Rod Benson talks about his varied career as a professional basketball player, fine artist, muralist, and writer. Rod has painted 84 Luigi murals across LA, including one outside our podcast studio. Rod and Mary speak freely about LA fire theories, frustrations with mainstream media, celebrity silence, abolishing NDA's, and why speaking out is an act of resistance.
Timestamps
00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:38 Intro
00:01:52 From Yahoo Blogger to SF Gate Columnist
00:02:27 Why Rod Left Mainstream Journalism
00:04:13 Painting Luigi Murals Across LA
00:08:00 Celebrity Silence
00:14:30 LA Fires, Displacement, and Corruption in Local Government
00:22:00 Famous People, Palestine, and Speaking Out
00:30:00 The NDA Problem in Sports and Hollywood
00:39:10 Harvey Weinstein and the Pressure on Women to Stay Silent
00:43:07 Why Rod Left the Hollywood Hustle
00:45:19 Outro
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