Our guest on this episode is the well-traveled, well-spoken, and unapologetically outspoken musician Mark Rubin. From co-founding the influential Americana trickster band The Bad Livers to being a leader in the contemporary klezmer scene, Mark’s storied career strands weave together perfectly in this latest release, The Triumph of Assimilation. We talk about the new album, his experiences as a Southern Jew, the intersectional fascism reboot, cultural appropriation do-nots, and Yiddish songwriter/poet Mordechai Gebirtig. 

Featured music is “It’s Burning,” “A Day of Revenge“,”Royal Street Shuffle” and, just in time for Revenge of the 5th, “The Dark Side Has Doughnuts,” by Mark Rubin, courtesy of the artist. 

FOLLOW MARK AND PRE-ORDER HIS NEW ALBUM
https://www.jewofoklahoma.com/

LEARN MORE ABOUT MORDECHAI GEBIRTIG

At Home with Mordechai Gebirtig
https://ingeveb.org/texts-and-translations/at-home-with-mordecai-gebirtig

"Our Town is Burning" and "A Beam of Sunlight"
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/yiddish-translation/our-town-burning-and-beam-sunlight

Mordechai Gebirtig Memorial (link is to English translated page from original Polish)
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=https://mordechaj-gebirtig.pl/&prev=search&pto=aue

Wiki Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Gebirtig

P.S. SARAH AND JOY WERE REMEMBERING THAT THING ABOUT THE COLOR BLUE CORRECTLY! 
https://www.iflscience.com/brain/when-did-humans-start-see-color-blue/

Episode 26: Playing in Parables with Mark Rubin

Smoke Break performed by Emily Yates

Tonight on Full Circle we will spend the hour with folk music artist, podcaster and military veteran Joy Damiani. On tonight’s show we’ll hear an interview with graduate Apprentice Sara Blanco and Joy Damiani as she speaks about music, the military, the recruitment of our children and of course war and peace. We also hear some of her music. We will close the show with an announcement of some upcoming events.

Full Circle 04-08-2022 Joy Damiani

The pod is almost ready for launch!

We’ll be live June 15th! In the meantime, here’s a tiny taste.

What the Folk Teaser

These are revelationary times, there are folks out there doing the real work, and these two affable weirdos want to talk to all of them. Join writer/librarian Sarah Baranauskas and singer/songwriter Joy Damiani* as they sit down for uncensored conversations with artists, organizers, educators and a glimmering array of visionaries. If you’re seeking deeper understanding, insight, and maybe even a medicinal dose of hope with your apocalypse, accompanied by a soundtrack of indie music, this might be What the Folk you’re looking for. 

*formerly known as Emily Yates

Episode 26: Playing in Parables with Mark Rubin

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