{framed} interviews

In this wide-ranging and hilarious episode of {framed} Interviews, old friends Ron, West, and Michael reunite for a storytelling session that drifts from the Beat Poets to Berlin art scenes, from BBC broadcasts of the Falklands War to a naked woman with a potato in Utah. Along the way, they unpack what it means to collect art, support artists, and chase meaning through creative obsession.Featuring deep dives into German Neo-Expressionism, wild band tours, early MTV, and near-mythical tales of escape

In this intimate episode of {framed} Interviews, artist and jeweler Jill Platner joins longtime friends and co-hosts Ron Silver and West Moss for a conversation spanning decades of art, work, and community. From welding in rollerblades to creating kinetic outdoor sculptures and running a jewelry business in New York City, Jill reflects on what it means to live an artist’s life on your own terms.Together, they discuss the early days of Bubby’s, shaping identity through work, the tension between art

Argentine-born, Brooklyn-based artist Chloe Galasso joins us to talk about building an artist’s life after years of constant travel; landing an O-1 “talent” visa, setting up her first dedicated studio in years, and rediscovering routine. We dig into her practice across oil painting and sculpture; why she avoids politics in the work; the metaphysics of “energy” as a guiding motif; and the craft behind surfaces, stretching raw linen, prepping grounds, pigments, and why layers matter. We also touch on

In this episode of {framed} Interviews, writer and philanthropist Randy Fertel joins Ron Silver and West Moss for a candid conversation that stretches from the humid streets of New Orleans to the pages of Faulkner and Dostoevsky. The trio reminisce about how they first met through literary circles, the strange joy of crafting a 60-second acceptance speech, and the long-standing rituals that form a writer's life. Fertel opens up about his lifelong dedication to literature, his Southern upbringing,

Ron sits down with his brother Brandon for a raw, reflective ride through family mythology, psychedelic misadventures, and the day Brandon stepped into the subway tracks—then climbed back out. What follows is a winding conversation about control, chaos, healing, and how two brothers reckon with the past from opposite ends of the spectrum. From Skippy peanut butter bongs to spiritual pivots to the quiet decision to stay alive, this episode cuts deep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

Painter Juliana Plexxo joins Ron and West for a vivid, wide-ranging conversation about artistic purpose, bullfighting, femininity, and the surreal magic of being in New York City. Born in Colombia, shaped by time in Ecuador and Spain, and trained in the legendary Studio 46—home to Miró, Chagall, and Dalí—Juliana shares how masks, memory, and mourning led her to art.They talk about the mystical pull of the bull, feminine rage, masculine ritual, copper plates, and the ghosts that live in pigment and

In this wide-ranging and wildly entertaining episode, Ron reconnects with his longtime friend Michael Penhallow to trace a life-spanning friendship that begins on an Israeli kibbutz in 1981 and winds through banana fields, desert hitchhiking, heartbreak, art, and everything in between.From feeding attack dogs and dodging machine guns to discovering poetry, collecting German expressionism, and getting held at gunpoint (multiple times), this is a story about the strange alchemy of friendship—how two

In this debut episode, Ron Silver and West Moss sit down with publisher and filmmaker Hamilton Fish for a wide-ranging conversation on what it means to live, and create, through crisis. From early documentaries about Holocaust memory and U.S. complicity to the perils of the current political landscape, Fish reflects on art as resistance, community as a lifeline, and why dissent might be our last great hope.Also on the table: ketamine pancakes, Cannes disasters, family bridges, and the strange