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Joan of Art episodes

August 30, 2023 Doctor Culture and Mister Pain
In this episode of Joan Of Art on Radio Free Rhinecliff, Joan Juliet Buck reviews two offerings about the Opioid Crisis:
Painkiller, an uneven but necessary fiction-based-on-fact series dramatizes how the false marketing of Oxycontin by the Sackler family and their company,Purdue Pharma, hooked millions of Americans and killed hundreds of thousands. Painkiller lags in the middle but packs a punch at the end, and the story is not yet over. (Starring Udo Azuba, Taylor Kitsch, Matthew Broderick, West Duchonvy, Dina Shihabi , on Netflix, 6 episodes)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a thrilling documentary by Laura Poitras (‘Citizen Four’) about the courage of one artist, the photographer Nan Goldin. Having set the standard for visual honesty with raw photographs of private lives, attained worldwide fame , and survived a consuming addiction to Oxycontin, she gambled her standing in the art world to force museums to remove the Sackler name from their walls, through a series of protests that give the documentary the pace, tension and payoff of an action movie. It came out in 2022 and has not stopped winning prizes, all deserved. (With Nan Goldin, Patrick Radden Keefe, Mike Quinn, Megan Kapler, on MAX/HBO,1h53 )
Produced and edited by Matty Rosenberg, co-produced by Jennifer Hammoud, and Joan Juliet Buck @ radiofreerhinecliff.org
Graphics by Joseph Maresca
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19 min
August 24, 2023 Ian Buruma explains the roots of Woke
In this thought-provoking Joan of Art podcast, we explore the intricate web of ideas that shape our world today.
Joan Juliet Buck engages in a riveting conversation with Ian Buruma, author of some 20 books ranging from politics and history to culture, currently professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College. Ian's recent cover essay in Harper's Magazine, "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Wokeness ", is the foundation for their conversation.
Ian dives into how Woke comes from Protestantism’s pursuit of virtue, and how it fits in the ever-evolving landscape of American culture. From the historical influence of Calvinism and predestination to the parallel between public confessions in religion and cancel culture today, Joan and Ian engage in a stimulating discourse that sheds light on the multifaceted nature of our modern world.
Produced and edited by Matty Rosenberg, co-produced by Jennifer Hammoud, and Joan Juliet Buck @ radiofreerhinecliff.org
Graphics by Joseph Maresca
Send comments to [email protected] or call (845) 307-7446‬
31 min
August 11, 2023 Barbie Oppenheimer
For the debut episode of Joan of Art, cultural critic Joan Juliet Buck reviews the summer’s two biggest movies . One male, one female, one grey, one pink, one solemn, one ebullient. Oppenheimer and Barbie turn out to both be about the meaning of life.
Produced by Matty Rosenberg, Jennifer Hammoud, and Joan Juliet Buck @ radiofreerhinecliff.org
Graphics by Joseph Maresca
Send comments to [email protected] or call (845) 307-7446‬
17 min
August 11, 2023 Trailer
Films, books, tv shows, foreign streamers, magazine essays— Joan Juliet Buck will share what impressed her every week.
Produced by Matty Rosenberg, Jennifer Hammoud, and Joan Juliet Buck @ radiofreerhinecliff.org
Graphics by Joseph Maresca
Send comments to [email protected] or call (845) 307-7446‬
4 min

About Joan of Art

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Joan of Art is Joan Juliet Buck’s new Radio Free Rhinecliff podcast devoted to human expression in the age of tentpoles and bots, at the dawn of AI. It's about culture in all its forms. Joan of Art is a weapon in the fight against the machines Joan of Art is the flag waving over the battlefield where institutional interests try to crush the people who make what’s called either 'Product" , or 'Content'. Product? Content? No: Art. Movies. Books. Plays. Exhibitions. Poems. Murals. Museums. Streamers. Essays. Concepts. Joan Of Art is reviews --but also interviews with people who write, think, paint, direct, dance, perform, who use the arts to enhance, elevate, and question our lives. It's not a show about solutions, it's a show about questions. As a critic, Joan Juliet Buck crisply and coherently shares her enthusiasms.