rest.

Whether you believe in ghosts or not, this Halloween dive into haunted art will give you chills and giggles.

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An A-list art adviser. A velvet-rope world built on trust. And one word that made $1.8M vanish: “gone.”

This week we unpack the rise and fall of Lisa Schiff—from scholarly beginnings and blue-chip access (think Paris galleries, Tribeca offices and celebrity clients) to the playbook prosecutors say she ran for years: diverting client funds, stalling payouts, and papering over holes until the scheme collapsed. We break down how art advising should work, what a Ponzi scheme actually is, the Hong Kong sale that triggered the unraveling, and Schiff’s guilty plea, 30-month sentence, and multimillion-dollar restitution. Expect art-world mechanics, gossip-level receipts, and practical takeaways on provenance, payments, and protecting yourself in private sales.

Steph Recommends: Trashy true-crime docs on Disney+/Binge (e.g., Mean Girl Murders) as easy background watches. 

Joel Recommends: Utopia (Aussie workplace comedy) as a bingeable, anxiety-tinged office satire. 

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In this episode of Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs, we follow the extraordinary journey of Artemisia Gentileschi, the Baroque painter whose bold canvases and unflinching vision rewrote art history.

From her years in Florence to her return to Rome, her entrepreneurial studio in Naples, and her prestigious invitation to paint at the English court, Artemisia proved again and again that she could thrive in a male-dominated art world. Along the way, she redefined biblical and mythological subjects through women’s eyes — making her one of the most important painters of her era.

This weeks recommendations

Joel - AFL?

Steph - Babra Walters: Tell Me Everything - Documantary

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In this episode of Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs, we dive into the wild history of the Guerrilla Girls — the anonymous collective of feminist art activists who shook up the art world with gorilla masks, sharp humour, and shocking stats.

From the courtroom drama of the early 2000s — when anonymity was tested and real names were forced into the open — to splinter groups, copyright battles, and the ironic moment when their protest posters ended up hanging in the very museums they once critiqued, this story has it all.

We break down:

• The lawsuit that nearly unmasked the Guerrilla Girls.
• How splinter groups like Guerrilla Girls Broad Band and Guerrilla Girls on Tour complicated the movement.
• Why anonymity still matters, and how the group used humour, stats, and spectacle to highlight sexism and racism in art.
• The legacy: from shocking posters to museum walls.

🎭 Expect courtroom chaos, feminist fire, and yes — a cheeky discussion about naked men in galleries.

👉 If you’ve ever wondered who gets remembered in art history and who gets erased, this episode asks the uncomfortable questions.

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We're back after a well needed with stories: Wembley’s thunderous sing-along to “Bittersweet Symphony” before Oasis and a full Uffizi debate about whether phones are ruining how we see art. There’s Pompeii epiphanies and Amsterdam gallery highs. Plus: the two things we missed most while away—making art, and sitting down for this podcast together.

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You know the perm. You know the voice. You’ve probably fallen asleep to the sound of “happy little trees.” But behind the gentle persona of Bob Ross was a very real — and very bitter — legal battle over who would control his name, image, and legacy after he died.

This week on Framed, we go deep into the world of Bob Ross Inc, the Kowalski family who built the brand, and Bob’s son Steve, who’s spent decades trying to reclaim what he believes is rightfully his. There’s friendship, betrayal, alleged fake paintings, a CIA background, and… a squirrel named Peapod.

📺 From PBS to Netflix documentaries, the Bob Ross brand has become a billion-dollar machine. But who does it really belong to?

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