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Podcast: Make Your Damn Bed
Episode: 1382 || rod serling + censorship (part II)
Description: Today we’re talking about Rod Serling’s dealings with censorship and how he turned his frustrations into something profound and timeless.“The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.” - Rod SerlingArticle 1 I referenced: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/early-run-censors-led-rod-serling-twilight-zone-180971837/Article 2 I referenced: https://jfk.blogs.archives.gov/2024/12/18/jfk-in-the-twilight-zone-rod-serlings-letters-to-president-john-f-kennedy/Article 3 I referenc...