This Week with David Rovics

Fifth Estate Live with Jess Flarity, sci fi author

Fascinating conversation today with Jess Flarity about sex dolls, video games, and how to write good science fiction.

New song: "It's Been A Year"

I awoke to the news yesterday that it had been one year to the day since the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the state of Oregon. Over the course of the next 24 hours, I wrote this song.

Discussion with Tayo Aluko about Paul Robeson's Love Song

Tayo Aluko's new radio play, Paul Robeson's Love Song, is about important and terrible events that took place in and around Peekskill, New York in 1949. We spend the hour talking with Tayo about the play, and plans for its release on April 9th on www.tayoalukoandfriends.com.

Last Saturday Concert -- Live From My Living Room

Here's the archived version of the last-Saturday-of-the-month concert I just did live on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.  A wholly inadequate musical effort at a month in review.

Discussion with Professor Ben Manski on social movements

We spend the hour with Ben Manski, Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Mason University, talking about the relevance of the tactics and strategies of past social movements, and where things might go next. Ben will be part of an online conversation on March 11 which you can learn more about at benmanski.com.

Discussion with Jason Crane, Vanarchist

We spend the hour with journalist and musician, Jason Crane, who is currently engaged in a wonderful project of discovery involving van living, which you can read much more about at vanarchism.com.

Attila the Stockbroker Introduces David Rovics

Attila the Stockbroker Introduces David Rovics -- I just had a great time playing a set for a music series on a Facebook Group started up by my good friend and comrade on the south coast of England. Here's the archived, MP3 version.

New album sneak peek: "There's Water On The Moon"

The first album I've put out in many years involving drums and bass, as well as all kinds of other cool stuff, will be out soon, in all the usual digital places. Here's a sneak peek, in the form of a very spacey mix of one of the tracks on the album, fresh from Pol Mac Adaim's home studio in Ireland.

Fifth Estate Live with Peter Werbe, author of Summer On Fire: A Detroit Novel

We spend the hour with Fifth Estate editorial committee member and long-time Detroit organizer and radio host, Peter Werbe, who has written a novel, and it is a gripping political thriller about the summer of 1967.

New song: "I Dreamed I Saw Anne Feeney"

An old friend of mine and Anne's suggested I do another rewrite of Earl Robeson's song about Joe Hill. I began with carrying out Robert's songwriting assignment, but then it turned into this. I miss you, Anne.

Note:  I used to post new songs to a separate podcast called Song For Today, but I discontinued that one, and now I'll be posting new songs as episodes of this podcast.