60 acast.com {framed} interviews https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/framed-interviews en Ron Silver and West Moss candid, reflective, raw, unscripted, poetic, offbeat, conversational, immersive, irreverent, philosophical Ron Silver and West Moss Over 30 years ago, when co-hosts Ron Silver and West Moss were practically kids, they opened Bubby’s Restaurant in New York City, and while they’re no longer partners, the business, and their friendship have survived the decades.

In the intervening years, both Ron and West have turned their energy to making art – Ron as a visual artist and West as a writer. In interviews, these two old friends (who simultaneously love and want to kill each another) chat with a wide range of artists from playwrights to painters, to jewelers and musicians, about how they set up their lives in weird and fascinating ways that we can all learn from.

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]]> Over 30 years ago, when co-hosts Ron Silver and West Moss were practically kids, they opened Bubby’s Restaurant in New York City, and while they’re no longer partners, the business, and their friendship have survived the decades.

In the intervening years, both Ron and West have turned their energy to making art – Ron as a visual artist and West as a writer. In interviews, these two old friends (who simultaneously love and want to kill each another) chat with a wide range of artists from playwrights to painters, to jewelers and musicians, about how they set up their lives in weird and fascinating ways that we can all learn from.

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]]> false Ron Silver and West Moss info+6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88@mg-eu.acast.com 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 framed-interviews episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1748541934398-7ad8f044-cb48-47b5-8084-3e7973463950.jpeg https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/framed-interviews {framed} interviews Scott King on Showrunning, Story Structure, and Not Fitting In Scott King on Showrunning, Story Structure, and Not Fitting In Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:00:00 GMT 51:34 6930b498f36823f3a29d9096 true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/6930b498f36823f3a29d9096 6930b498f36823f3a29d9096 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 From Sarah Lawrence and Bubby’s to MADtv, Difficult People, and Overcompensating—how a lifelong TV nerd became the adult in the room. full 2 8 MADtv, The Big Gay Sketch Show, Difficult People, Harlem; co-showrunner of the new series Overcompensating) for a fast, funny deep dive into how TV actually gets made now. Scott breaks down the writers’ room vs. showrunner roles, why today’s shrinking outlets make greenlights tougher, and how notes, production, and post are really three more drafts of the script. They talk strikes, the “writer on set” problem, AI’s limits for comedy cadence, and the craft of turning specific, lived experience into something universal. Plus: Sarah Lawrence origins, Bubby’s memories, 4D Jurassic World, Andrea Martin love, John Waters sightings, and designing a creative life between Palm Springs, Key West, and (maybe) New York—complete with Botox poker face jokes and why owning a home isn’t the only definition of “stable.”

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]]> MADtv, The Big Gay Sketch Show, Difficult People, Harlem; co-showrunner of the new series Overcompensating) for a fast, funny deep dive into how TV actually gets made now. Scott breaks down the writers’ room vs. showrunner roles, why today’s shrinking outlets make greenlights tougher, and how notes, production, and post are really three more drafts of the script. They talk strikes, the “writer on set” problem, AI’s limits for comedy cadence, and the craft of turning specific, lived experience into something universal. Plus: Sarah Lawrence origins, Bubby’s memories, 4D Jurassic World, Andrea Martin love, John Waters sightings, and designing a creative life between Palm Springs, Key West, and (maybe) New York—complete with Botox poker face jokes and why owning a home isn’t the only definition of “stable.”

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]]> Midwifing Movements: On Art, Capitalism, and the Courage to Cultivate Midwifing Movements: On Art, Capitalism, and the Courage to Cultivate Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMT 56:56 692228c9e842b164ee85364b true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/692228c9e842b164ee85364b 692228c9e842b164ee85364b 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 A conversation with Uli Ortiz on analog creativity, responsible capitalism, and the radical joy of planting seeds full 2 6 In this expansive and deeply personal conversation, Ron and West sit down with Uli Ortiz - a strategist, consultant, and self-described “entrepreneurial midwife” to talk about everything from the origins of the Lomographic Society to the slow beauty of gardening in the Catskills.


Uli shares how she transitioned from being a trained midwife in Austria to building creative ventures like Lomography USA and Studio 55, working at the intersection of art, culture, and entrepreneurship. Along the way, she explores what it means to truly support artists, why she’s pulling back from capitalism, and how storytelling and slowness might offer a path forward.


