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PEMcast
by Peabody Essex Museum
Conversations and stories for the culturally curious co-hosted by Dinah Cardin and Chip Van Dyke. This is the official podcast of the Peabody Essex Museum
Episodes
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PEMcast 043 Part 2 - Salem at 400+
Continuing our celebration of Salem's first 400 years. Take a trip to Salem's new sister city. Meet Salem's first English settler and the Indigenous community who were already there.
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PEMcast 043 Part 1 - Four Centuries of Salem
This episode of the PEMcast explores how the Peabody Essex Museum is celebrating Salem 400+ through fashion
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PEMcast 042 - Around the World in East India Marine Hall
Discover some of the first collected objects in PEM's storied collection.
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PEMcast 041 - The Storied Life of Edmonia Lewis
On this episode of the PEMcast, curators and experts explore the remarkable life and work of 19th century sculptor Edmonia Lewis.
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PEMcast 039 - Behind the scenes of PEM's new Yu Kil-Chun Gallery of Korean Art and Culture
In this episode of the PEMcast we explore one of the nation's earliest and most historically significant museum collections of Korean art and culture. Join us inside PEM's new gallery and look closely at the objects on view. Learn about a fascinating 19th century friendship that helped form PEM's...
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PEMcast 036 - The Book Arts of Moby Dick
Join us on this salty episode of the PEMcast, as we feature a 24-hour reading of the book at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, exhibition curator Dan Lipcan and Moby Dick expert, author Nathaniel Philbrick.
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PEMcast 035, Part 2 - William Bentley as Curious Collector and Consultant
In Part 2 of this episode about William Bentley, join curators and experts as we continue looking at the remarkable and storied life this popular polymath, collector, and diarist. Bentley was a consultant on the founding of the Peabody Essex Museum and an influencer, shaping Salem to be the city…
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PEMcast 035 - The Curious Life of Reverend William Bentley
This episode of the PEMcast looks at the life and legacy of Reverend William Bentley who chronicled his busy days as a clergyman from 1784 to 1819 with an unmatched dedication and flourish. We know so much about Salem, Massachusetts and its quirky history in part because of this meticulous diary...
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PEMcast 034 - Hanging with Bats
Bats have an interesting association with Salem, a place that celebrates Halloween pretty much year round. We're used to seeing multiple versions of Dracula around town. But a small colony of live Egyptian fruit bats living in a specially designed enclosure at the Peabody Essex Museum...that's...
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PEMcast 032 - Restoring Justice after the Salem Witch Trials
In this epsisode of the PEMcast we go behind the scenes of PEM's latest Salem Witch Trials exhibition. We examine objects that belonged to the Salem Puritans and attempts to restore justice from the 17th century to today.
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PEMcast 031 - Queerness and Creativity
As we anticipate the return of Pride to Salem, artists Bill Crisafi and Hogan McLaughlin are the featured guests on the PEMcast. They share with us their day-to-day creative collaborations and their compelling story of love.
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PEMcast 030 - Following the Thread
In episode 30 of the PEMcast, we follow the thread of a story all about hair. We look at why artist Gu Wenda used human hair to create 188 flags from around the world, currently on view at PEM. We explore our own collection of mourning jewelry with the snipped locks of a loved one. Then we chat...
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PEMcast 029 - Tsherin Sherpa and Robert Beer
In Episode 29 of the PEMcast, we delve into the hearts and minds of two artists, separated by geography and time, but inextricably linked in their curiosity, their exploration of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality and a traditional art form. We discover what each learned about themselves and their own...
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PEMcast 028 - Drawn to Place
This episode of the PEMcast looks at what makes some places magnetic. Libraries, museums, certain cultural experiences. Why are we drawn to them? We talk with Canadian artist Shelagh Keeley about her current exhibition at PEM, as well as PEM Curators Trevor Smith and Karina Corrigan. We also look...
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PEMcast 027, Part 2 - Love and Loss
The second part of PEMcast Episode 27 looks at the brief creative life of Patrick Kelly. This queer, Black fashion designer pushed for racial equality and forever changed fashion before his untimely death at the age of 35. Along with curators and Kelly's former partner, come celebrate the 1980's,...
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PEMcast 027 - Love and Loss
The pandemic, war, mass shootings, changing laws about our bodies. In Episode 27 of the PEMcast, we explore themes of love and loss while also celebrating PRIDE. Listeners meet Canadian artist Zachari Logan, whose provocative drawings of flowers in various states of transformation speak to the...
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PEMcast 026 - The Current Climate
Episode 26 of the PEMcast features artists and activists who are inspiring climate action this spring at PEM. Every day is Earth Day around here with Jane Goodall, Wes Bruce, Konstantin Dimopoulos, Stephen Gorman, Edward Koren, Silvia Lopez Chavez and more. Learn why museums play an important…
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PEMcast 025 - Tidying Our Sonic Realm
In this PEMcast episode, we feature Bernie Krause, the soundscape ecologist behind The Great American Orchestra, an exhibition which immerses us in the sound universe of animals. Matt Clark of United Visual Artists chats about working on this extraordinary audio-visual experience. We also share…
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PEMcast 024 - A Fresh Lens on the Salem Witch Trials
In this PEMcast episode, we look at the exhibition The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming, which pairs historic trial documents and personal objects with the response of two contemporary artists who have ancestral ties to the Salem witch trials. Fashion designer Alexander McQueen and...
