Ep. 58 ‘Lust on Trial’ with Amy Werbel

Anthony Comstock is a name that has become synonymous with
censorship in America.


In 1873, he founded the New York Society for the Suppression of
Vice, and his career led to the confiscation or incineration of
more than 3 million pieces of allegedly “obscene, lewd, or
lascivious” material.


On this episode of So to Speak, we speak with Fashion Institute
of Technology Professor Amy Werbel about her new book, “Lust on
Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age
of Anthony Comstock,” and the legacy of Comstock’s “Comstockery.”


Don’t forget! Join us on May 8 at the Comedy Cellar in New York
City for a live debate: “Is there a campus free speech crisis?”
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