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Curated by Chance
by Neal E. Fischer and Lauren Tagliaferro
Join filmmaker Neal E. Fischer and art curator Lauren Tagliaferro as they dive into the unpredictable world of ‘Curated by Chance,’ a podcast where creativity meets serendipity. Each episode, Neal and Lauren harness the power of a randomizing algorithm named Chance to generate unique prompts that drive their discussions. From exploring the unexpected intersections between film and visual art to dissecting the curious ways randomness shapes artistic expression, this dynamic duo invites listeners to ponder the influence of chance in the creative process. Whether dissecting a random film scene or analyzing an art piece through a whimsical lens, ‘Curated by Chance’ promises a fresh perspective with every episode.
Episodes
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J.M.W. Turner: The Channing Tatum of Art
Episode 115: J.M.W. Turner: The Channing Tatum of Art Prompts: Red, Door, 1842 Introducing the Tommy & Tuppence of podcasting, LT & Neal! This week the dynamic duo talk about the rain pains, no longer waiting for something, and trying to figure out if Neal is clairvoyant or just lucky with his...
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Just a Meat Sack Walking Around
Episode 114: Just a Meat Sack Walking Around Prompts: Stranded, 5721, Black, Gigantic Neal and LT are back together this week! LT has a new house, a garage that has changed her life, and a fireplace that apparently has never had a fire in it. Santa couldn’t get in even if he wanted to. Merry...
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A Cacophony of Deep Questions
Episode 113: A Cacophony of Deep Questions Prompts: List, Ocean Blue, Memory, 4823 Neal is riding solo this week, and not only is he riding solo, the first segment is literally riding, in his new car, recording on a highway. Talk about dedication. This week Neal, like LT, takes inspiration from...
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Cheeky Grin
Episode 112: Cheeky Grin Prompts: List, Ocean Blue, Memory, 4823 LT is riding solo as Neal is stuck (or detained, or held hostage) at a car dealership. More news on that next week whether he actually drove out of there or not. In this week's episode LT shares her enthusiasm for studying ASL and...
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A Ghoul at the Best Western
Episode 111: A Ghoul at the Best Western Prompts: Marble, 110099, Effervescence LT and Neal are back with a vengeance and LT gets triggered by two words that have haunted her for years... A Capella. But enough about the dulcet tones of beat boxing and harmonies. Neal starts off today's episode...
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From The Garage
Episode 110: From The Garage Prompts: Puce, 1703, Garage The dynamic duo is back and ready to rumble. This week's episode is back to our normal tried-and-true format of LT and Neal trading barbs and wisdom to curate something new and exciting for you to learn about, watch, listen, or check out.…
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Reunited by Chance
Episode 109: Reunited by Chance Guess who's back, back again? LT's back, tell a friend Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back, guess who's back It's all in the description, the prodigal art historian, LT, returns to the pod! We got so caught up catching up with each other that it...
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Considered Sexy For a Brief Period of Time
Episode 108: Considered Sexy For a Brief Period of Time Prompts: Boutique, 20696, Maroon Neal and Shady kick off part two of their tit-for-tat with Neal going all-in on the number 69 for his discussion. Instead of one film, or one artist, Neal takes a request from a patron to give a list of the...
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Repord That Codpast
Episode 106: Repord That Codpast Prompts: Boutique, 20696, Maroon As promised, Neal is joined by his friend, groomsman, screenwriting partner, and best writer he knows, Justin Shady, for a fun episode about Hollywood and much more! Neal and Justin start off by talking about what it's like to be a...
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Pink Cherry Daydreams
Episode 106: Pink Cherry Daydreams Prompts: 8090, Bell, Denim, Hardcore Neal is coming to you live hopped up on Dunkin's Pink Cherry Daydream Refresher (on an empty stomach) with some major good news regarding his book and who read it and delivered a cover quote! Neal talks about some TV shows…
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Do You Hear The Dentist Drill?
Episode 104: Do You Hear The Dentist Drill? Prompts: 1665, Mirrored, Mauve, Revolutionary Bonjour les auditeurs! Neal is back solo this week and is coming to you live from a recent emergency tooth extraction. He does his best to not let you know that, but a few flubs were expected. It's just a...
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One Pod After Another
Episode 104: One Pod After Another Prompts: Initialism, Dolly, 7791, #60450e In continuation of last week's episode, Neal is joined by his friend and fellow filmmaker, Kevin Kirchman. The episode starts off with Neal talking about visiting Indianapolis with his wife, Colleen, to see Caitlin Clark...
