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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