This episode touches on collective visioning, post-capitalist structures, and the sacred power of good ideas; especially when they’re carried, nourished, and eventually birthed into the world. Also discussed: meme coins, herbaceous metaphors, and Ron’s dream of founding a post-apocalyptic art school.

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]]> In this expansive and deeply personal conversation, Ron and West sit down with Uli Ortiz - a strategist, consultant, and self-described “entrepreneurial midwife” to talk about everything from the origins of the Lomographic Society to the slow beauty of gardening in the Catskills.


Uli shares how she transitioned from being a trained midwife in Austria to building creative ventures like Lomography USA and Studio 55, working at the intersection of art, culture, and entrepreneurship. Along the way, she explores what it means to truly support artists, why she’s pulling back from capitalism, and how storytelling and slowness might offer a path forward.


This episode touches on collective visioning, post-capitalist structures, and the sacred power of good ideas; especially when they’re carried, nourished, and eventually birthed into the world. Also discussed: meme coins, herbaceous metaphors, and Ron’s dream of founding a post-apocalyptic art school.

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]]> Butter Nannies, Deep Throat, and the Art of Keeping Going Butter Nannies, Deep Throat, and the Art of Keeping Going Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMT 47:34 690e7b8dc1ed8717c5e7a514 true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/690e7b8dc1ed8717c5e7a514 690e7b8dc1ed8717c5e7a514 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Maggie De Silva on brunch chaos, pandemic pivots, and making art from life’s leftovers full 2 5 In this episode, we sit down with our dear friend and early Bubby’s alum Maggie De Silva—artist, writer, brunch survivor, and jam-covered arm philosopher. Maggie takes us back to the very beginning of Bubby’s: before coffee, before hot food, before tables—just pie and a dream. We talk about eccentric Tribeca regulars (including a woman who ordered broth for her dog), surviving the infamous brunch shift, and how creativity lives in the margins of working parenthood.


Maggie also shares how losing a shared studio during the pandemic unexpectedly led her into installation art, why she’ll never hang certain pieces across from someone’s bed, and the joys of collecting weird objects and weirder stories. Along the way we cover JFK Jr., celebrity sightings, secret art hoards, outdoor cafés, artificial intelligence’s failure to replace real writers, and an unexpected tangent into babysitting, VHS porn, and the cow hoof cleaning algorithm of doom.


This one’s part nostalgia trip, part art world detour, and part tribute to making a life out of whatever scraps you’ve got lying around.

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]]> In this episode, we sit down with our dear friend and early Bubby’s alum Maggie De Silva—artist, writer, brunch survivor, and jam-covered arm philosopher. Maggie takes us back to the very beginning of Bubby’s: before coffee, before hot food, before tables—just pie and a dream. We talk about eccentric Tribeca regulars (including a woman who ordered broth for her dog), surviving the infamous brunch shift, and how creativity lives in the margins of working parenthood.


Maggie also shares how losing a shared studio during the pandemic unexpectedly led her into installation art, why she’ll never hang certain pieces across from someone’s bed, and the joys of collecting weird objects and weirder stories. Along the way we cover JFK Jr., celebrity sightings, secret art hoards, outdoor cafés, artificial intelligence’s failure to replace real writers, and an unexpected tangent into babysitting, VHS porn, and the cow hoof cleaning algorithm of doom.


This one’s part nostalgia trip, part art world detour, and part tribute to making a life out of whatever scraps you’ve got lying around.

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]]> Potatoes, Poets, and the Price of a Painting Potatoes, Poets, and the Price of a Painting Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT 46:23 68fd54d41e3d261ce03b9df2 false https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/68fd54d41e3d261ce03b9df2 68fd54d41e3d261ce03b9df2 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Adventures across time, art, and Salt Lake City bank robbers. full 2 4 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 and reinvention, this episode is both a love letter to a life in the arts — and a reminder that some of the best stories are the ones too strange to make up.

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]]> 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 and reinvention, this episode is both a love letter to a life in the arts — and a reminder that some of the best stories are the ones too strange to make up.

