This Week with David Rovics
If I do an interview, whether as the interviewer or interviewee, or a livestream event, new song, or various other things, it’ll often go out as a podcast.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2025
New song: "Deport the Billionaires"
If we deported the billionaires and nationalized their wealth, the rest of the US could be twice as well-off at least. A much better deal than whatever benefit we're supposed to get from deporting ou…
Why the Resistance Needs Music
Lots of folks are desperately wondering how we build the resistance. If such efforts have any chance of success, history shows that it had better be a resistance that sings together.
Will the Real Wobbly Please Stand Up?
If you're a card-carrying member of the IWW or just Wobbly-adjacent, this message is for you. (If you've never heard of the IWW, it's also for you.)
"Trump 2.0" REMIX
I think this will be the last track on the new album documenting the past few months of our collective jump from the frying pan to the fire.
"Blinken's Last Press Conference" REMIX
Last Thursday, at Secretary of State Antony Blinken's last press conference, journalist Sam Husseini asked such pointed questions that they had to drag him out of the room.
Yet another brilliant remi…
New song: "Blinken's Last Press Conference"
Last Thursday, at Secretary of State Antony Blinken's last press conference, journalist Sam Husseini asked such pointed questions that they had to drag him out of the room.
"Across the Street from Ebenezer" REMIX
As people in Atlanta prepare to remember Martin Luther King, Jr., on the weekend after MLK would have turned 96, let's also remember Cornelius Taylor, who was run over by a municipal vehicle on Thurs…
New song: "Across the Street from Ebenezer"
Cornelius Taylor was killed by a municipal vehicle while sleeping in his tent, across the street from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the day after Martin Luther King's birthday, as the …
A History of the World EPISODE 13
Listen to episode 13 first, or start at the beginning at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2011-2013-
Navy Seals kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan (“Osama Bin Laden is Dead”)
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A white supremacist …
A History of the World episode 12
You can start here with episode 12, or start at the beginning at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld. If you're enjoying the podcast series, please tell people about it.
2009-2011- The killing of Osc…
A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 11
Start at the beginning with episode 1 of the podcast series at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld or just listen to episode 11 here.
2004-2008- The Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal breaks in the New…
A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 10
Start with episode 1 at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld or start here with episode 10.
2002-2004- Israeli invasion of Jenin (“Jenin”)
- Heightened border security resulting from global justice movem…
Lao Tzu, the Syrian Revolution, and Anti-Social Media
Talking about critical analysis of history and current events (or not), and some ancient Chinese philosophy.
Demonetizing, Deleting, and Disappearing David
YouTube has just informed me that my channel has been permanently demonetized — not just a 90-day suspension as I had previously been told. There is no possibility for redress, they say. It’s a lifet…
A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 9
Listen to everything from the beginning at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld or just start with this one!
2000-2002
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The rise of the global justice movement in its many forms, such as the guerrilla…
"The Siege of Kamal Adwan Hospital" REMIX
A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 8
Listen to everything from the beginning at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld or just start with this one!
1980’s and 1990’s- The exposure of Israel’s secret nuclear arsenal and the abduction of Mord…