Small Subjects
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Small Subjects is a leisure podcast hosted by Jim and Barry. It has 67 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Small Subjects is a podcast devoted to discussing big topics in the worlds of scale modeling, diorama-building, and sculpting and painting miniature figures, as well as presenting interviews with some of the top artists in the field, including every era, and ranging from historical to fantasy subjects. Co-hosts Barry Biediger, who is based in Salt Lake City, and Jim DeRogatis, who lives in Chicago, are the editors of the Web site boxdioramas.com. Both have decades of experience as modelers, though they maintain that they are always curious and always learning. They are dedicated members of the Military Miniature Society of Illinois, where they considered the great Sheperd Paine a friend and mentor. Barry is also a member of his local chapter of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society, while DeRogatis has written, co-written, or edited ten books about popular music and two about miniatures and modeling (Sheperd Paine: The Life and Work of a Master Modeler and Military Historian a
leisure ·en-us ·67 episodes
Episode 67: Scenery and Groundwork
Episode 66: Storytime with Mike Pierce
Episode 65: Talking with Chris Meddings about the Upturner Prize and "Ask Barry"
Episode 64: Raphael Shelton, doing the hobby "just for fun," and what we're playing with on our work benches now
Episode 63: Dave Browne
Episode 62: Robert Blokker
Episode 61: Barry & Jim on their latest box dioramas and trying something new with every project
Episode 60: World Expo 2025 in Versailles
Episode 59: Perspectives on Digital Sculpting vs. Toothpick & Putty
Episode 58: Talking about MFCA 2025 with Dennis Levy and Lou Masses
Episode 57: Why do we abandon some projects? And: Considering the effects of tariffs on the hobby
Episode 56: What do we do with all of this STUFF? with Joe Berton
Episode 55: Artificial Intelligence and Modeling: A Talk with Jake McKee
Episode 54: Barry & Jim's Adventures (and Frustrations) with the 1/16th Universal Carrier Kit
Episode 53: Francois Verlinden
Episode 52: Our Beginnings
Episode 51: The 2025 MMSI Chicago Show
Episode 50: Doug Cohen
Episode 49: Scott Primeau
Episode 48: Natalia Oracz
Episode 47: Joan Biediger Talks About "Algorithm As Art"
Episode 46: Verko's Vault
Episode 45: Erik Swinson
Episode 44: Abstraction in Miniatures and Digital vs Traditional Scratchbuilding
Episode 43: Jon Harbuck
Episode 42:Current Projects, Various & Sundry
Episode 41: Bob Sarnowski
Episode 40: Barry and Jim on their Favorites (and their Failures)
Episode 39: A Conversation About the Open System With Marijn Van Gils
Episode 38: Dave Youngquist and IPMS 2023 Nats
Episode 37: Gary Baker, hair and Historex
Episode 36: Mike Hilleary
Episode 35: MFCA 2023
Episode 34: Joe Berton
Episode 33: Ingvild Eiring
Episode 32: Travis Haussener
Episode 31: Tools (and Other Stuff) We CAN Live Without
Episode 30: Will Pattison
Episode 29: Mike Good
Episode 28: Greg Cihlar
Episode 27: Tools (and Other Stuff) We Can't Live Without
Episode 26: Pat McGrath
Episode 25: John Bonanni/IPMS Nationals
Episode 24: Pat Stansell
Episode 23: Calvin Tan
Episode 22: Box Dioramas
Episode 21: Taesung Harmms
Episode 20: Marion and Alan Ball, plus the MFCA Show 2022
Episode 19: Marijn Van Gils
Episode 18: Jack Lynch - Also, a discussion about transporting figures to shows
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