Did you know that the road scholarship was founded on blood money?

Did you know that everything was founded on blood money?

If you go back far enough.

Hi!

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show,

in the era of cancel culture,

should we still be able to enjoy the art of problematic artists?

Guess the 19th century sin of this dead white man.

Also, do you ever feel overwhelmed by the question

of whether life has greater meaning

when I was 16?

I wrote a paper actually called the Meaning of Life.

Nailed it.

Stephen, we got a great question from a listener

and it asked the question,

should we separate art from the artist?

And in particular, artists like Michael Jackson

or others who you just love their work

and then you discover they've done terrible things.

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