Part Two: How Woody Guthrie Turned Folk Music into a Weapon
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Welcome back to the Court of Robert Evans Bastard Guy podcast. Yeah, that's right. I got a gavel. See? Take that, our engineers. They're not going to be happy. Who let you get a gavel? I got sent this by the judge. Again, it works exactly like vampires made me. And it's lovely. It's a beautiful gavel. Look at it.
Yeah, I can also buy that from, like, Toys R Us or whatever children's store has survived.
It would mean nothing at all in your hands, Sophie. You haven't gone through the extensive training and preparation to become a United States municipal judge like I have.
Cool. So cool.
Welcome back to Behind the Bastards.
I really hate that you have power of any kind.
I know. I know. Tremendous power. Unaccountable power. I'm now eligible for the Supreme Court, although I think technically anyone is. Fuck.
I actually think you would be a... No.
Yeah, I'd be a great Supreme Court judge.
You'd be better than what?
You'd be great Supreme Court like 90% of the time, and then 10% of the time you'd be like, I think that everyone should have a personal nuke.
Yeah, you'd be chaos monster.
But here's the thing. I think you'd be better. There's not going to be any more home invasions, Margaret.
You're better than the nine we have, you know?
That's very true.
Quite accurate.
That's probably true. Yeah. Well, speaking of someone who would have been better on the Supreme Court, Woody Guthrie. That's who we're talking about in part two of these episodes. Yep. Not his dad, though. Not his Klansman father.
Before we jump into this, though, I want to plug something really fast, if that's okay.
Uh-oh.
I just want to plug a series that our colleague and my dear friend, Jamie Loftus, has been doing on her podcast, 16th Minute of Fame. Ever heard of it? About the Manosphere. I think the On the Bastards audience would really enjoy it. Jamie has worked very hard on it. The writing is incredible. Yeah. So check that out on 16th Minute of Fame.
The Manosphere, if you're not aware, is like the kind of colloquial term for this network of far right, generally like masculinity influencers, all of whom have fed into the Trumpist movement and groups like the Proud Boys. It's a very important like social phenomenon that explains a lot of why we are where we are right now. And Jamie does a great job of breaking it down. So check that out on 16th Minute.
Robert is interviewed on one of the parts. Ooh.
Sure. I've only heard part one so far. I am. I am. Well, speaking of part two, let's do part two of these episodes, huh? Yes, sir. I also haven't heard part two of this one yet. Let's kill it. Let's murder it. Let's bury it in the woods in a tree stump, under a tree stump, so that nobody finds it. And then cash in at Social Security for years. I don't know what I'm doing here, Margaret.
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