The Twelfth episode of Amanda Wu's new podcast "What Does it Mean?" Published with the support of Solas StudioOriginal Music by Michael Rider Join multimedia artist Amanda Wu as they interview local artists and members of Solas Studio. Every episode features a short art news segment recorded at Solas's Flatiron headquarters with programming director Brandon Wisecarver. This week's guest: Morgan Jesse Lappin

In this episode's news segment:

We talk about how Angelina Jolie has now taken over Basquiat's old NYC apartment, an art show that is Flamin' Hot Cheeto's themed, how drugs have often gone hand in hand with artists, and how an artist used AI to make rugs.

In this episode's interview:

Amanda discusses with Morgan about how he became an artist and a musician. We talked about how he began Brooklyn Collage Collective, how he collects stickers for his projects and how his childhood nostalgia is the main inspiration for his work.