Oh boy oh boy oh boy we just had so much discuss that we gathered for a very special bonus musenews and pop-culture and vacation roundup episode.  At 0:48 - We kick things of with the series Lupin

At 12:55 - Get a little romantic with the film Red, White, and Royal Blue based on the novel with the same title by Casey McQuiston. At 19:15 there's a little snippet of the AMC series Interview with a Vampire.

At 26:30 we have some magical environmental controls in the series Shadow and Bone and the Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo.

29:58 is a rapid-fire mismatch of a quote from the podcast Your Wrong About, The Haunted Mansion (2023), the series Moonnight, the series What We Do in the Shadows, and back on over to Your Wrong About for a discussion of chastity belts.

Then at 37:00 it's time for an update of the Orlando Museum of Art/Basquiat saga with a discussion of the article published in ArtNews "the Orlando Museum of Art Has Sued Its Former Director for Staging a Show of Fake Basquiats That "Shattered" Its Reputation" by Sarah Cascone, August 17, 2023

At 44:35 Madeline takes us on a delightful trip to The Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin and we get her hot take on the Book of Kells. It was a trip fit for a museum registrar as the library was preparing for an upcoming restoration project.

At 51:37 we finish with a discussion of the taxidermy collection at the Delbridge Museum of Natural History in Sioux Falls, S.D. For more background, see "Arsenic Preserved the Animals, but Killed the Museum' by Katrina Miller, September 23, 2023, The New York Times.

Wouldn't you believe, these three ladies couldn't go this long without talking about Jurassic Park. Not only that, we're covering all things Paleontology. And yes, that does include dino poop thank you very much. Pop on your 'I love Sue' sweatshirt and get ready to get dusty. From Mary Anning and Barnum Brown to McDonalds-sponsored exhibitions, we've got one monstrous lizard of an episode.

It's time for our 2nd Annual Halloween Spooktacular! Cozy up with your favorite adaptogen for uncanny sculptures, haunted pub crawls, and books bound in human skin.

Come one, come all to a feast of jobs and roles in the museum. We're talking security guards, registrars, curators, event planners - the works. And of course, we're talking about what everyone is wearing.

Gather your red flags and your forgery kit because this week, we've diving into one of the biggest art fraud cases of the century.
It's story time with "Provenance How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art" by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo. Grab a glass of red and put on your detective cap as we explore the thrilling tale of John Drewe and John Myatt.

This week, we all watched Thomas Crown Affair and have even more to say about the iconic art heist film, mostly about Catherine Banning's wardrobe. Assemble your snacks and join us as we break down the film one outfit at a time.

Join three women and a baby as they discuss museums, pop culture, and Keanu Reeves. Topics include Wednesday, immersive experiences, and sentences that begin with "when I worked on a film set".

Put on your wig, your tweed skirt, and your French accent because this week, we read a book! We read Anthony Amore's "The Woman Whole Stole Vermeer, The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist". 

"The Woman Who Stole Vermeer, The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist”, Anthony M. Amore, https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Woman-Who-Stole-Vermeer/Anthony-M-Amore/9781643138503

“Oxford's Rose Dugdale: The Woman Who StoleVermeer”, Ivy League Murders, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ivy-league-murders/id1514276223

“Rose Dugdale: Aristocrat to Activist with Author / At Crime Investigator Anthony Amore”, Creative Pursuits, ttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rose-dugdale-aristocrat-to-activist-author-art-crime/id1484886893?i=1000503171584

This week, we’re dodging laser beams and teaming up with Monet playboys left and right. That’s right, we’re delving into the underworld of museum heists and art thefts. Grab a croissant or two dozen deviled eggs and join us as we discuss the classic heist film, the Thomas Crown Affair.

If you don’t want to hear TCA spoilers, skip ahead to the 26 and a half minute mark.

In this episode, we also discuss the Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist, The Ghent Alterpiece, The FBI Art Crime Team, and fabulously failed art thefts. This is a jam-packed episode and yet we still manage to throw in a few coin collector tongue twisters and the answer to the proverbial question, can you eat a banana peel? Tune in to find out.

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist

The Ghent Alterpiece

FBI Art Crime

2021 Zaandam attempted Monet theft

2012 Stockholm Art Heist attempt in which in the getaway car was too small

Theft of the Salvador Dali Painting at Rikers Island

Some might say our holiday episode is down to the wire, we prefer to say that we're on Santa's schedule. This Christmas Eve, we're dropping our five pointed, 1,229 candy cane episode straight down the chimney. Listen to Episode 5: With The Compliments of the Season on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. And please, find yourself a dead bird, find the joy.

Jon Lovitch's impressive website http://gingerbread-lane.org/

See the creepy Victorian Christmas cards referenced in the episode on our Instagram @museumkind