We might think of our culture as progressive, but I’d argue that shame of
the human body has never been higher, in part thanks to a global culture
forming around Facebook’s censoring of breastfeeding Moms, nudes in classic
art, and pretty much anything that even resembles a nipple or even your
kid, naked under a sprinkler. As we shovel more and more of this imagery
from our consciousness we’re telling a dangerous story to the world.

Before this was an issue, there have been many decades of the religious
right beating down what they see as inappropriate. Either literally or
monetarily burning them at the stake. In the early 90s, this happened to
this week’s guest, Jock Sturges, who had been shooting controversial fine
art images of naturist adolescents and their families for decades. His
studio was raided by the FBI and his  photos and equipment was seized.
While the grand jury declined to bring an indictment against him, and the
French government flat out laughed at the charges and instead told the
right that they were huge fans of his work, it was no less ruinous.