Transcript: Cold Take Ep. 17 on Dino Mommy, Titanic Artifacts and the Pope on A.I. Art

Adam Schrader and Colton Crews recorded the 17th episode of Cold Take, Urgent Matter's weekly art-news podcast, on October 16. Schrader recorded it sick.

Schrader opens with Dino Mommy, a paleontologist who pays for her research with OnlyFans income. She filmed inside Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences before Drexel University closed it to the public September 27.

Crews then accuses Schrader of illustrating his Michelangelus font story with the "Family Matters" title font, and loses.

The hosts turn to R.M.S. Titanic Inc., which told a federal appeals court it could run out of money within six months unless it can sell 100 artifacts a judge has blocked.

Schrader talks about his interview with Tara Murphy of Solomon Fine Art ahead of Dublin Gallery Weekend, November 5–8. The hosts detour through Irish rebel music and the Choctaw Nation's 1847 gift during the Great Famine.

They close on Pope Leo XIV's October 2 remarks to artists about A.I., and on an A.I.-generated Christian band whose fans told Crews they did not care.

Listen to the episode on Spotify.

This transcript was generated by A.I. from the episode audio and edited by Urgent Matter for clarity. It may contain errors. Check the audio before quoting. Bracketed editor's notes add context and correct errors made on air.

SCHRADER: Hi, this is Urgent Matter's Cold Take podcast, and I am your host, Adam Schrader. This is my co-host, Colton Crews. He's a wonderful musician and percussionist with the bands Burning Slow, American Sycamore and formerly Bum Lucky, among other bands. Go check out his music.

And each week we do this podcast, and we discuss the biggest news items in the art world. We kind of give our thoughts on them, our analysis. It's not so serious.

And honestly, if more people in the art world listened to this, they would be offended. So enjoy, you know, share it with all of your friends, because this is probably the most offensive podcast in the art world.