Framed

This week on Framed, we’re diving into the wild world of music copyright infringement — the songs that borrowed a little too much, the artists who got caught, and the courtroom battles that changed the industry. From the Beach Boys and Chuck Berry to Biz Markie, Vanilla Ice, Katy Perry, Robin Thicke and Pharrell, and The Verve, we break down some of the most famous cases in music history.Weekly whimsy recommendations: Joel recommends Gumbuya World for a wholesome day out of rollercoasters, wildlife and waterpark energy, while Steph recommends Love on the Spectrum for a cozy, heartwarming binge.

This week on Framed, we head to Montreal in 1972 for one of Canada’s biggest art crimes: the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts skylight heist. In the middle of a chaotic weekend of headlines, three thieves climbed onto the museum roof, slipped in through a skylight under repair, tied up the guards, and made off with millions in paintings and artefacts, including a rare Rembrandt. The strangest part of the story comes after the heist, when the museum director began receiving anonymous phone calls. We get into the theft itself, the bizarre negotiation attempts, the artworks that vanished, and why phone booths are creepy.Weekly whimsy recommendationJoel - Dijon-flavoured soya crispsSteph - tv show, Big Mistakes

This week on Framed, we’re diving into the real story behind one of the internet’s most iconic art-world moments: the day Marina Abramović looked up at MoMA and found Ulay sitting across from her during The Artist Is Present. But that viral reunion only hits as hard as it does once you know everything that came before it.

This week on Framed, we’re diving into the art-world sales that make you stop and say: this sold for how much? From Lee Harvey Oswald’s wedding ring to Gerhard Richter’s blood-red mirror work and an “invisible sculpture” that somehow sold for real money.

For this bonus ep, we’re answering one very important question: what is the most underrated movie of all time? From Anaconda and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle to The Room, The Disaster Artist, Christopher Guest mockumentaries and This Is Spinal Tap.

This week on Framed, we’re diving headfirst into the internet’s most chaotic movie conspiracy theories. Did Sandy actually die in Grease? Is Ferris Bueller even real? Did Kevin McCallister grow up to become Jigsaw? Was Jack from Titanic secretly a time traveller? And is Quentin Tarantino building one giant, blood-soaked cinematic universe? We unpack the film theories that almost make sense, the ones that absolutely don’t, and the movie myths we kind of want to believe anyway.

In this bonus episode, we answer a listener question from Caroline: what actually makes a perfect pop song? From Robyn and Whitney to Prince, Gaga, Britney and beyond, we sit down and talk about what turns a good song into an all-time pop classic.Songs that you need to listen to:Dancing on My Own — Robyn I Wanna Dance with Somebody — Whitney Houston When Doves Cry — Prince She’s Homeless — Crystal WatersNo Scrubs — TLC Born This Way — Lady Gaga Bad Romance — Lady Gaga Groove Is in the Heart — Deee-Lite Ray of Light — Madonna Toxic — Britney Spears

This week on Framed, we head to São Paulo for a heist that feels less Ocean’s Eleven and more absolute chaos. On the final day of a library exhibition in Brazil, two men walked in and ripped rare works off the walls, shoved them into blue Ikea bags, and disappeared into the city in under ten minutes. Among the stolen works were valuable Matisse prints from Jazz and engravings tied to Brazilian cultural history. We get into the art, the suspects and a man nicknamed Gargamel that we spend way too much time talking about.