Folk Will Save Us Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:14:02 -0400 http://www.folkwillsaveus.org en-us © 2026 Folk Will Save Us yes Support this Podcast 966d824c-ccec-57a7-a5be-a4b248b0836b Folk Will Save Us episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Folk art, tradition, culture, activism, social justice, music, folk music, live music Folk Will Save Us https://storage.buzzsprout.com/i03bxyye6dg4m6lcel158ab8sj69?.jpg Folk Will Save Us http://www.folkwillsaveus.org The Future they Imagined: Daniel Kahn The Future they Imagined: Daniel Kahn Folk-punk Yiddishist Daniel Kahn speaks beautifully about community creation, autonomous cultural zones, and future-gazing.

“It helps me to sing songs about the future that people back then imagined. In doing that, you can uncover all of these dreams that people had that didn’t come to fruition - and that didn’t mean that they were bad dreams. It didn’t mean that they were false hopes. A lot of those dreams were useful to the present.”

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]]> Folk-punk Yiddishist Daniel Kahn speaks beautifully about community creation, autonomous cultural zones, and future-gazing.

“It helps me to sing songs about the future that people back then imagined. In doing that, you can uncover all of these dreams that people had that didn’t come to fruition - and that didn’t mean that they were bad dreams. It didn’t mean that they were false hopes. A lot of those dreams were useful to the present.”

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]]> Folk Will Save Us Buzzsprout-8686712 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:00:00 -0500 3556 Yiddish, klezmer, folk music, punk, community full true Like You're on the Mountain: Slavka Slavtcheva Like You're on the Mountain: Slavka Slavtcheva New Year’s dances and songs from the mountains are what Slavka Slavtcheva says capture the heart of Bulgarian folklore.

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]]> New Year’s dances and songs from the mountains are what Slavka Slavtcheva says capture the heart of Bulgarian folklore.

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]]> Playwright and author Ahmed Ismail Yusuf believes deeply that Somali poetry and song carries the soul of a people. 

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]]> Buzzsprout-5076980 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0500 3406 1 3 full false The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth: Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth: Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra Co-founders of Electric Machete Studios, Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra and Xilam Balam share a tradition of resilience and resistance.

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]]> Co-founders of Electric Machete Studios, Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra and Xilam Balam share a tradition of resilience and resistance.

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]]> Buzzsprout-5076965 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0500 3349 1 2 full false Preview: Folk Will Save Us Preview: Folk Will Save Us Worlds of resilience, solidarity, and beauty are alive in the work of folk artists and culture bearers. This new podcast tells the stories of artists mobilizing heritage music, poetry, and visual art forms as tools to build community and work for justice.

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]]> Worlds of resilience, solidarity, and beauty are alive in the work of folk artists and culture bearers. This new podcast tells the stories of artists mobilizing heritage music, poetry, and visual art forms as tools to build community and work for justice.

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