140 - Eric Berkowitz (Author: The Boundaries of Desire)
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan
Chris Ryan
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2015
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Eric Berkowitz is a San Francisco-based author and human rights lawyer. His journalistic work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, California Lawyer, and the Washington Post, as well as websites such as Huffington Post, AlterNet and Salon. His books on sex and the law both kick serious ass.
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| 0:00.0 | Radio mano, papacciango |
| 0:30.0 | Hello podcast listeners, this is Chris in Portland, Oregon |
| 0:35.0 | Beautiful sunny day here, lovely day |
| 0:39.0 | And yeah, this week's guest is Eric Berkowitz |
| 0:44.0 | Eric fucking Berkowitz, he's an author of two |
| 0:49.0 | Fantastic monumental works about the intersection of sexuality and the law |
| 0:58.0 | He's a lawyer, my understanding is he made a shit ton of money |
| 1:03.0 | And now he only does law when he feels like it most of it pro bono work |
| 1:08.0 | Which means for free, for those of you who don't speak Latin |
| 1:12.0 | Helping people with on asylum cases and so on |
| 1:16.0 | We talk a bit about his legal work in the podcast |
| 1:19.0 | And he's written these two books, amazing books |
| 1:23.0 | The first one's called Sex and Punishment |
| 1:26.0 | Which basically covers the intersection of legality and sort of sexual legislation |
| 1:33.0 | And trying to control sex through law |
| 1:37.0 | From the beginning of going way back to the ancient Greeks and Romans |
| 1:43.0 | Early Christians through the medieval period right through the 19th century |
| 1:49.0 | And then the second book, which I've got sitting right over there |
| 1:54.0 | Is called The Boundaries of Desire |
| 1:56.0 | And that covers the 20th century up till today |
| 1:59.0 | Fantastic books |
| 2:01.0 | Now if it sounds dry and heavy to you, Rest of Short Eric is a fantastic writer |
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