Protest Songs

In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8!) and Women’s History Month, we are talking protest songs! When words and feelings fail us, music comes to the rescue to help us shout, plead, or sometimes even ask nicely for the change we want to see in the world. Videos:Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi (1971)Pussy Riot: Make America Great Again (2016)Extras:Joni Mitchell ArchivesKCRW’s Lost Notes Podcast New Yorker piece on Rachel CarsonPussy Riot visited the Texas capitol to demand abortion rights  Big Yellow Taxi Animation from the Sonny & Cher Show (1971) The 50 Worst Songs of the 'OOsConnect with us on Instagram (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com (for extra fun)!If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement.And email us at [email protected]! We will write back!