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S02E35 The Music They Tried to Destroy
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There was a time when people gathered in parking lots…
and burned music.
Not because it was bad.
Not because it was worthless.
Because they were afraid of what it was saying.
In this episode of The Mighty Philbert, we dive into the moral panic of the 1980s and 90s—when music stopped being just entertainment and started being treated like a threat.
From record-burning gatherings…
to the rise of the Parents Music Resource Center…
to the infamous “Filthy 15”…
this is the story of what happened when a generation started thinking for itself—and how far some people were willing to go to shut that down.