{"podcast":{"title":"Against the Grain: The Farm Aid Podcast","slug":"against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947","podcast_index_feed_id":6618947,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2273568.rss","website_url":"http://www.farmaid.org/podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/cj5jput0lvm3bz4j6z758maqzjdo?.jpg","author":"Jessica Ilyse Kurn and Michael Foley","episode_count":29,"summary":"“Against the Grain” is the Farm Aid podcast, designed to bring the magic of Farm Aid’s annual festival to listeners year-round. Listeners will hear from artists and farmers, advocates and food experts, activists, and policymakers–all of whom are working towards building a more just and equitable farm and food system. Farm Aid’s Jessica Ilyse Kurn and Michael Stewart Foley will take you all over the country, from Farm Aid’s backstage to rural and urban farms and farmers’ markets. There, you’ll meet citizens fighting the industrial agriculture giants, holding the government accountable, and shifting the culture towards a food and farm model that is better for farmers, the planet and for all of us. Learn more at www.farmaid.org/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T16:18:26.872181+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947"},"episode":{"title":"Folk singers and politics","slug":"folk-singers-and-politics","published_at":"2025-07-30T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947/folk-singers-and-politics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947","url":"https://www.farmaid.org/podcast","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2273568/episodes/17582931-folk-singers-and-politics.mp3","summary":"In this first episode of Against the Grain's new series, Artists and Activism, we focus on the American folk music tradition. Music journalist Dorian Lynskey provides valuable historical context. He reminds us that music and politics have mixed from the beginning - even before the dawn of recorded sound - but that its folk musicians who popularized activist song and the trend of showing up in solidarity with those fighting oppression. We talk to folk musicians Steve Earle, Rainbow Girls, Tré ...","meta_description":"In this first episode of Against the Grain's new series, Artists and Activism, we focus on the American folk music tradition. Music journalist Dorian Lyns…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947/episodes/folk-singers-and-politics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947/folk-singers-and-politics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}