- 72
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 87
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Small Subjects
Small Subjects is a podcast devoted to discussing big topics in the worlds of scale modeling, diorama-building, and sculpting and painting miniature figures, as well as presenting interviews with some of the top artists in the field, including every era, and ranging from historical to fantasy subjects. Co-hosts Barry Biediger, who is based in Salt Lake City, and Jim DeRogatis, who lives in Chicago, are the editors of the Web site boxdioramas.com. Both have decades of experience as modelers, though they maintain that they are always curious and always learning. They are dedicated members of the Military Miniature Society of Illinois, where they considered the great Sheperd Paine a friend and mentor. Barry is also a member of his local chapter of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society, while DeRogatis has written, co-written, or edited ten books about popular music and two about miniatures and modeling (Sheperd Paine: The Life and Work of a Master Modeler and Military Historian and Shep Paine’s Armor Modelers Guide). You can contact the hosts at smallsubjectspodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
- Publisher
- Jim and Barry
- Category
- arts · arts · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 72 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026
Episode 72: Various and Sundry, Including, Have we changed our minds about any of our tools we love and hate?
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 71: Joe Berton on What We Can Learn from a Well-Curated Collection
2 Jul 2026
Episode 70: Jake McKee Part 2
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Episode 71: Joe Berton on What We Can Learn from a Well-Curated Collection
Published 3 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And part of it is originality. You have to create pieces that can't just be bought off the shelf. Yeah, I think what you'll see... in Dave's collection is the originality that many of the pieces are one of a kind, sculpted by the painter as well. Now, there's some European team people that, you know, you'll have one guy do the sculpting and the other guy do the painting, but they're both recognized. And I think that work always holds up over the decades. The best of whatever decades still remains the best of that decade and quite often holds its own on what's going on now. Now, that's not to say I've had this discussion with extremely talented painters. […]
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- Joe Berton
- Lou Masses
- Dennis Levy
- Francois Verlinden
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 51 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 36 ratings
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- 43
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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