In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about the need for dangerous artists, why Lenny Bruce and Hunter S. Thompson were so necessary for pop culture, the rabid cowardice of Kosoko Jackson and the YA community, and thoughts on Pride month. 

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Sources mentioned in episode:

- https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/in-ya-where-is-the-line-between-criticism-and-cancel-culture

- https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/ya-book-scandal-kosoko-jackson-a-place-for-wolves-explained.html

- https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/12/218560/who-lenny-bruce-death-drug-overdose-marvelous-mrs-maisel 

- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=920569 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHW51JGtzS4