Ben Aitken is a Melbourne based visual artist who's work spans across painting, sculpture, text and video. His work is raw, expressive and autobiographical. Playful and serious in equal measures. He is a five time archibald prize finalist, founder of Nicholas Projects, an itinerant gallery, and exhibits both nationally and internationally.

In late 2021, Ben was arrested and incarcerated on drug trafficking charges. We discuss the events that unfolded, the last few turmultuos years, life and re-entering the art world.

https://www.benjaminaitken.com/

Instagram: @benjamin_aitken_art

Today I am joined by the strange and wonderful David Liebe Hart. David is best known from his frequent appearances on the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. He has his own show on Adult Swim called I Love David, and he was on public access television in Los Angeles for over twenty years.

He’s a ventriloquist, a cartoonist, a musician and an all round eccentric entertainer.

Support David here:

https://www.patreon.com/davidliebehart/posts

http://artbyliebehart.com/

Will Sommer is a political reporter for the Daily Beast and is one of the hosts of the podcast Fever Dreams.

He has recently released his new book “Trust The Plan: The rise of QAnon and the conspiracy that unhinged America”. The book gives a thorough overview of the movement, as well as highlighting some of the strange and often dangerous opportunists, grifters and even cult like figures who have risen to prominence in this weird new wave of pro trump conspiracy theories.

This episode is co-hosted by Owen Hughes.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah is a Perth based sculptor and installation artist who creates large, realistic representations of animals, figures and objects, usually carved out of wood. His works are poetic vehicles for story-telling, often auto-biograhpical in nature and informed by identity and culture.

He currently has two epic shows on at the moment in and around Melbourne. “Journey’s” at Linden New Art in St Kilda, and “TarraWarra Biennial 2023” at the Tarrawarra Museum of Art.

https://abdulrahmanabdullah.com/

Instagram: @abdul_rahman_abdullah

The Oddness aka Warrick Ferguson is a Melbourne based musician and producer. With unique percussions, tribal drums and world music influences, The Oddness’s sound varies from cruisy downtempo beats to deep progressive electronic goodness. Get your ears around it!

https://soundcloud.com/theoddness

Instagram: @theoddnessmusic

Travis View is a prominent researcher and commentator on the QAnon conspiracy theory, and one of the hosts of the "QAnon Anonymous" podcast. Both hilariously entertaining and informative, QAA is dedicated to investigating QAnon and more broadly conspiracy theories and fringe ideologies.

Also returning to the show and co-hosting this episode is my buddy Owen Hughes. An avid conspiracy watcher.

https://www.qanonanonymous.com/

Twitter:

Travis View - @travis_view

Owen Hughes - @owen_hues

Sydney based artist and muralist Scottie Marsh is no stranger to controversy with his politically charged, satirical murals frequently turning heads, making headlines and going viral. His work regularly takes aim at Australian politicians, sheds light on social issues and injustices and is delivered with humour and painted with skill.

https://scottmarsh.com.au/

@scottie.marsh

A Symbol of Rebellion:

https://scottmarsh.com.au/podcast-a-symbol-of-rebellion

Spencer is the creator of the highly successful online survival game Hurt World and has now reached his second incarnation as a conceptual digital artist.

Over the last couple of years Spencer has been developing programs that allow digital particles to interact with each other, manifesting as beautiful visual representations resembling some of the natural processes that make up our universe. Using multiple projectors to create a fully immersive experience, the viewer is guided into a journey of contemplation of the origins of life, the universe and the interconnectedness of macro and microcosms.

@spencer.rose.art

Today we do the ol' switcheroo. Renowned Melbourne artist Mike Makatron interviews me, Jack Rowland about my art practice, psychedelic exploration and various other things. Enjoy!

@jackrowlandart

@mike.makatron