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Billy Bragg | The Three Dimensions of Freedom
Free Library Podcast
English - September 24, 2019 13:21 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MB - ★★★★ - 106 ratingsSociety & Culture Education free library author lectures books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In conversation with Ian Zolitor, host of The Folk Show on WXPN
Introduced by Cynthia Schemmer
Legendary English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg's more than 40-year musical career melds facets of folk, punk, and protest music with political and romantic themes. Some of his most famous works include Brewing Up with Billy Bragg, Don't Try This at Home, and Tooth & Nail. A longtime left-wing activist, he has testified before a commission that debated reforming the House of Lords and founded an organization that gives musical instruments to prisoners. His recent book Roots, Radicals and Rockers tells the story of the music genre skiffle. In The Three Dimensions of Freedom, Bragg prescribes liberty, equality, and accountability as the antidotes to rising global authoritarianism.
(recorded 9/23/2019)