That's The Anthem, Get Your [Dang] Hands Up!

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we look closer at hit songs that have taken on broader resonances: from a wistful ode to Puerto Rico to a disco classic about outlasting and thriving to an enduring bop about pushy, unfortunate men — i.e., scrubs.

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0:00.0	Just as I be all the following podcast contains explicit language so you know it's gonna be some custom
0:06.3	So use your headphones or send little to your listening to coast switch from MPR I'm Jean Demby and I'm Karen Griggs
0:11.9	Bevates.
0:12.9	Ha plot twist!
0:13.9	Yeah so I'm sitting in for Shureen.
0:15.9	Okay guys you be?
0:16.9	It's so good to have you in the pod.
0:17.9	It's been a minute since you've been on the pod.
0:20.7	That's another pod.
0:23.8	So what do we owe this good fortune?
0:25.5	Well it's October which is traditionally a month full of tricks.
0:29.0	Usually a little later in the month but whatever but because yellow out there have been such
0:33.1	good little codes which are slugging through all the scream news with us for the past several
0:37.7	months.
0:38.7	It feels like a couple of years but yes only been months.
0:42.4	So we thought we'd offer you a treat this time about us.
0:46.1	So this week we're bringing you a few pieces from MPR's American Anthem series which showcases
0:51.3	songs that are taken on deeper social and political resonances over the years.
0:56.0	The day we have four new anthems first we're going to hear from our coach switch team
1:00.7	mate Adrian Floreedo.
1:02.1	There's a name I've heard in a minute on the podcast anyway.
1:05.6	Adrian has been in Puerto Rico for months covering the devastation and recovery after
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