In 2022, Neil Young left Spotify to protest the platform’s support of podcaster Joe Rogan and his alleged misinformation about COVID, bringing the role of music and protest back into the spotlight. Using music to effect social change is nothing new but much has changed since the days of Bob Dylan and social upheaval of the 60s.

To help explain this evolution, we reached James Sullivan, a music and culture writer and journalism teacher at Emerson College. His book “Which Side Are You On? The History of America in 100 Protest Songs” offers a survey of how songs have been embraced by various protest movements over the past century. He joins us from North of Boston.

Follow James on Twitter @sullivanjames and Instagram @sullivanjamesg. Learn more about his writing and buy his books at: jamessullivanauthor.com/

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