Relitigating Metallica vs Napster (2000) with historian and writer Daniel Bessner (University of Washington, Jacobin). We discuss: the music industry, technology, and artists. Plus: Civilization 6, Settlers of Catan, the value of cultural production labor, theorizing state-sponsored art, "working comics" vs celebrity comics, The Replacements, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang Clan, Kurt Cobain, The New School, and more!

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