Permanent Record Podcast

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Mike Olandese

2026-11-0529:15

Mike Olandese: The Strange and Unusual World of Arcanexus Designs In this episode of The Permanent Record Podcast, host Gerard Legagneur enters the strange and unusual world of artist Mike Olandese, the creative mind behind Arcanexus Designs. Mike transforms animal skulls, bones, vintage taxidermy, and other unusual objects into distinctive works of art. He shares how his fascination with the macabre developed, where he finds inspiration, and what goes into creating pieces that blur the bound...

Brooke Weston

2026-10-2140:00

A purple deer with a dollhouse tucked inside its torso. A glowing bay window emerging from its neck. A spiral staircase leading to a dining table perched on its antlers. In Brooke Weston’s work, discarded taxidermy becomes the setting for intricate miniature worlds that invite you to look closer. In this episode of the Permanent Record Podcast, we sit down with the mixed media artist behind these surreal creations to explore what she calls “fantasy taxidermy.” Working with old, damaged mounts...

Sabrina Hansen

2026-10-0728:34

Sabrina Hansen is a private natural history collector whose collection includes rare antique taxidermy, extinct species, Victorian dioramas, and museum-level specimens. In this episode of the Permanent Record Podcast, Gerard talks with Sabrina about her early life in Montreal, her training at the National Ballet School of Canada, her time studying and acting in New York, and the path that led her from Broadway to one of the most fascinating private natural history collections in the country. ...

Tom Valvassori

2026-09-2338:02

Tom Valvassori is a tattoo artist, lifelong maker, and taxidermy collector whose work is rooted in permanence, craft, and the stories people carry with them. In this episode of the Permanent Record Podcast, Gerard talks with Tom about learning to tattoo the old-school way, why he still draws by hand, the connection between tattooing and taxidermy, the strange art of collecting, and the unforgettable moments when giving someone exactly what they asked for became something much deeper. To lea...

Doug Arbittier

2026-09-0942:36

Doug Arbittier is an anesthesiologist, medical historian, and collector whose more than 3,000 antique medical and surgical artifacts reveal the strange, beautiful, and sometimes shocking history of medicine. In this episode of the Permanent Record Podcast, Gerard talks with Doug about bloodletting tools, Civil War surgery, President Lincoln's assassination artifacts, the $5 doctor’s chair that started his collection, his private medical history museum, appearances on Pawn Stars and Jeopardy, ...

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