Send us Fan Mail In this episode, historian Dave Hitchcock, a Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, discusses how his expertise in vagrancy and poverty in early modern England and British Atlantic world use of music, such as broadside ballads, set up his exploration of themes of poverty and homelessness across musical expression. He  contextualizes songs reflecting modern urban poverty and illuminates underlying common themes that include individual versus structural ex...

Connecting Early Modern History with Modern Music

The Story behind the Playlist: Urban Poverty

Songs of Poverty: from Doo Woo to Hip Hop

Hip Hop and the Realities of Urban Poverty

Mental Health, Addiction, and Homelessness

HISTORY MIXTAPES - A Stealth Labor History of Mixtapes with Austin McCoy (Part I)

History Mixtapes explores how music and history intertwine. We will explore how the past can come alive by using music as a primary source, but also think about how listening to music and musical exploration can help us see the past through different lenses and lead us into new ways of connecting. We all tell stories with music: in playlists or mix tapes or other myriad mechanisms. And no one puts their story -- or the past's story -- to the same soundtrack.