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PEMcast 023 - Postcard from Crystal Bridges
Join host Dinah Cardin as she heads home for a visit to the Ozarks and to Crystal Bridges of American Art, PEM's co-organizer for the exhibition In American Waters. This episode features a tour of the grounds, including Crystal Spring that the museum is named after, as well as an exploration of...
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PEMcast 022 - Thank you, Mr. Peabody, father of philanthropy
Join host Dinah Cardin in this episode of the PEMcast as she dives into the history of George Peabody, the father of philanthropy in America, and how this relates to the museum and the new PEM Prize.
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PEMcast 021, Part 2 - Sea Shanties and the Environment
Host Dinah Cardin explores the PEM's new climate + environment initiative and its two related maritime exhibitions.
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PEMcast 021 - The Sea Shanty Craze
Part one of this two part series looks at the recent sea shanty craze across social media channels. Host Dinah Cardin visits PEM's collection of sea shanty books and sheet music and talks with maritime music experts. You'll be singing along.
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PEMcast 020 - Breath
Explore the transformative power of breath with featured artist Zarah Hussain. From our new mediation gallery, we delve into PEM's Being Well initiative and what it could mean for a community seeking health and healing during the pandemic.
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PEMcast 017- Life at Sea
Our series on creative constraints continues with maritime curator Dan Finamore's story of life at sea for a 19th century mariner. Learn how close quarters in a vast open seascape led to the popular marine art form known as scrimshaw.
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PEMcast 016 - Creative Constraint
When the museum closed on Friday, March 13, 2020, PEM staff needed to find new ways to come together as a community. It was in that moment that Siddhartha Shah, our Curator of Indian and South Asian Art, began to make a series of videos in order to guide his colleagues in daily meditation. In…
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PEMcast 015 - The Struggle
Shortly after Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle opened at PEM, comments in the guest book for the exhibition sparked a conversation about how we do things here at the museum. Music by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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PEMcast 013 - #newPEM
The PEMcast returns with an episode all about change. The Peabody Essex Museum has just opened a new 40,000-square-foot wing. A new director has just taken the helm for the first time in 26 years. Many are asking, "what's next?". It's a scene-setting moment for one of the oldest and…
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012 - IMMERSIVE 03
Episode 3 of 3 on immersive art
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011 - IMMERSIVE 02
Tune into the most recent installment of the PEMcast -- conversations and stories for the culturally curious -- as we explore the immersive experience.
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010 - IMMERSIVE 01
Episode 10 of the PEMcast brings you something a little different - a mix of voices talking about immersion in art! This is the first in a series of episodes centered on immersion.
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009 - The Winter Caretaker
An interview with Alex de Steiguer about her work as a photographer and as the winter caretaker of Star Island.
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008.3 – The Crushers
This episode of the PEMcast finishes our three part Historic House Crush series. It features a story about historic house crusher, Karina Waters . Karina is one crusher whose great vision for an crumbling chateau in the French Pyrenees has taken her love of historic architecture to the next…
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008.2 - Building Stories
The second of three episodes in promotion of our #historichousecrush campaign! In this episode, we talk with people who are pushing the envelope — to use a building term — on presenting historic houses to the public. They're changing the way these houses are run and the way we experience them....
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008.1 - Historic House Crush
50 years ago, Salem was saved from the wrecking ball thanks to one woman and her mighty pen. Please leave your comments in the show notes! http://connected.pem.org/pemcast-episode-008-1/
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005 - Epic American
Examining the life of one of America's most famous 20th century painters who you may not know.
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004 - Good as Gould
On this episode of the PEMcast, we discover the hidden legacy of Salem funiture maker Nathaniel Gould.
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003 – Growing Up Curious
Are you, or were you a curious kid? Do museums fuel your curiosity? In this episode, Chip and Dinah talk with a 3-year-old who visits PEM daily. Then, the founder of Kids in Museums in the UK explains how her organization helps make museums more family friendly. Finally, PEM's own Paula Richter...
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002 - Makers
Adam Savage and the and his 10 Commandments for Makers, PEM's Maker Lounge, Strandbeests! Are you a Maker? Do you know what a Maker is? On this episode, Dinah and Chip discuss Adam Savage's "Rules of Making" with Edie Schimel, who heads up the PEM Maker Lounge. Then, PEM's Curator of the Present...
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001 - Music
Music and PEM. We will look at the story of the most famous musician in Greek myth, Orpheus. Composer Matt Aucoin, in his 3rd concert at PEM, explores the myth of Orpheus and his fateful journey to the underworld. From there we head to France to explore Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy and then back...
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What is PEMcast about?
Conversations and stories for the culturally curious co-hosted by Dinah Cardin and Chip Van Dyke. This is the official podcast of the Peabody Essex Museum
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PEMcast is created and hosted by Peabody Essex Museum.
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