Billy Bragg (pt1)

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the first part of Colin Murray’s chat with Billy Bragg, the musician explains what patriotism means to him, talks about his time in the army, what prompted his political activism and the ideal of accountability. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Wednesday 10.30pm to 1am - or available whenever you want via the free BBC Sounds app.

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0:00.0	Newscast is the unscripted chat behind the headlines.
0:05.6	It's informed that in Formal, we pick the day's top stories and we find experts who can
0:11.2	really dig into them.
0:12.4	We use our colleagues in the newsroom and our contacts.
0:15.2	Some people pick up the phone rather faster than others.
0:18.6	We sometimes literally run around the BBC building to grab the very best guests.
0:23.4	Join us for daily news chats.
0:25.6	To get you ready for today's conversations, newscast,
0:29.3	listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.2	Just so you know, this podcast contains some strong language.
0:46.3	Welcome to another Midnight Meet.
0:48.7	And it's unprecedented in the short history of this podcast.
0:52.4	It's with a musician who for over 40 years has been making all sorts of noises
0:57.6	with his guitar, with his voice, with his feet, and with his pen.
1:02.8	He is my milkman, a human kindness.
1:05.4	And this was the first ever Midnight meets.
1:07.8	I went on so long that I asked him to come back.
1:11.4	So this is just part one from January of this year, 2021.
1:16.0	This is just half.
1:17.7	I'll give you the other episode as well.
1:19.1	You can download that.
1:19.9	Don't worry, you can download that.
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