Episode #453
Molly Crabapple
Books mentioned
Dear Reader
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:01:20
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:27:39
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Drawing Blood
Mentioned by Molly Crabapple · at 01:59:02
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Artist and journalist Molly Crabapple joins Joe Rogan to discuss creativity, art careers, and the economics of galleries and comedy venues. The conversation covers policing, drug policy, civil liberties, U.S. foreign policy, financial corruption, political art, and emerging immersive technologies, before turning to virtual reality, music, authenticity, and Crabapple’s forthcoming memoir and art books.
What they talked about
- Painting a 50-foot mural in London
- Modafinil as a performance-enhancing drug
- Creative process and dealing with failure
- Artist economics and gallery system
- War on terror and Guantanamo Bay
- Reality TV and cultural decline
- Government surveillance and civil liberties
- Psychedelic art and Alex Grey
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