The Cost of Our Silence: Alexi Murdoch on Why Artists Must Take Sides

Podcast: The Thin Veil with Ezra Lipp · Ezra Lipp

Opublikowano: 2026-09-23

In this episode of The Thin Veil, I sit down with critically acclaimed British musician Alexi Murdoch for a wide-ranging conversation about art, activism, Western culture, and the personal and professional costs of speaking in support of Palestine. Alexi reflects on why he has found it increasingly difficult to simply retreat into the creative process while witnessing the genocide in Gaza, and why he ultimately felt compelled to use his platform more directly. He discusses the tension between art as an indirect way of awakening empathy and the urgency of speaking plainly when people are suffering. <...