Four Lights and Rebel Songs #312
PUB SONGS & STORIES (Atlanta, Georgia) · Feb 3, 2026 · 36:23
PUB SONGS & STORIES (Atlanta, Georgia)
PUB SONGS & STORIES (Atlanta, Georgia) · Feb 3, 2026 · 36:23
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What do Irish rebel songs and Star Trek have in common? This week on Pub Songs & Stories, we raise a glass to courage, truth, and the songs that refuse to obey. From the Easter Rising of 1916 to a Cardassian interrogation chamber, today's songs ask one dangerous question: Do you trust your own eyes? Music from Kinnfolk, Erin Ruth, Marc Gunn, The Irish Lassies
This is Pub Songs & Stories #312
0:29 - Kinnfolk "A Wintertime Feast" from A Wintertime Feast
5:15 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES
Every song has a story, every episode is a toast to Celtic and folk songwriters. Discover the stories behind the songs from the heart of the Celtic pub scene. I am your bard, Marc Gunn, also host of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.
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NEWS
12:39 - UPCOMING SHOWS
The Foggy Dew is an Irish rebel song written to honor people who fought for Ireland's freedom during the Easter Rising of 1916. Instead of praising Irish soldiers who died fighting for England in World War I, the song asks why they were not fighting for their own land instead. It tells of ordinary men and women who stood up against a powerful empire, even when the odds were stacked against them.
That's why it's a rebel song—it's about choosing freedom, courage, and self-respect over obedience. Versions like the one by Erin Ruth keep that spirit alive, reminding us that quiet voices can still challenge injustice and inspire change.
15:09 - Erin Ruth "The Foggy Dew" from Erin Ruth
18:25 - NEW PROTEST SONG INSPIRED BY STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION
"Chain of Command, Part II" from Star Trek: The Next Generation centers on Captain Picard as a prisoner of the Cardassians. His captor, Gul Madred, uses pain and fear to try to control him. But the real goal is not information. It is obedience. Madred wants Picard to stop trusting his own eyes and accept what the government tells him is true. Again and again, Picard is pushed to say something he knows is false. The episode shows how power can try to rewrite reality—and how courage can be as simple, and as hard, as holding on to the truth.
It echoes George Orwell's 1984, reminding us that the final test of freedom is whether we trust our own eyes—or believe the government when it tells us we are wrong.
21:34 - Marc Gunn "Four Lights" from Four Lights single
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