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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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"You needed songs to cut through all the messages."

In a recent interview American artist  Lana Del Ray spoke about the history of protest songs which got us thinking here on The Hard Shoulder about famous songs that were used as a political tool as part of the Civil Rights Movement in America.  Bill Hughes of Mind the Gap Films joined Ivan on this evenings Hard Shoulder to discuss the history of protest songs.