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A Famous Dolly (Not Named Parton)
Episode 103: A Famous Dolly (Not Named Parton) Prompts: Initialism, Dolly, 7791, #60450e Surprise! Neal isn't solo this week, but LT is still on the move. Joining Neal for the Curated by Chance train is his friend and fellow filmmaker, Kevin Kirchman. Together Neal and Kevin talk about one of…
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Will The Real Albert Einstein Please Stand Up?
Episode 102: Will The Real Albert Einstein Please Stand Up? Prompts: 70, Coffee, Judgement, Graphite Neal is once again in the host's chair and starts off talking about 4th of July traditions (we want to hear yours!), getting the chance to meet one of his favorite actors, the heartbreak of a...
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Highly Medicated but Eternally Grateful
Episode 101: Highly Medicated but Eternally Grateful Prompts: Paper, 94, Cerulean Neal sits in the host's chair solo for this episode as LT preps for her big move! Hopefully you stay on that dial and join us for a fun episode that covers a bunch of different topics. Starting off, Neal shares...
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Stars and Stripes Face
Episode 100: Stars and Stripes Face Prompts: Switcheroo We made it to Episode 100! What an awesome accomplishment that couldn't have happened without all of your support. Whether you are a Patreon supporter, devoted listener, or just joined our journey, from the bottom of our hearts we want to…
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Jesus Visits The Criterion Collection
Episode 99: Jesus Visits The Criterion Collection Prompts: Raspberry, Criterion, 549 We are ONE EPISODE AWAY from 100 episodes! We did it curators! Never thought we'd make it to 100, but we're so close. Thank you for all of your support. Lauren kicks off things talking about moving updates and…
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#ManCrushMonday
Episode 98: #ManCrushMonday Prompts: Lamp, 60, Dark Gray This week's episode is coming in hot! Lauren is trying to figure out how to get rid of a bunch of her stuff and Neal talks about getting injections in his neck. For the record, it was not injected with Portillo's beef juice! Then Neal talks…
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The Legend of Big Boy
Episode 97: The Legend of Big Boy Prompts: Nun, Rim, Olive, 411 We have some BREAKING NEWS... Lauren bought a house! Congratulations to Lauren, Steve, and Isaac on their new home. We'll be sure to give you updates on the move and all the other hijinks! This week's pod starts with the news of the...
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The Soft Hands of an Influencer
Episode 96: The Soft Hands of an Influencer Prompts: Golden Rod, Nordi, 537 This week's discussion begins with a small update on house hunting and Neal reveals information about why so many people must be driving the Mercedes G Wagons, especially celebrities and realtors apparently. Lauren kicks...
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If Your Eyes Don't Weep, Your Organs Do
Episode 95: If Your Eyes Don't Weep, Your Organs Do Prompts: 4891, Frog, Pumpkin This week's episode talks about Lauren (and her snazzy hat) washing and cleaning the bronze artwork in front of the museum. This conversation turns into the absolute need for an art calendar and slow motion…
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Curly-Wurly Mustache
Episode 94: Curly-Wurly Mustache Prompts: Tin, Mark, Cream, 487 This week's episode begins with Neal talking about his much-need day off and if it was really a day off or something else entirely. Both the hosts thank YOU the listeners for engaging with the show and repeat the call to help get 50...
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I Thought it was Pearl!
Episode 93: I Thought it was Pearl! Prompts: Neptune, Pastel Blue, 991 This week's episode begins with Lauren recounting her conference that felt like a night out in Las Vegas complete with backlit menus and highly priced steak! Neal talks about handing in his book and making a video for…
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Three Sports Cars in a Culver's
Episode 92: Three Sports Cars in a Culver's Prompts: Beast, Emerald, 9 Welcome to an all-new and endlessly entertaining (we hope) episode of Curated by Chance. The episode starts off with a bang, or, more literally, a CUT, as Neal accidentally cuts himself and shows blood. He's okay, but after…
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Mother's Book Club
Episode 91: Mother's Book Club Prompts: Hell, Gray, 106, Baby Blue This week's episode starts out with a joyous exclamation by LT that she is FREE from classes for the summer! Well, at least she thought so, but that'll be on next week's episode. Neal then recounts babysitting his two nieces with...
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Rain Pains
Episode 90: Rain Pains Prompts: Wound, 1300, Walnut Wow! We are 10 episodes away from 100. Crazy that we've come this far and we cannot thank YOU, the listener, enough! On this week's episode Neal is battling an oncoming migraine from the huge weather shifts (that have given him six days of...
