The Disapproval of Movies

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The only way they can get away with this is that the people who are saying those things, everybody understands that it is not at all a reflection of those actors as true beliefs. And I think that the distance between the committee of writers in the writers room and the people who finally deliver those lines is what keeps them protected. The message of Veep isn't particularly I do have race and whatever. But the movie does have movies carrying moral messages. It's part of a communication. You could like it or you don't like it.

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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