• Episode 1: The Death of Bohemia—And the American Artist’s Complicity

  • Feb 17 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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Episode 1: The Death of Bohemia—And the American Artist’s Complicity

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  • Art has always been a weapon. So why are today’s artists too afraid to fight?In the debut episode of Bohemia, USA, host Robert Jerome Pagan delivers a scathing, unfiltered essay on the gutting of artistic freedom in America—and the cowardice of artists who have sold out instead of spoken up.Drawing brutal parallels between Nazi Germany’s destruction of Bohemia and Trump’s war on the arts today, Pagan lays out the facts:The defunding of the National Endowment for the ArtsTrump’s hostile takeover of the Kennedy CenterThe banning of thousands of booksThe criminalization of queer performanceThe rise of corporate-controlled, algorithm-driven creativityBut the real betrayal? The artists themselves.Where are the protest songs? Where are the films that shake the system? Where is the art that refuses to bow to power? In this blistering call to arms, Pagan exposes how complacency, self-censorship, and the chase for sponsorships have turned American artists into cowards—while the far-right builds its own artistic empire.
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