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Drawing Blood
Drawing Blood
Welcome to Drawing Blood, the podcast about art, science, and the macabre, hosted by Emma Merkling and Christy Slobogin.
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Ratings & Reviews
5.0 stars from 26 ratings
Fascinating
Wonderful discourse giving perspectives from art history, social history and historical context about the fascinating and temporally constrained life of the tatoo.
Mick from Rochester via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/24/24
Frighteningly good
A true gem of a podcast that finds that perfect balance between a captivating conversation and thought-provoking research. It manages to keep focused on its main theme while being impressively versatile in its choice of subject. As fascinating as it is entertaining!
Leoste92 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/08/22
A fab new find…
These episodes are so well researched and thought-out - there’s so many layers to each topic. The way the connections between art, science and popular culture are explored actually feels like a genuine conversation between friends, rather than a lecture. Should’ve known it would be good, as...Read full review »
ArJa98 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/29/22
Recent Episodes
Emma and Christy discover Margaret Watts Hughes's beautiful 'voice figures', a series of images made through the direct action of her voice between 1885 and 1904. In this episode, we discuss the earliest sound recordings, scientific 'instruments' (it's a pun), cat pianos, severed ears, occult...
Published 09/30/24
Published 09/30/24
Emma and Christy watch David Cronenberg’s 2022 film Crimes of the Future, exploring the themes of this work while also connecting to some of the director’s earlier movies. In this episode, we discuss the fears and the pleasures of the human body and cutting into it; surgery as sex; Cronenbergian...
Published 08/31/24
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