I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic.
And the Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, is really into Celtic punk music.
Who knew?
He listens to one band in particular when he's getting ready for work.
I listen to them in the morning when I'm trying to wake up.
You know, the boys are back and, you know,
smash shit up or whatever good songs to listen to in the morning when you're trying to,
like, get motivated.
Those songs are by Dropkick Murphys, who, by the way, have an album out this week.
Their front man is Ken Casey.
And Jeff saw a clip one day of Casey doing something interesting at one of his shows,
something Jeff thought was unusual, risky, maybe even brave.
Wait, you just called up Ken Casey one day.
Why were you interested in him?
If you actually want to know the real reason why, Do you want to know the real reason why?
I do, because I don't pin you as a hardcore fan, you know?
There is no bigger fan of Celtic punk music in this podcast studio than this guy.
But the real reason I'm interested in this is I admire people who try to say something explicit with their music.
Obviously, explicit.
to a degree, if it becomes just a platform, then it's not very interesting music, right?