Episodes

Monday Apr 10, 2023
Live in Brisbane
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Sunday's benefit concert for Green Left was recorded brilliantly with soundboard audio as well as an ambient mic, by none other than Alex Bainbridge.

Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
New song: ”Ram Mohamed Singh Azad”
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Ram Mohamed Singh Azad was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London, England on July 31st, 1940.

Saturday Mar 25, 2023
New song: ”Ballad of the TikTok Ban”
Saturday Mar 25, 2023
Saturday Mar 25, 2023
The idea that TikTok is less trustworthy with our data or with their algorithms than scandal-ridden platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube is completely preposterous, based entirely on fantastical, nationalistic and xenophobic notions of the world, its corporations and its billionaires, having nothing to do with how anything actually works.

Friday Mar 17, 2023
New song: ”The Panic Is On”
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Here's one for the latest bank bailout.

Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Occupy Reflections: 2011, 2020, and Beyond
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Before all the banks fail, we lose our jobs, and go out into the streets again, some reflections on the last time that happened.

Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
A Very Brief History of Capitalism, Empire, and the Yellow Peril
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
The vilification of China and the Chinese people in the US -- and Russia and Russian people, among others -- goes way, way back.

Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Australia Tour PSA
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
I made a musical little 55-second public service announcement to promote my imminently-approaching tour of the east coast of Australia. Tour info at davidrovics.com/tour!

Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
There is widespread recognition that Portland's public schools are under-funded and under-staffed (like most of the public schools throughout the United States). There is an ill-conceived initiative to reform the Local Schools Foundation. The LSF is the primary reason the better-functioning schools are able to function better, and this reform would kill it, in the name of equity. But if the answer is taking money from an already under-funded, under-staffed elementary school, then we're asking the wrong question. More info and to get involved: Save PPS Foundations

Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Tortuguita’s Playlist
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Tortuguita was killed by Georgia state police on January 18th, 2023. A few days ago a friend of theirs sent me a playlist on Spotify.

Monday Feb 27, 2023
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, David Rovics (Extended) February 25th, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
The extended version of the interview from Saturday.