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LOUISVILLE, KY - JULY 19: Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings perform during the 2014 Forecastle Music Festival at Louisville Waterfront Park on July 19, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Timothy Hiatt/WireImage)

BROAD kicks the week off with This Land is Your Land by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. This week’s episode is dedicated in memory of Sharon Jones. Rest in power, Sharon.

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We also play Brown Girl by the indomitable Aarahdna, and Ngaiire’s stunning cover of The Less I Know the Better by Tame Impala.

In the news, the Dakota Pipeline protest at Standing Rock is ongoing. BROAD stands with the Indigenous people of Standing Rock, and you can too – find out more through the Camp of the Sacred Stones.

namila2-0-400-0-600Broadcaster and educator Namila Benson is in the studio with Sonja Hammer! Namila has been working in radio for over 20 years, and currently works at 3CR and Triple R. She’s got a lot of important things to say about intersectionality, self-care, racism in the entertainment industry, building a community in the face of oppression, and politics in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the USA.

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