Introducing...Hemingways's Picasso

Introducing...Hemingways's Picasso

Steve Kough lived many lives. He was an NFL journeyman, a male model, and one of the most well-connected smugglers in 1980’s Miami, the “Drug Capital of the World." Kough collected many souvenirs from his adventures, but his most treasured bounty – a beautiful ceramic, crafted by Pablo Picasso and gifted to Ernest Hemingway at the author’s Cuban home, the Finca Vigia... or so the story goes. Lost during the Cuban Revolution, the artwork resurfaced when Kough took it as a payment for drug run financed by the notorious Pablo Escobar. Kough passed away in 2018, passing the piece down to his son, Stevie, a skateboarding hippie growing weed in California. Stevie feels he needs to complete his father’s mission – of selling this piece and telling Steve’s cinematic life story. So, is the Picasso authentic—or a fraud? Was Steve Kough a big talker or a real deal smuggler? Does any of that matter or is this a story of aspiration, legacy, and difficult love? Tune in on Monday’s starting on October 18th to find out! This is a Somethin' Else production in association with Vespucci. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(13)

The Kingpin

The Kingpin

Carlos Lehder isn’t a celebrity like Escobar, but the truth is that, without Lehder, Escobar would never have become a wildly famous drug kingpin.  Lehder, the German-Colombian, drug-trafficking ge...

27 Dec 202118min

The Writer

The Writer

Ernest Hemingway was embraced by many Cubans as Papa, the everyday man who lived in the iconic seaside estate, Finca Vigia.  He wrote some of his most masterful novels in Havana, Cuba - and lived quit...

20 Dec 202120min

The Artist

The Artist

We speak to Antony Penrose, the son of artists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose. He and his parents spent summers in the South of France with Pablo Picasso, one of the most recognized artists of the 20th...

13 Dec 202117min

Chapter Seven: The Answer

Chapter Seven: The Answer

Once Stevie hears about Steve's cancer, he brings his dad to Temecula, California to battle his illness together. Jamie tries to help, but can't figure out her place with her father and brother. Then,...

6 Dec 202148min

Chapter Six: Verso

Chapter Six: Verso

The consequences of Steve’s actions as a father and drug smuggler have lasting effects on his loved ones.  Stevie, his son, recounts an altercation he had with his father when he was 18, and how it s...

29 Nov 202146min

Chapter Five: The Equation

Chapter Five: The Equation

Leah attempts to understand how Hemingway could have ended up with a Picasso ceramic by examining the relationship between these two important figures.  She goes through the work Steve Senior alrea...

22 Nov 202146min

Introducing...Operator

Introducing...Operator

During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.”  He ran...

17 Nov 20216min

Chapter Four: Poor Pablo

Chapter Four: Poor Pablo

After being released from prison in 1984, Steve tries his luck at getting a normal job.  But when his past kept catching up with him, Mustafa Hamshaw, AKA Joe Pegg, gives him a chance of a lifetime. ...

8 Nov 202149min

Populärt inom Samhälle & Kultur

podme-dokumentar
svenska-fall
gynning-berg
p3-dokumentar
en-mork-historia
aftonbladet-krim
skaringer-nessvold
spar
mardromsgasten
hor-har
aftonbladet-daily
creepypodden-med-jack-werner
killradet
p3-historia
kod-katastrof
rss-mer-an-bara-morsa
flashback-forever
vad-blir-det-for-mord
historiska-brott
sanna-berattelser