Contents

• 00:32 – Tim’s background.
• 03:07 – Political voiceovers.
• 04:31 – Voice acting is acting.
• 06:20 – About NAVA.
• 10:25 – Size of NAVA and the market.
• 12:35 – Experiences on the Hill.
• 17:04 – Economic value of the market.
• 18:53 – Resistance to the cause.
• 21:46 – The challenge does not end with licensing.
• 25:24 – What's resonating on the Hill.
• 28:55 – No FAKES Act.
• 33:29 – Reasons why this conversation matters.
• 40:15 – AI as a tool for creators.
• 44:50 – Is it too late to respond?
• 48:45 – The climate has changed for Big Tech.
• 55:30 – No FAKES reprise.

Episode Contents

• 02:37 - Why I fight for artists rights.
• 07:22 - The biggest threats facing artists.
• 11:52 - The American Music Fairness Act
• 16:27 - Dying of “exposure.”
• 18:40 - A middle-class face on the cause.
• 24:00 - Spotify’s “big payouts” to artists.
• 30:00 - Support for the TikTok legislation.
• 36:10 - Private equity investment in music catalogs.
• 45:00 - The VanGogh diversion.
• 46:10 - Advice to the next generation.
• 50:11 - The latest album Violent Delights.

Pride month is more than celebratory in a time when book bans are on the rise in the United States, and 26% of the titles banned “have LGBTQ+ characters or themes,” according to PEN America. With politicians like Ron DeSantis determined to make “anti-wokeness” part of the Republican brand, this neologism for hate-speech has taken the form of book and media censorship in school and public libraries around the country. One of these banned books, entitled Worm Loves Worm, was written by a close friend named J. J. Austrian, who joins me for this episode of the podcast. Illustrated by Mike Curato and published by Harper Collins in 2016, Worm Loves Worm is a story for young children about two earthworms getting married and trying to figure out which is the bride and which is the groom while navigating the not-so-helpful advice and opinions of the other bugs and critters in attendance. 

Show Contents

• 01:22 - How does it feel to be among the banned?
• 03:42 -  The creation of Worm Loves Worm.
• 08:12 - What children get from Worm Loves Worm.
• 09:36 - It’s not about sex. Indoctrination to what?
• 12:23 – Attacks on the transgender community.
• 15:03 – Did you expect the backlash when the book first came out?
• 18:34 -Is it hard not to look at the negative comments?
• 20:19 – The “shotgun wedding.”
• 21:50 - Increase in attacks since it was first published.
• 24:10 - More worried about middle grade and young adult readers.
• 28:10 - Ever criticized for writing about a subject that’s not your subject? (outside your lane)
• 34:45 - Do you have Woke Mind Virus?
• 37:15 – A conversation about satire.
• 44:33 – How banning can affect the author.
• 47:44 - The victim’s narrative.
• 50:15 – Hope for the future?
• 52:44 – The Printing Press and the Internet
• 57:05 – Love is love.