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Aug 2017
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#025 Art And Activism With Billy Bragg

Russell Brand
About this episode
Billy Bragg joins me to discuss music’s changing cultural role, as well as the charge of being a “champagne socialist”, the importance of Grime, and the challenge of inspiring people to make change. 

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