TASCHEN's monthly serving of art, books, and exciting interviews is essential listening for culture lovers everywhere!

We talk daring expeditions in Afghanistan with veteran photographer Steve McCurry; explore the revolutionary gay art of Tom of Finland with John Waters and Dian Hanson; and find out what it was like to work with Andy Warhol in the 1950s from his first assistant, Vito Giallo. Produced by Eliza Apperly and presented by Arsalan Mohammad

We go behind the scenes of Mario Testino’s revealing new show and book, “Undressed”; explore William Blake’s breathtaking illustrations to Dante’s The Divine Comedy; and discover why Marvin E. Newman is the most important New York photographer you’ve never heard of. Produced by Eliza Apperly and presented by Arsalan Mohammad

Team TASCHEN recalls the legendary Muhammad Ali and his epic “Rumble in the Jungle” of 1974. Art Historian Kimberley Bradley discusses the raw graphics and sexual figuration of Egon Schiele, before Walton Ford and Zoe Lescaze introduce “Paleoart”, a thrilling new book on the art of depicting dinosaurs. Produced by Eliza Apperly and presented by Arsalan Mohammad

Legendary photojournalist Steve Schapiro talks about his work on the civil rights frontier and encounters with James Baldwin; Karl Kolbitz’s new photo book Ingressi di Milano takes us on a tour through Milan’s stunning modernist hallways; and Dian Hanson pays tribute to Chinese photographer, Ren Hang. Produced by Eliza Apperly and presented by Arsalan Mohammad

Welcome to the TASCHEN podcast! We kick off in L.A. with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, who tells us all about the making of the show and the definitive companion book. Veteran rock critic and author Barney Hoskyns chats about the legendary Capitol Records label, before photographer Sebastião Salgado revisits the epic drama of the Kuwaiti oil fires. Produced by Eliza Apperly and presented by Arsalan Mohammad