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Swimsuits and Social Revolutions
Episode 89: Swimsuits and Social Revolutions This week’s prompts: Bathing Suit, Mint Green, 1964 This week, Lauren and Neal kick things off by reading YOUR suggestions for open-house names and Neal comes up with a million dollar idea for a book villain that he may or may not use. Only time will...
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Willem DeFoal
Episode 88: Willem DeFoal Prompts: Natural, Currency, LXXXV Today's episode goes from house hunting to Russian realism to a sweaty 80s crime thriller with some serious C.S.I. nudity! In a pre-prompt discussion, Lauren gives listeners an update on her house-hunting journey and decides, along with...
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LT's 1940s Pick-Up Lines
Episode 87: LT's 1940s Pick-Up Lines Prompts: 1940s, Orange, Linguist Lauren and Neal are EXCITED to be back on the moving train that is Curated by Chance. This week's brand-spanking-new episode covers two topics that were all the rage in the 1940s. Neal kicks things off, firmly back in the…
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Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile
Episode 86: Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile Prompts: Brick, 9399, Poison Guess who's back? Back again. Well, it's not Slim Shady, but Neal did have frosted tips early on in his high school career! Neal finished his latest book under a TIGHT deadline and is happy to be back. He thanks Lauren…
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Steve is Camp Blind
Episode 85: Steve is Camp Blind This week’s prompts: Stripe, 97, Green In the last episode without Neal (who finished his book) Lauren, relaxed on the couch, invites a very special guest: her husband, Dr. Stephen Polly. Together they provide an intimate, deep dive conversation into Steve's…
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Scrolls, Shrines, and Spring Break Delusion
Episode 84: Scrolls, Shrines, and Spring Break Delusion This week’s prompts: 458, Salmon, Sleep Lauren is back solo again — slightly overbooked, a little raspy, and fully in the thick of spring-semester chaos — with an episode that moves from museum donor events and teaching highs and lows to...
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Sick Voice
Episode 83: Sick Voice This week’s prompts: Teal, Leg, 1960 Lauren is flying solo again and opens with a few updates from the past couple of weeks of guest episodes, a quick peek into the strange and wonderful conversations that happen at academic faculty parties, and a heartfelt shout-out to...
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Princely Magnificence
Episode 82: Princely Magnificence This Week's Prompts: 1600, Divine, Royal Purple With Neal out (we miss you, sir), Lauren brings in a guest co-host whose name is… suspiciously close. Enter Dr. Nile Blunt — museum professional, early modern historian, maximalist icon, and longtime friend — for an...
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Magic Mike Walked so Heated Rivalry Could Run
Episode 81: Magic Mike Walked so Heated Rivalry Could Run This week’s prompts: Blue, Twitch, 15 Lauren flies solo — but not really — as she welcomes her longtime partner-in-podcast-crime Julia from Miss Information: A Trivia Podcast for a full-throttle celebration of the cinematic masterpiece…
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Dr. Dermis: A Brief History of Nudity in Film
Episode 80: Dr. Dermis: A Brief History of Nudity in Film This week’s prompts: Nude, Mirror, 2193 Neal flies solo this week — juggling book deadlines, radio producing, directing gigs, and on-camera classes — and takes the prompts “nude” and “mirror” as an invitation to dive headfirst into one of...
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Reclining Nudes and One Rude Dude
Episode 79: Reclining Nudes and One Rude Dude This week’s prompts: Nude, Mirror, 2193 Surprise! It's a solo episode, this time with LT! Neal is working on his book and way over his head, so we're changing things up a bit. He'll be back next week. Today, LT takes on the prompts of nude and mirror,...
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Whose Cah We Gonna Take?
Episode 78: Whose Cah We Gonna Take? This week’s prompts: Holy, New England, 530 Neal and Lauren welcome listeners to the deep winter doldrums with an episode that starts cozy and conversational… and then quietly spirals into bank robbers, nun masks, American realism, and one of the most haunting...
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Betty Spaghetti
Episode 77: Betty Spaghetti This week’s prompts: Peach, Necktie, 309 It’s a solo mission this week as Neal takes the wheel for a heartfelt, history-rich deep dive into one of the most beloved sports movies ever made — a film that still makes audiences laugh, cheer, and maybe tear up just a…
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A Pod Full of Tangents
Episode 76: A Pod Full of Tangents This week’s prompts: Peach, Necktie, 309 Neal and Lauren lean fully into chaos this week with an episode that earns its title the old-fashioned way: by going absolutely everywhere. What starts as a quick check-in spirals into a joyful, free-range conversation...
