About this episode
The episode features a discussion on anti-war manifestos and significant literary works related to civil liberties.
Jake and Phil are joined by Amy Sohn, author of The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age, to discuss the 1967 anti-war manifesto A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority and Allen Ginsberg's 1956 poem Howl. The Manifesto: A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority https://vietnamwar.lib.umb.edu/warHome/docs/1967CallToResistIllegit.html The Art: Allen Ginsberg, Howl https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl
People in this episode
Hosts: Jake, Phil
Guest: Amy Sohn
Topics covered
- anti-war manifesto
- civil liberties
- Gilded Age
- poetry
- censorship
Keywords
- anti-war
- manifesto
- Allen Ginsberg
- Howl
- Amy Sohn
- censorship
- civil liberties
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Poetry Foundation
Books & works: The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age, A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority, Howl
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