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Macklemore, Robert Kraft and the debate over music and politics

Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with Jon Blistein, senior writer for Rolling Stone, about the conflict between music and politics highlighted this week by the Macklemore and Ed Sheeran tour debacle.

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