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To Couture a Mockingbird
Episode 75: To Couture a Mockingbird This week's prompts: Paper White, 1962, Glasses Neal takes 1962 straight to To Kill a Mockingbird, the landmark film adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel that somehow manages to be both gentle and devastating. He talks about Gregory Peck’s towering, quietly…
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Down Ghibli Road
Episode 74: Down Ghibli Road This week’s prompts: Bath, Paper White, 70 It’s New Year’s Eve at Curated by Chance, and Neal and Lauren settle into a quieter, cozier kind of chaos — the kind fueled by lingering colds, holiday brain fog, and the strange emotional clarity that tends to arrive between...
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Johnny Galecki is My Wingman
Episode 73: Johnny Galecki Is My Wingman This week’s prompts: Attic, Fur, 160 Neal and Lauren close out the holiday season with migraines, subzero temperatures, Christmas Eve recording energy, and an episode that somehow becomes both a love letter to seasonal chaos and a rom-com–worthy personal...
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Dancin' Slow
Episode 72: Dancin' Slow This week’s prompts: Goldenrod, 919, Hat Lauren returns — coughs muted, spirits high — and Neal officially hands the mic back after last week’s Bond-fueled solo outing. What follows is a cozy, conversational episode that blends modern art theory, eccentric geniuses, and a...
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The Gold Standard
Episode 71: The Gold Standard This week’s prompts: Goldenrod, 919, Hat Neal’s flying solo this week — migraine hangover, holiday chaos, Lauren home sick — but he shows up with a gleaming, gadget-packed deep dive into Goldfinger (1964), the Bond movie that became the blueprint for all Bonds to…
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Broad on a Couch
Episode 70: Broad on a Couch This week’s prompts: 1717, Arena, Titian Red Neal and Lauren kick off the post–Thanksgiving stretch with an episode powered by heating pads, sunglasses, and sheer stubbornness. Neal shows up bundled in a hood, nursing shoulder pain and a barometric-pressure headache,...
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Podcast Therapy
Episode 69: Podcast Therapy This week’s prompts: Turquoise, 110, Watermark Neal and Lauren fight through Thanksgiving-week chaos, closet recording, AirPods audio, and a brutal Zoom delay to bring you an episode that accidentally turns into group therapy — in the best way. Lauren takes “turquoise”...
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Maybe It's Ghibelline
Episode 68: Maybe It’s Ghibelline This week’s prompts: Charcoal, Record, 1265, Story Neal and Lauren dive into political chaos, medieval poetry beef, and paranoid thrillers for an episode that swings from 13th-century Florence to 1980s Philadelphia. Lauren takes the year 1265 and spins it into a...
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Sisyphean Endeavor
Episode 67: Sisyphean Endeavor This week’s prompts: Automatic, Peach, 88 Neal and Lauren brave snow, slush, and Sisyphean car scraping for a cozy winter episode filled with musicals, surrealism, and just the right amount of existential dread. Neal kicks things off by greasing the wheels of...
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One Night at Pita Pit
Episode 66: One Night at Pita Pit This week’s prompts: Bear, Five, German Lauren takes us deep into the strange and hypnotic world of Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog’s haunting documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the self-proclaimed bear protector who lived — and died — among Alaska’s brown...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join filmmaker Neal E. Fischer and art curator Lauren Tagliaferro as they dive into the unpredictable world of ‘Curated by Chance,’ a podcast where creativity meets serendipity. Each episode, Neal and Lauren harness the power of a randomizing algorithm named Chance to generate unique prompts that drive their discussions. From exploring the unexpected intersections between film and visual art to dissecting the curious ways randomness shapes artistic expression, this dynamic duo invites listeners to ponder the influence of chance in the creative process. Whether dissecting a random film scene or analyzing an art piece through a whimsical lens, ‘Curated by Chance’ promises a fresh perspective with every episode.
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Neal E. Fischer and Lauren Tagliaferro
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Join filmmaker Neal E. Fischer and art curator Lauren Tagliaferro as they dive into the unpredictable world of ‘Curated by Chance,’ a podcast where creativity meets serendipity. Each episode, Neal and Lauren harness the power of a randomizing algorithm named Chance to generate unique prompts that...
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