Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)

The Big Mates are joined by author of Riffs & Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy, Stephen Lee Naish to discuss the size of Canada, appropriating political ideologies, Fidel Castro, and Know Your Enemy by Manic Street Preachers.

Adam, Steve, Lucas, and er... Steve tackle history and context of the Manics divisive sixth album. How do the Manics react to their success? Did their show in Cuba help or hinder the album? Who is the enemy? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?

You can find Stephen's book here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riffs-Meaning-Manic-Street-Preachers/dp/1909394564

The Manics on CD:UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Njxh6WWIC8

You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!
Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.com

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