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]]> Art is the Life: A Conversation with Jill Platner Art is the Life: A Conversation with Jill Platner Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT 56:02 68e833fbd798804c9efb5118 true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/68e833fbd798804c9efb5118 68e833fbd798804c9efb5118 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Friendship, metalwork, and the long arc of building a creative life. full 2 3 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 and capitalism, and how creative friendships evolve over time. This is a warm, deeply personal episode about making things—beautiful things—and building a life around them.

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]]> 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 and capitalism, and how creative friendships evolve over time. This is a warm, deeply personal episode about making things—beautiful things—and building a life around them.

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]]> Cloe Galasso: Finding Home in the Studio Cloe Galasso: Finding Home in the Studio Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT 54:37 68d6de6a60e4b2ea7d4648f4 true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/68d6de6a60e4b2ea7d4648f4 68d6de6a60e4b2ea7d4648f4 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 On visas, canvases, and the energy that shapes a painter’s life full 2 2 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 community vs. solitude, drawing in museums, classical influences from Velázquez to Sargent, and what it means to feel safe enough to create. An intimate conversation about process, place, and the quiet joy of showing up to paint.

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]]> 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 community vs. solitude, drawing in museums, classical influences from Velázquez to Sargent, and what it means to feel safe enough to create. An intimate conversation about process, place, and the quiet joy of showing up to paint.

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]]> Faulkner in the Summer, Dostoevsky in the Winter Faulkner in the Summer, Dostoevsky in the Winter Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT 1:03:18 68c4a1b144d0096b87bb0c4b true https://framedpodcast.com/ 68c4a1b144d0096b87bb0c4b 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Literary Obsessions, Southern Roots, and the Stories That Shape Us full 2 1 {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, and the emotional truths embedded in storytelling. It’s a warm, meandering conversation filled with charm, memory, and literary passion.

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]]> {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, and the emotional truths embedded in storytelling. It’s a warm, meandering conversation filled with charm, memory, and literary passion.

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]]> Tracks in the Dark Tracks in the Dark Sun, 06 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT 45:15 68546e440bed216db7da3401 true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/68546e440bed216db7da3401 68546e440bed216db7da3401 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Brothers, Breakdowns, and the BQE full 1 4

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]]> Bulls, Masks, and the Movie That Is New York Bulls, Masks, and the Movie That Is New York Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT 39:41 683a08df708e9fc9b4524882 false https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/683a08df708e9fc9b4524882 683a08df708e9fc9b4524882 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Artist Juliana Plexxo on feeling disembodied, falling in love with engraving, and painting through obsession. full 1 3 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 paper. It's part travelogue, part artist’s manifesto, and part spiritual download—all soaked in jet lag, beauty, and the chaos of trying to make something true.


Also in this episode: dead laptops, acid baths, gender dualism, and Ron getting dragged (again).

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]]> 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 paper. It's part travelogue, part artist’s manifesto, and part spiritual download—all soaked in jet lag, beauty, and the chaos of trying to make something true.


Also in this episode: dead laptops, acid baths, gender dualism, and Ron getting dragged (again).

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]]> Bananas, Guitars, and Guns: A Friendship in Four Decades Bananas, Guitars, and Guns: A Friendship in Four Decades Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT 43:51 683a068d708e9fc9b451a52b true https://shows.acast.com/framed-interviews/episodes/683a068d708e9fc9b451a52b 683a068d708e9fc9b451a52b 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 From a kibbutz on the Lebanese border to a Cadillac in L.A. - Ron and Michael remember how it all began. full 1 2 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 wildly different lives can crash together, split apart, and circle back again.


Also: the world's best beer, a possibly illegal camel, and a few near-death moments courtesy of the American highway.

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]]> 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 wildly different lives can crash together, split apart, and circle back again.


Also: the world's best beer, a possibly illegal camel, and a few near-death moments courtesy of the American highway.

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]]> A Conversation with Hamilton Fish A Conversation with Hamilton Fish Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT 46:12 6838a8de9bd0275f2cc208e9 true https://framedpodcast.com/ 6838a8de9bd0275f2cc208e9 6838a2e4964166a365ca0c88 Art, activism, and the fragile future of democracy full 1 1 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 comfort of chaos.

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]]> 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 comfort of chaos.

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