Episodes

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Discussion with Peter Phillips, author of Titans of Capital
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
In a special episode of This Week with David Rovics, I had a discussion earlier today with Peter Phillips about his new book, Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity.

Friday Feb 07, 2025
Immigration: Myths and Realities, "The Economy," and What Happened in 2006
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
With Trump's new round of immigration raids, detention centers, and protests against them, I'm remembering two decades ago.

Thursday Feb 06, 2025
New song: "The Richest Man in the World Says So"
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Finally, Elon gets his own song.

Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
"He's Copying Me": Making Sense of the Moment
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Will the real populist please stand up?

Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
"When the People United" REMIX
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025

Sunday Feb 02, 2025
New song: "When the People United"
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
After the worldwide revolution, when the people united, we looked back at our accomplishments.

Saturday Feb 01, 2025
A History of the World EPISODE 16
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Listen to episode 16 first, or start at the beginning with episode 1 at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2020-2022
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The Centers for Disease Control suspend evictions nationwide (“Don’t Pay the Rent”)
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New Zealand/Aotearoa becomes one of the very few places on Earth free of Covid-19 (“Aotearoa”)
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George Floyd is executed on camera, and protests and riots explode across the US (“As I Watch Minneapolis Burn”)
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Sustained protests take place across the US for months and millions of people say that Black lives matter (“Say Their Names”)
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The Trump administration declares Portland and Seattle to be “anarchist jurisdictions” (“Anarchist Jurisdiction”)
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Israel bombs Gaza again, with even bigger bombs than the last time (“Watch the Buildings Crumble”)
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Palestine Action forms in the UK and starts destroying Elbit Systems factories (“Smashing Elbit Systems”)
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There is a Heat Dome over Portland, Oregon and the temperature hits 116F/47C (“116 Degrees”)
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Russian invades Ukraine, and the US imposes sanctions on Russia (“This is Not a Trade War”)
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Georgia state police kill an activist named Tortuguita in a hail of bullets for trespassing (“Tortuguita’s Playlist”)
More episodes
This series basically ends here with 2022. But for a lot of vitally important history on late 2023 and 2024, I have a three-part podcast series very much like this one which you can listen to at davidrovics.com/palestine.

Friday Jan 31, 2025
"Deport the Billionaires" REMIX
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Another brilliant remix from Chet Gardiner's studio in Hawai'i, of my most recent composition, "Deport the Billionaires."

Friday Jan 31, 2025
A History of the World EPISODE 15
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
You can just listen to episode 15, or start at the beginning of the podcast series at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2016-2020
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Thousands of people travel from all over to protest against the pipeline being put through the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota (“Standing Rock”)
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Grenfell Tower burns in London, killing 72 (“Names and Addresses”)
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White supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens (“Today in Charlottesville”)
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The state of Arizona cracks down further on those trying to keep refugees from dying on the border (“I Was a Stranger”)
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The Trump administration institutes the child separation policy on the US-Mexico border (“ICE”)
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Willem van Spronsen dies in an effort to prevent refugees from being deported in Tacoma, Washington (“The Time to Act”)
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The Great March of Return begins in Palestine on Land Day in 2018 (“Land Day”)
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Two-year-old refugee, Mawda Shawri, is killed by police in Belgium (“Mawda Was Her Name”)
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Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, is forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy and imprisoned at Belmarsh (“Behind These Prison Walls”)
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Stella Moris announces to the world that she and Julian have two children (“When Julian Met Stella”)
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Annual numbers of people dying on the streets of Los Angeles County exceeds 1,000 for the first time (“Living on the Streets of LA”)
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Bernie Sanders runs for president again and has his campaign sabotaged by the Democratic National Committee (“Bernie 2020”)
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Jason Hargrove becomes one of the first “essential workers” to die from Covid-19 in the US (“Essentially Expandable”)
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The Oregon Employment Department demonstrates itself to be completely unprepared for the Covid-19 emergency (“Ballad of the Oregon Employment Department”)

Thursday Jan 30, 2025
A History of the World EPISODE 14
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Just listen to this episode, or start at the beginning with episode 1 at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2013-2016
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Edward Snowden reveals the NSA's Prism Program to the world ("Prism")
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I am prevented from entering New Zealand on a mysterious basis ("Spies are Reading my Blog")
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Folks who smashed helicopter gunships with sledgehammers in Australia go on trial ("If I had a Hammer")
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There is a coup in Ukraine, and the Biden family gives the appearance of involvement ("A Biden Ballad")
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The police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Jr. elicit marches across the US ("I Can't Breathe")
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A white supremacist commits a massacre at the oldest Black church in South Carolina ("The State House Lawn")
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A massacre on the Kenya-Somalia border is prevented ("One Day in Kenya")
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Hundreds of thousands of refugees flood into Europe from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere ("Upon Our Shores")
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The autonomous region of Rojava is established in northern Syria ("Rojava")
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Omid Masoumali immolates himself on the island of Nauru in an Australian internment camp ("Leila and Majnun")
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Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader of the British Labor Party ("I Agree with Jeremy")
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Donald Trump launches a campaign for the US presidency, and wins ("Make the Planet Earth Great Again")