This Week with David Rovics

A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 3

This episode covers events that took place from 1917-1921.

• The rise and fall of the Working Class Union in Oklahoma
• Danish syndicalism and the Battle of the Borso
• World War 1 and the Pandemic of 1918
• The Russian Revolution and US invasion of Russia
• The Winnipeg General Strike
• The Industrial Workers of the World and the lynching of Wesley Everest
• The Palmer Raids
• Kelly Butte and the use of prison labor in Oregon
• The Tulsa Race Massacre
• The Battle of Blair Mountain

There's no need to start at the beginning, necessarily, but all the episodes out so far can be found at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld, along with notes on each of them.

A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 2

Here's the second episode of A History of the World According to David Rovics. This one covers events from 1846-1916.

The first two podcasts are up now at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld, and the rest will all be up there eventually, free for anyone to download. I would venture to say it's a really good bunch of podcasts, that could be especially good to share with folks who may just discovering people's history or radical politics.

For paid subscribers, 16 episodes are already up. They can be found in the Everything folder -- if you're a CSA member, whether you signed up through Substack, Patreon, Bandcamp, or at davidrovics.com/subscribe, you should have gotten a welcome email with the link to the Everything folder, but feel free to contact me if you need that again!

Solstice Session

I did a bit of an impromptu live broadcast today, on the occasion of realizing I'd be alone in the apartment on a Sunday.

A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 1

This is the first episode in my new podcast series, A History of the World According to David Rovics. In this series, I take on history, starting with what we Americans call the Colonial Era, then working our way forward, tightening up the timeline as we go.

I'll upload new episodes every so often, gratis, here and on other platforms, including at davidrovics.com/history.

For those who are able to become paid subscribers, those who can join my Community-Supported Art program are the folks who make it possible for me to keep doing what I do. If you're already a paid subscriber, thank you! (These posts always go out to everyone, either way...)

The first ten episodes are already up, for CSA members. They can be found in the Everything folder. If you're a CSA member, whether you signed up through Substack, Patreon, Bandcamp, or at davidrovics.com/subscribe, you should have gotten a welcome email with the link to the Everything folder, but feel free to contact me if you need that again!

Watching the World Shrink While Booking the Next Tour

What does it feel like to be canceled by a thousand cuts?

New song: "So Many Ways to Kill a CEO"

By delaying what they then deny
By defending their actions as they watch us die
Well, you know
There are so many ways to kill a CEO

Spotify: Wrapped, Robbed, and Censored

It's #SpotifyWrapped time again, and this year's summary of my presence on the platform is especially Kafka Orwell.

New song: "35 Children A Day"

UNICEF says 35 children per day on average have been killed by Israeli bombs, snipers, or other such means since October 2023. Now the numbers will grow exponentially in the ongoing famine Israeli forces are imposing.

Being the Media, and Being the Publicist

Kamala Emanuel and I -- aka the Ministry of Culture -- are off on another tour of parts of Europe and the US.  Details about all the gigs can be found at davidrovics.com/tour.

Songs for Jabaliya concert recording

With our spiffy new home internet connection, today's broadcast was not a disaster, for a change! I sang songs from the new album, Jabaliya, and other songs as well, mostly from the past year.

It was streamed live, this is what Streamyard calls the "Cloud recording," as opposed to the "Local recording," which is a WAV file that you can find on the Substack version of this podcast.  For tech geeks out there, I'm singing through a Shure SM7B, and playing a Collings guitar with a K&K pickup, plugged into a Focusrite box, which then is connected to the laptop.