November 1, 2021

“They Add to Intensity”: Danny Goldberg on Artists, Entertainers, and Politics

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the music-business impresario about the impact that artists have on politics.

Illustration by The New Republic

Danny Goldberg is a longtime music-business impresario and political activist, and the author of the new book Bloody Crossroads 2020: Art, Entertainment, and Resistance to Trump. Editor Michael Tomasky talked with Goldberg about what kind of impact artists had on the last election and have on politics generally, as well as what Jimmy Page was really like back in the day.

Michael Tomasky @mtomasky

Michael Tomasky is the editor of The New Republic and the author of five books, including his latest and critically acclaimed The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity. With extensive experience as an editor, columnist, progressive commentator, and special correspondent for renowned publications such as The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Daily Beast, and many others, Tomasky has been a trusted voice in political journalism for more than three decades.