Nude talk shows and Mick Jagger: NYC public access TV's wild free-speech era

New York City's public access cable TV in the 1970s and '80s was a hotbed of free expression, featuring comedy, pioneering gay programming, cutting-edge music and sexually explicit content including a nude talk show. Celebrities like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat made cameo appearances. Director David Shadrack Smith has made a documentary about this cultural experiment. The Doc Talk podcast features Smith discussing the project.

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