Air Date 9/1/2025
The way people consume almost every variety of media, entertainment, and art is different now than it was only 10-15 years ago. That means that the way protest music, revolutionary art, and even mass market productions and performances are going to be different, feel different, and likely find you in different ways than in the past. But the drive to create never dies and art will always be part of the resistance to oppression.
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KEY POINTS
(00:49:08) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the strength of diversity that comes through in art
DEEPER DIVES
(00:56:08) SECTION A: CULTURE
(01:29:28) SECTION B: ART
(02:20:20) SECTION C: MUSIC
(02:46:54) SECTION D: ANDOR
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Photo of street art depicting a stenciled version of Putin and Trump kissing a la the art on the Berlin Wall satirically depicting the “fraternal kiss” between the leaders of the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic.
Credit: “Hamburg 2020” by Ittmust | CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Slightly cropped
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