Ugh, As If! - contemporary art and culture podcast
Episodes
Bissistant wrote Avatar(the blue guys) - 4x15
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDA https://twitter.com/LisaFevral https://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a p...
Nationalism in/out of art is not gonna save us - 4x14
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a public episode. If you would like ...
Diary of a CEO(AKA psycho) - 4x13
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.substack.com
the SNL demogorgon and marketing stunts - 4x12
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
Vanity Fair White House photoshoot - 4x11
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisafevral.substack.com
We Heated on that Riva 'til we Lry - the pride and shame of Canadian life - 4x10
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
it's heated rivalry tiiiiiime bc its Russian Canadian intersection bb!also we talk about perils of life again, the Canadian side of it allLisa Fevral:...
Monopolization and Ensh*tification of Culture - 4x09
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer (1944) - The Culture Industry:Enlightenment as Mass DeceptionLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMri...
Spomeniks' real meaning is anti-fascism - 4x08
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back with more SpomeniksLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/li...
Everyone is lying about Yugoslavian Spomeniks - SPOMENIKI VOL.I - 4x07
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Referenced:The Walker Curator Who Sparked a Red-Baiting Scandal - https://walkerart.org/magazine/from-the-archives-the-walker-curator-who-sparked-a-re...
Finally, a jewellery heist! (Margaret Keane and Yoshimoto Nara) - 4x06
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
Taylor and Charli can both f/ off tbh - 4x05
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
Eugenics in your jeans ad? It's more likely than you think! - 4x04
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
Traditioning: the classic media personality story - 4x03
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The media personalities/influencers moving right means that the money is only there, and therefore we gotta get new ways of spreading information to p...
Sabrina's nonsense album cover(and Sydney Sweeney while we at it)-4x02
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
video version:https://youtu.be/tkH47pS2p4oLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://ww...
"Multiple Realities", an exhibition on Eastern Europe art 1960s-1980s - 4x01
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
we know, we know... It took us like a hundred years to actually talk about this exhibition we mentioned in December... But here it is - review of one ...
2 dumps - Elle Fanning's dumptruck and Adrien Brody's caca art - 3x24
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adrien Brody and James Franco make "art". Here's why it's not good ahahLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbG...
WHERE ARE ALLLL THE THINKERS???😩 - 3x23
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your fave artists who hate art are here to find THE THINKERS😩😩😩Video version: https://youtu.be/ydebQO2l68YLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com...
2 vamps 1 tramp: Camille Paglia - 3x22
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Video version:https://youtu.be/P7lN2g4KeloLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://ww...
Bissistant got sucked into a cult - 3x21
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
Where we've been😛😛😛(270 gap years of the 2020s) - 3x20
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Video version: https://youtu.be/VD4KSpOibdkLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://w...
Firing people you don't like online - 3x19(Vooglam)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Special prices for you guys! Click the exclusive links and enter the special discount code "uai15" for 15% off when you check out! Check Vooglam 10...
Severance - Artworks and art direction (Season 1) - 3x18
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Severance season 1 chat about the art of the show is here, and more details of art styles and symbolism is coming next week with severance season 2. V...
Photoshoot horror stories - 3x17
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
we got more art field related horror stories for youuuuuPatreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/lisafevralLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK...
Anora and film industry's obsession with SW - 3x16
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First the masses' darling, now after an Oscar win - a punching bag. Is this Sean Baker movie worth all this conversation?Patreon with extra videos:htt...
Futurists - the original mechanophiles - 3x15
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hiiiii there's MUCH to discuss. Mostly Italian futurism vs Russian futurism. Is there a difference?Video version:https://youtu.be/ZamRaqbYQxoPatre...
Hellsa and other alter egos(Lynn Hershman Leeson&Roberta Breitmore) - 3x14
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa's Alter Ego album character release got a lot of flack for its' juvenile approach, and it made us wanna see what makes pop culture alter ...
