{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Thin Veil with Ezra Lipp","title":"The Cost of Our Silence: Alexi Murdoch on Why Artists Must Take Sides","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4413,"description":"In this episode of The Thin Veil, I sit down with critically acclaimed British musician Alexi Murdoch for a wide-ranging conversation about art, activism, Western culture, and the personal and professional costs of speaking in support of Palestine.\nAlexi reflects on why he has found it increasingly difficult to simply retreat into the creative process while witnessing the genocide in Gaza, and why he ultimately felt compelled to use his platform more directly. He discusses the tension between art as an indirect way of awakening empathy and the urgency of speaking plainly when people are suffering.\nThe conversation also explores Alexi’s 2025 trip to Palestine, what he witnessed in the West Bank, the experience of meeting Palestinians living under occupation, and how that experience changed his understanding of the situation. He also offers many reflections on the broader Western material culture we are living in, and the shallowness this moment is exposing about it.\nAlexi and I recorded this conversation in March 2026, before the first episode of The Thin Veil was released. I’m rebroadcasting it now because I think the questions we wrestled with then remain deeply relevant—and because many of you who have discovered the show since its earliest episodes may have never heard this conversation.\nThis also felt like an important conversation to re-air in a time when artists stances on this are being increasingly scrutinized and leading to greater consequences.\nAlexi Murdoch: https://aleximurdoch.com/\n⭐️PLEASE LEAVE A RATING AND REVIEW OF THE SHOW\n\n❤️ SUPPORT THE SHOW\nLEAVE A ONE-OFF TIP ON KO-FI\nBECOME A REGULAR SUPPORTER ON PATREON\n\n 🇵🇸GET INVOLVED \nJEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE\nCONNECTING GAZA\n\n🎙 LISTEN / WATCH / FOLLOW THE THIN VEIL\nTHE THIN VEIL ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS\nTHE THIN VEIL ON YOUTUBE\nTHE THIN VEIL ON INSTAGRAM\n\n✍️REACH OUT / SEND FEEDBACK\nTHETHINVEILPOD@GMAIL.COM\n\n👋 FOLLOW EZRA\nEZRA ON INSTAGRAM\nEZRA ON FACEBOOK\nEZRA'S WEBSITE\nEZRA ON YOUTUBE\n\n🎵 THEME MUSIC BY...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fhBUvd45_rNnoJ7g61jw-mCpqqEbrbUP0UY24votLns/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MDBm/OTU5ODQ3ODA4OTU0/OTU4MTcxNDM3ZGI1/N2NmNy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}