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Welcome back to another weekly podcast of The Rebel Beat! Our very special guest on the show this week is Geoff Berner, the celebrated klezmer radical and Vancouver’s own Whisky Rabbi. Geoff has a new album out now, called “We are going to Bremen to be Musicians” on Coax Records. We caught up with him on the phone from the west coast to talk about many things, including the recent Canadian election, the slow and painful deaths of Stephen Harper and Ariel Sharon, the history of klezmer music, and much more. Enjoy, dance, and celebrate!

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Playlist – October 21 2015

Phil Ochs – Love me, I’m a liberal

Light Rail Coyote – Burn a condo down

Chumbawamba – Always tell the voter what the voter wants to hear

bells roar – Black lives

Jennifer Castle – Working for the man

Geoff Berner – Dance and celebrate

Interview with Geoff Berner

Geoff Berner – Condos

Geoff Berner – Thank you no thank you

Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird – March of the jobless corps

The Unternationale – Oy, ir narishe tsienistn

Di Nigunim – Waraw bunt!

Blackbird Raum – Grist from the mill

Rae Spoon – Sunday dress

Greg Macpherson Band – The day the water dried up from the tap

The Last Internationale – Life, liberty, and the pursuit of Indian blood

Utah Phillips – Anarchy