NOTABLE EPISODES I RECORDED/PRODUCED/EDITED
"Parental Advisory" and music censorship with Eric Nuzum
Author Eric Nuzum joins us to discuss his 2001 book, "Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America." Nuzum illustrates examples of music censorship ranging from the Reconstruction era, when Southerners were prevented from publicly singing pro-Confederate ballads, to 1967, when the network that aired televised live performances by The Doors and The Rolling Stones asked the bands to alter their lyrics. Nuzum also discusses the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen"; Senate hearings featuring John Denver, Frank
Alfred Hitchcock and Hollywood’s Production Code
Hollywood’s Motion Picture Production Code, popularly referred to as the Hays Code, loomed over films in every stage of movie production from 1934 to 1968. Scripts were reviewed and altered. Actors and filmmakers were forced to redo entire scenes. Editors were asked to cut dialogue and scenes from films. Music was changed. Ultimately, directors had to be cognizant of the censors at all times.
In this episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we interview three prominent guests to track the
Former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser
Ira Glasser is one of the most consequential civil liberties figures in American history.
He ran the ACLU as its executive director from 1978 until his retirement in 2001. In the process, he transformed the organization from a small, $4 million nonprofit with offices in a few cities into a household name with an annual budget of $45 million, a $30 million endowment, and staffed offices in every state, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue
Daryl Davis, a 58-year-old black man, has a question: "How can you hate me if you don't even know me?"
For nearly three decades, Davis has been interviewing members of the Ku Klux Klan to find an answer to that question. However, in the course of his research, he found something he didn't expect to find: friendship.
Flying Dog Brewery: 'Good Beer, No Censorship'
In 2009, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission banned the sale of "Raging Bitch" from store shelves in the state because the commission claimed the beer's name and its label, designed by Steadman, were "detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the general public."
Any other company might have accepted the commission's justification for censorship. But Flying Dog Brewery isn't a company to just roll over.