The Consensus on Free Speech

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I don't know if I agree with you that there's a liberal consensus on this. People were mad that the Sam Rockwell character who was racist got, they said that he got redeemed in the end. The fact that they were having that conversation at all shows that at least for some pieces of art, I don't think that consensus exists like it did around rap music. Nobody says we shouldn't no longer play 50 Cent music, even though he's an admittedly very terrible guy at one point in his life. We can talk all day about whether or not this was a good message or whether 50 Cent is a good guy.

As parents we like to think we have an impact on our children - their future, their happiness, the kinds of people they turn out to be. But are we deluded? Dave and Tamler are joined by empathy's kryponite, the great Paul Bloom, to talk about Judith Rich Harris's view that parents matter a lot less than you might think (while genes and peer groups matter a lot more than you might think) .

Plus, what the connection between art and morality? Should we support "cancel culture"? Is it wrong to play Michael Jackson's P.Y.T. (spell it out) on the radio? What about the Jackson 5? And what about art that is itself immoral? You're not gonna believe this but Louis CK gets mentioned.

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Special Guest: Paul Bloom.

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