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Pythagoras! Pierre Fermat! Sophie Germain! Andrew Wiles! One of these people created a math problem which challenged great thinkers for hundreds of years! One of these people had the greatest sex in the entire history of humanity! One of these people was an old Greek dude you've probably already heard about! Who did what? How long did it take them? How are they all related? It won't take a lifetime to figure out, just 48 minutes of quality podcasting for you to enjoy!

In the second part of the discussion on artistic pairs, John and JJ talk about Christo and Jean-Claude, one of the most dynamic and creative artistic couples. They also talk about themselves for far too long! Hear the story about how this podcast, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, came to be, and learn why you should find yourself an artistic partner today!

Plenty of artists work in pairs to complement each other's abilities and facilitate each other's creative flexibility. In this episode, we talk about the ones who completely mess this up! Also: - The greatest showdown in artistic history - John and JJ finally get some use out of their time machine - Heartbreak, betrayal, and puerile jokes about Phil Collins All this from your buds at SOTSOG!

In episode 5 of Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, JJ sits down with the band Sylmar and discusses how they write their kickass songs. Then John and JJ discuss their own individual processes.  For an exclusive SOTSOG video of Sylmar performing their unreleased song "Wonder", go to our website. Check out Sylmar on Spotify, Facebook, Bandcamp probably, and all the other groovy music places!  

So last week JJ showed us an individual artist who reappropriated traditional artistic concepts to not only make something new, but to comment on the old. That's cool and all, but what about artistic theft on a larger scale? What does it mean to be a gentleman thief in the world? And would you look at all these cease and desists!

Episode 4 of Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is all about creative theft and why it's totally cool. All artists steal, in some way or another, and that's not a bad thing! In this episode, we talk about Edouard Manet, who painted naked women that he stole. Fun fact: This whole episode is stolen from Radiolab!

In the second part of our 3rd episode, your SOTSOG hosts discuss the few fucks that Bob Dylan ever gave about his audience. Check it! 

In the first part of our third episode, John and JJ talk about why you should Never Meet Your Heroes. We talk about the creative genius of Picasso in his ability to objectify and abuse women, and if this ruins his artwork. Fun fact: Your podcast hosts lovely label this episode, Never Meat Your Gyros.

In the second part of our second episode, John and JJ discuss the phrase Nothing is Sacred and how that may apply to art and the creative process. We talk about German painter Gerhard Richter and how he used painting as a vehicle to address taboo issues, while imploring techniques that left nothing on the table (but a lot on the canvas).

In the first part of our second episode, John and JJ discuss the phrase Nothing is Sacred and how that may apply to art and the creative process. We talk about the subversive genius Lenny Bruce and how he kicked open the potential for what comedy can be.

In part 2 of our first episode, we discuss origin stories of the world and their relationships to blockbuster movies and discuss what we learned. Fun fact: We do have a twitter now. We just haven't done anything with it.

On part one of SOTSOG's very first podcast episode, John and JJ talk about the prog rock band Genesis, their creative arch, and how to be more like Phil Collins. Fun fact: You may notice the hosts saying "On the Shoulders of Giants," because at this point we didn't realize there was a podcast with that name already. So we added "Standing" and got SOTSOG.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is a podcast about art, artists, and the creative process, and it can neither confirm nor deny any connection to Area 51, MKUltra, or the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Get ready for Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (SOTSOG) the podcast about art, artists, and the creative process. Join your hosts John and JJ twice monthly to discuss stories and myths related to your favorite artists like Picasso, George Carlin, Kanye West, and John's dad. Learn more about the creative process and how to harness your own artistic potential, while relishing in the wit and charm of two actual artists! Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: the view from up here is beautiful.