Stealing Culture, Selling It Back: The USA at 250. Liam Lynch in conversation with Patrick Freyne

“America turns 250 this year — and acts every inch the late teenager: brilliant, volatile, and unsure what it's becoming. All the while, in the cross-hairs of a culture war, the Arts appear under siege. But who is up for the fight? Liam Lynch, a cultural nomad native to Ireland, began his 33-year journey into human experiences by creating music festivals, concert tours and integrated entertainment content. He's spent a career between two worlds, and from that mid-Atlantic vantage he watches American pop culture mine, repackage and sell back the heritage it once funded for free. Part fireside, part provocation, this is a conversation about the great cultural heist of our age — and why the art-makers might be the only ones who can change the ending.”