GRAMMYs 2025 and Degas paintings - 3x13
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
video version:https://youtu.be/DO5EMN49YGkLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://ww...
You must bounce on it, crazy boss babe style(Nosferatu and Babygirl) - 3x12
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is Robert eggers always making movies that have misogynistic overtones? that's what ppl wanna know, I guess, and we're here to tell youNosfera...
How did you finally "GET" Art? - 3x11
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
accidentally good artworks at the beginning of your art practice, and, expectedly bad ones tooVideo version:https://youtu.be/t3YL3Jjl5iALisa Fevral:ht...
American Xiaohongshu migration, propaganda posters and scary rich ppl parties - 3x10
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tiktok ban causing a great American migration to the little red book(xiaohongshu). Maybe propaganda art should be translated before showing in lecture...
The Surrealist Revolution - did it succeed? - 3x09
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Surrealism... André Breton, automatism, Salvador Dali, Multiple manifestos, id, super ego, and a 100 more things that defined this art movement.(als...
The art of bringing the war to catalogues - 3x08
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Rosler's "house beautiful bringing the war home" and "semiotics of the kitchen", their relationship to different waves of feminism and Lisa get...
Make better art about love (if you gotta make it at all) - 3x07
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shallow love in art vs on of the best artworks about love (Sabrina Carpenter's boyfriend cheating music, Rosé's "Rosie", The vampire diaries and stud...
Why do Gyny tools look like nerf g*ns? - 3x06
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/lisafevralLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://...
Why were ppl surprised by Nara Smith(and Embarrassed future billionaires) - 3x05
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why was everyone surprised about them voting red in the year of our lahd 2024? Canada Post is striking and it's showing how biased against the average...
Pinky promise to survive - 3x04
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making a pinky promise to survive a system built against us.Artist/show discussed - Firelei Báez at Vancouver art gallery. Lisa Fevral:https://www.yo...
Jesus, the original industry plant(Memento Mori) - 3x03
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Art to forgive sins and modern art that refused memento mori(and why refusing memento mori is bad for your art)Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/cha...
The Substance and Intersectionality - 3x2
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Substance (2024) is a pretty good watch, but why is everyone saying it's profound, subversive and/or pushing boundaries?Podcast's YouTube channel:...
Your legacy will be ruined, so don't worry about it - 3x1
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with season 3, Fairies! Today we discuss artists legacies and how often they get redefined and if that redefining actually works/sticks. Li...
I'm a human, and this is my nature - Therefore it's Human Nature. - 2x26 (BONUS)
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is such a slay actually, what a way to wrap up a season eheheh Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps:...
The cult of suffering (and creative work horror stories) - 2x25(Season BONUS)
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
Love VS Desire and Death in "The Last Mistress"(Une vieille maîtresse) - 2x24
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We watched a movie at an indie movie theatre🙂↕️🙂↕️(The Last Mistress (French: Une vieille maîtresse, literally "An old mistr...
Insecurity be gone! (and imposter syndrome too) - 2x23
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to get rid of imposter syndrome or insecurityLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhtt...
Is somebody gunna match his fantasFREAK? (Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique")
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Berlioz's symphonie fantastique is a great symphony for anyone to get into. It's full of drama, crazy witch cackles and lovers dancing on bone...
People with vacant stares - 2x21
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/IDBY Jewellery:...
My year of rage and reparations - 2x20
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
today we're talking about "My Year of Rest and Relaxation", a 2018 novel by American author Ottessa Moshfegh.Lisa Fevral:https://www.you...
No BS creative career/industry advice and "poverty core" - 2x19
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does one become an artist/designer/stylist/etc? Here's some no BS advice on how to do it when you're coming from ACTUAL humble beginnings,...
Brat summer, and walking like Lorde when she was 10 (iykyk) - 2x18
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps://www.instagram.com/lisafevral/ This is a publ...
