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Here is more information about Alana Kushnir and Aurelian Lawyers & Advisers.
Show Notes:
1:45 update since Alana’s 2021 interview at Ep. 43
3:45 rebranding to Aurelian Lawyers & Advisers
5:00 LinkedIn posts by Alana and Guest Work Agency
8:00 antisemitism in the arts  
13:00 resignation from Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s Board
13:35 Australian news article led to her public cancellation 
15:55 Serpentine Gallery's removal of her after 5 years as the lead on its research programme, The Legal Lab
20:00 steps forward to address hypocrisy in the arts sector
20:55 service on Jewish Museum of Australia’s board
21:40 her curation of Chutzpah: Spirit. Recollection. Self.
23:20 Georgian Artist Nina Sanadze's “Call to Peace” Series
27:40 Sanadze’s use of flowers from Bondi Massacre in future sculpture
30:30 Israeli-German Artist Elinor Sahm’s "Ha'layla"
31:30 Simm’s family archive used to show a Jerusalemite-Sepheradic “Hafla” (traditional celebration and gathering)
33:35 Alana's aim to bring back the depth of Jewish culture and history
37:25 Alana’s dream project to highlight the Jewish community's contribution to Australia's culture, especially Jewish women
39:30 education to bring together Jewish and non-Jewish communities
42:50 current relevance of the Holocaust
45:00 Jewish community from former USSR at the Bondi massacre
46:50 moral courage as a form of justice
48:00 legacy to create culture not fear, to emphasize integrity and loyalty 
49:15 her work with Arts Patron and Hospitality Icon Rinaldo Di Stasio 
50:05  Di Stasio’s commission of Artist Sean Gladwell for a moving image work in flagship restaurant, Di Stasio Città 

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Show notes:
1:30 background
3:30 My English Persian Kitchen
5:15 Sheherazade, narrator of One Thousand and One Nights
5:45 My English Persian Kitchen author Atoosa Sepehr’s efforts to address misconceptions about Iranians 
7:30 Reading Lolita in Tehran
9:45 choice of roles that challenge the stereotype about Iranians
10:10 Apple TV series Tehran
12:00 defenders of human rights
14:25 response to Iran’s formal and psychological censorship of creative community
16:45 Artist Soheila Sokhanvari
18:30 Women Life Freedom movement
21:00 global response to human rights’ violations in Iran
23:00 the meaning of justice in terms of accountability 
24:20 future projects
27:25 legacy / mark of her work 
28:55 creative process and connection with other creatives
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multidisciplinary artist/visual journalist/filmmaker/education worker Bayeté Ross Smith
Show Notes:
2:00 Bayeté Ross Smith’s background, work and collaboration
7:00 relevance of colonialism in transnational issues 
9:50 collective brain trust/collective culture
14:30 employing technology with storytelling
20:30 creatives’ protection of their metadata
24:40 “art” and “data” as information 
27:50 “human authorship” and copyright 
34:25 bias proliferation with AI
39:40 power of art and media to raise awareness 
44:50 “restorative justice” to mitigate and deter harm so individuals can flourish
54:00 current and future projects, including Got the Power Boomboxes: Sugar Cane and Cotton, Hip Hop 50 Boombox, video game project and collaboration with legal community
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Please visit Steven Gambardella's site here to learn more. 
Show Notes:
1:15 background in the arts
4:00 Dutch philosopher Spinoza’s parallels with Hellenistic philosophies
5:20 Gambardella’s Become As You Are
7:30 “Stoic Kitsch” blog post 
9:00 individual agency and collective action
11:00 crisis of agency
11:20 emergence of stoicism
14:00 four-fold root of virtue
20:10 four facets of autonomy, perspective, objectivity and control and their relation to the four virtues of wisdom, moderation, justice and courage/fearlessness
21:25 Steven's blog 
21:45 Stoic view of justice relates to ignorance
26:00 moralism
27:00 Seneca, tutor and advisor to Roman emperor Nero
32:00 applying ancient Stoic ideas in current day
35:35 Stoicism and Philosophy Reading Group 
38:30 summary of Stoicism: Virtue is the only good; and you have full control over the domain of your soul/your “inner citadel”
40:20 Stoicism at a crossroads 
43:45 his hope to contribute to a revolution of the soul that encourages a view of the world that is more holistic and spiritual
45:40 Question from Susanne van der Meer about the paradox in Stoicism about the responsibility of agency versus a Stoic view of incarceration 
55:00 Stoic view of fear and desire
1:00:00 Comments from Emily Gould
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IP attorney Massimo Sterpi
Massimo Sterpi photo by Eolo Perfido 
Show Notes:
1:30 Sterpi’s work with emerging tech
2:30 shift in use of emerging tech/arts issues
3:55 Brazilian artist Eduardo Kac's transgenic work
4:30 blockchain / NFT as a testing area
5:10 generative AI and copyright
6:20 copyrighted works as training data 
12:25 11 Nov 2025 judgment by Munich Regional Court in GEMA v. OpenAI (Case No. 42 O 14139/24)
14:20 fair use in the US
17:05 copyright of outputs
23:55 "A Single Piece of American Cheese"
26:00 Gema decision’s impact on OpenAI’s business model
29:00 UK decision in Getty v. Stability AI
32:30 harmonisation 
34:20 collective licensing as a solution for AI training
36:20 view of justice/injustice with emerging tech in the arts
38:40 cultural impact of emerging tech
42:00 Christie’s auction of "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy"
43:40 2024 Venice Biennale - The Conference on Art and AI’s “The Neo-Synthetic: A Dialogue on Art, A.I., and Emergent Aesthetics”
44:30 expanding area regarding the roles involved in outputs
46:40 authenticity becoming enigmatic
47:00 attempts to create digital scarcity
47:55 different standards of creativity 
48:30 neighboring rights for AI
50:00 Italy’s protection of “simple photographs” versus “photographic works”
50:40 UK’s Section 9(3) copyright of outputs fictionally attributed to human involved
52:40 Agentic AI  
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© Stephanie Drawdy [2026]