Today on the Scramble, we talk to two cartoonists about the road ahead from the Charlie Hebdo massacre. I'm still wrestling with some of my own questions about what this story means to the world of satire, which I consider vitally important to the health of the world.
There's an arguable case for cartoonists and others really revving up the making-fun-of-radical-Islam machine, just to prove that violence won't deter them. But the satire of Charlie Hebdo often seemed aimed at stirring up people who have already announced they will be easily moved to violence.
There are four dead hostages from the Paris deli who had nothing to do with the satire genre. How would you explain to their families why it was a good idea to print incendiary representations of Mohamed?
Elsewhere on the show, some homage to the show "Transparent" and is it possible that the best album of 2014 was released suddenly in the last two weeks of the year?
GUESTS:
- Dan Perkins (aka Tom Tomorrow) - Cartoonist behind the weekly cartoon, "This Modern World"
- Matt Davies - Author, illustrator and staff cartoonist for Newsday
- Brian Francis Slattery - Writer and Arts & Culture Editor for the New Haven Independent
- June Thomas - Slate culture critic and editor of Outward, Slate's LGBTQ section
Tucker Ives and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
