Framed

In this weeks episode we dive into one if the mist exciting forces in contemporary Australian art, with Kaylene Whiskey. From APY land to the National Portrait Gallery Kaylene blends dreamtime stories, pop icons and community life. Her bold bright canvas are filled with humour and heart but before we meet Kaylene we trace the 60 000+ year history to discover how we got here. Although there is too much to cover in one episode we do our best to unpack all we can and celebrate the rich culture and history of Australia's First Nations art.Free the flag with Clothing The Gaps - learn more hereThis episode contains mention of the names, voices and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who may have passed. Please listen with care.Individuals mentionedKaylene WhiskeyEmily Kame Kngwarreye Rover ThomasHarold Thomas

What happens when a real Salvador Dali hangs in the cafeteria of one of America’s toughest prisons — and then suddenly disappears? This week we dive into the unbelievably true (and deeply chaotic) Rikers Island art heist: a surrealist masterpiece gifted to inmatesKeep your ears peeled for pigeon hour - a running joke thats been floating around for a while.

After a month of spooky season and horror, we’re slowing down (sort of). Joel’s back from Japan — full of stories about trains, terrifying theme park rides, and a surprise HBO cameo in New York — while Steph’s been busy sanding concrete walls and accidentally becoming a lady tradie.In this week’s chaotic catch-up, we talk travel highs, ADHD hyperfixations, Lily Allen’s messy new album, and what happens when your podcast goes mildly viral for having too many opinions about The Shining.It's a catch up episode at its finest!

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.

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 ridiculousThis weeks recommendationsSteph - 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

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

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.

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.