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The Lens: Historians and Popular MediaThe Lens: Historians and Popular Media is the off Author: UNC Digital History Lab
The Lens: Historians and Popular Media is the official podcast of the UNC Digital History Lab. Each episode features a conversation with a historian about one or more popular depictions of history, including films, video games, and music. The Lens is hosted by Gabe Moss and Garrett Wright. Language: en Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Lens Ep. 11: Violence, Protest, and Appalachian Identity in Tyler Childers' Music
Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
On this episode of the Lens, Emma and Craig are joined by Lucas Kelley, a PhD candidate in the History Department at UNC - Chapel Hill. Lucas discusses the historical importance of Tyler Childers' most recent album, Long Violent History. Childers released the album in the aftermath of the widespread protests against police brutality around the country in the summer of 2020. The closing track is a rallying call for White Appalachians to sympathize with the protests. We discuss how Childers' uses historical understandings of Appalachia to make an argument, and the long history of violent protest in the mountain South.
