TMHS Episode 29 - Rod Benson

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.Timestamps00:00:00 Trailer00:00:38 Intro00:01:52 From Yahoo Blogger to SF Gate Columnist00:02:27 Why Rod Left Mainstream Journalism00:04:13 Painting Luigi Murals Across LA00:08:00 Celebrity Silence00:14:30 LA Fires, Displacement, and Corruption in Local Government00:22:00 Famous People, Palestine, and Speaking Out00:30:00 The NDA Problem in Sports and Hollywood00:39:10 Harvey Weinstein and the Pressure on Women to Stay Silent00:43:07 Why Rod Left the Hollywood Hustle00:45:19 OutroFollow Rod: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zsorryon/?hl=enFollow Mary: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/maryhoulihanInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/maryhoulie/ twitch - twitch.tv/maryhoulie TikTok - tiktok.com/@maryhoulieSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.