We’ve got a hard-hitting episode for you this week, folks! The important issues of the day are discussed: health care reform and its possible effects on artists; Ai Weiwei’s comments at a panel discussion at the Paley Center this week; Pawel Wojtasik’s monumental installation at Smack Mellon; and Rainer Ganahl’s new show at Alex Zachary.

Most importantly of all, we take on the latest sign of the coming apocalypse: Lady Gaga’s new Telephone video.

Thanks to Peter Kerlin for general audio wizardry and original interstitial music!

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