80s Zines, anti-disco riots and House music roots - 2x17
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zines as an art medium and its' connection to house musicCOPY MACHINE MANIFESTOS: ARTISTS WHO MAKE ZINES https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/exhibitions/c...
Aespa came to cause alien trouble, and Gregory Crewdson loves that - 2x16
19 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aespa are aliens now, and Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer who loves his suburbia medium-spooky Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channe...
Marina Abramović Rhythm 0, and artists from "undesirable" countries with "desirable" views - 2x15
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's chat about Rhythm 0, one of the most famous art performances of all time.Hozier's Francesca and The last dinner party also make an appea...
The world of repainting fashion dolls with Lolliword
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roman (aka Lolliword) has created a beautiful fairy world with the IDBY jewellery pieces incorporated into the metal wings. Today I wanted to chat to ...
Well now you’re just saying anything(Online discourse brainrot and Parasocial relationships)-2x14
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When does valid critique cross the line into nonsense? Can you have a crush on someone like a celebrity without it being a bad thing?Lisa Fevral:https...
Saltburn interpretations and "Against Interpretation" by Susan Sontag
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Saltburn is giving Jacob Elordi another "lil freak" movie to establish himself as a serious actor and I am trying to figure out why Emerald ...
Why we need art/media critics, Red Velvet's "Chill Kill", new Hunger games prequel - 2x12
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Red Velvet(my fave group) has a new album out(Chill Kill), The new Hunger Games movie is out and Tom Blyth is simply too fine, AND MOST OF ALL - why d...
Victoria's Secret concept work is lacking, Sunmi's Stranger concept is top tier - 2x11
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria's Secret is rethinking their strategy, when they should be rethinking the visual concept, while Sunmi should be getting more attention fo...
Humour in art and Pauline Boty, a British pop art star
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let' talk about the lost and rediscovered British pop art pioneer Pauline Boty and why humour is important, even in serious pursuits. Lisa Fevral:...
"Girl" terms discourse online and The Irritating Gentleman by Berthold Woltze - 2x09
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about girl dinners, girl maths, and how the internet always likes to forget that sometimes women joke. Berthold Woltze makes an appeara...
Art Uni Horror stories with my assistant - 2x08
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've gotta tell you about the horrors of going to art school... Strap in ahahaLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lD...
Burn out, creative blocks, and Anna Karenina - 2x07
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about getting burned out and creative block, Anna Karenina, and a couple of tiktok funny girls I love. My super active (recently) ti...
Synesthesia, Abstract Art, and "Red, White, and Royal Blue" - 2x06
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to talk about abstract art from a synesthesia of colours and music perspective, and Wassily Kandinsky's work is the best way to chat...
An accidental celebrity culture roast - 2x05
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor swift impersonator/look-alike discourse online is really something, Lorde is back and teasing new music, but I'm still thinking of that tim...
We separated the art from the author, and now they're dead
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This 1948 film "The Red Shoes" made me think about separating the art from the artist once again, but I also wanted to talk about it through...
We support breaking rules, not necks! - 02x03
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the menu; Le sserafim - their song Eve, Psyche and Bluebeards wife, the myths that inspired it, Cupid/Eros and his path to becoming a cherub ...
Andy Warhol flattened people to make them icons - 2x02
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Warhol said PAINT BLONDES and MAKE MONEYLisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbGC7G0lDAhttps://twitter.com/LisaFevralhttps:/...
Media literacy is dead, bbg - 02x01
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do people drastically misunderstand pieces of media? The biggest examples recently that stuck out to me are Parasite, and the Idol. How d we keep ...
Paris Olympics mascot and Swifties' class consciousness - 1x22
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paris Olympics 2024 mascot, making videos is time consuming, 10k to see Harry Styles live, Taylor Swift's allowing concert tickets INSANE price, Twitt...
Surrealist art of Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington (ft. Alyssa) - 1x21
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about Surrealist artists like Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington. Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wMriowQqbG...
