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How Artists Can Make Social Change

Aug 15, 2018 | Culture

Watch music industry veteran Shep Gordon and INET President Rob Johnson talk about how reality TV, celebrity chefs, and surfing explain American politics and economy today.

Interview Featuring

Also with

  • Rob Johnson

    • President
    • President, Institute for New Economic Thinking

Credits: Matthew Kulvicki, Nick Alpha

Video

The Dixie Chicks put their careers on the line when they criticized the Iraq War. But artists aren’t taking the same risks today, says Gordon.

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