Societal normalization of grooming and Cardcaptor Sakura - 1x20
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about Cardcaptor Sakura, a show that many of us watched as kids! Let's discuss the good, the bad, and the questionable.Lisa Fevra...
Just Stop Oil and art Vandalism - 1x19
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just Stop Oil has been doing protest actions all over the place, focusing on glueing themselves to gallery walls and spilling soups on paintings. Toda...
Ultra fast fashion trends and Lolita fashion (ft. Phoebe) - 1x18
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ultra fast fashion trends and Lolita fashion (ft. Phoebe) - 1x18 by Lisa Fevral This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
The Grotesque in art (ew ew🤭) - 1x17
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hiiii Let's talk about the grotesque in art. Horror movies, installation art, paintings... Basically anything that depicts the grotesque Lisa Fevral:h...
DADA - what it is, and are memes the new form of it? - 1x16
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dada art movement, artists like Hannah Hoch, readymades, appropriation art, memes as dada. a new girl group FLO, and a heatwave.Playlist link:https:/...
What is CAMP? - 1x15
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about camp! What is it? How do you determine if something is camp?Also chatting about Vespa's comeback girls and Sunmi's comeback Heartburn...
Megan Fox and MGK, Taeyong, media training and Millie Bobby Brown - 1x14
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about: Megan Fox and MGK are a fun revival of the weird celebrity shenanigansTaeyong's new song "ghost" has a great video perform...
What happened to concert ticket prices? - 1x13
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happened to the concert ticket prices? Ticketmaster monopoly and other factors. We also discuss our first concert experiences and the best shows ...
Harry Styles, Rosalia, and quantity over quality in media - 1x12
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Harry's new album, Rosalia'a Moto mami, and the speed of content is discussed in todays episode! Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdvK5wM...
Picasso, and why we should stop glorifying as*holes - 1x11
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're gonna talk about the insane things that Picasso has done in his life to other people - things that usually aren't talked about among the g...
NANA anime/manga discussion - 1x10
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about nana anime/manga, answering some of your questions about it!Cecilia:https://www.instagram.com/weececi/https://www.instagram.com/ceciliac...
Bridgerton and Rococo art - 1x09
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about Bridgerton, Rococo art(and a bit of Baroque), Rosalba Carriera, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Yinka Shonibare, Rosalia's Motomami, Charli X...
Hieronymus Bosch and Red Velvet - 1x08 (The Garden of Earthly Delights)
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about Hieronymus Bosch's painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, through the references to it in the recent Red Velvet music video for "F...
Chemo and YOUR art/media hot takes - 1x07
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about your hot takes in art and media!🦋Buy me a coffee:ko-fi.com/lisafevral🦋Timestamps:Intro and Chemo - (0:00)Music segment, KAI - (16:...
The "start" of Conceptual art, "You" season 3, aespa and BAYLI - 1x06
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about Marcel Duchamp and his work "The Fountain", season 3 of "you" and a couple of music recommendations! Lisa Fevral:https://www.youtube....
Sh*tting on an artist I don't like(Vito Acconci) - 1x05
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hiiii everyone! today's episode is for all the born haters out there! I describe a couple of "art"works of Vito Acconci that I find to be boring and m...
Heathers(1988) and Barbara Kruger - 1x04
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking about Heathers, a 1988 movie starring Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer and Christian Slater as J.D., as well as artists Barbara Kru...
Gossip Girl and David Wojnarowicz - 1x03
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is about the mid finale roundup of the Gossip Girl, 2021 reboot and David Wojnarowicz's art that has been referenced in the Halloween ...
Superflat art movement - 1x02
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're gonna talk about Superflat art movement. Takashi Murakami coining the term in 2001, how this movement has connections to the ukiyo-e and t...
What Art Is Art? (Podcast Intro)- 1x01
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ugh, As If! Podcast, 1x01 with Lisa FevralToday we're talking about: Intro of the podcast and what you can expect from it, art questions answers (What...