KZUM-The Melting Pot

06/12/2023

Today’s playlist: songs to listen to next time you’re paying bills and need a reminder that you’re not alone in experiencing economic hard times:

Hard Times - Baby Huey
Inflation - Earnest Jackson & Sugar Daddy and the Gumbo Roux
Crime To Be Poor - Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Working for the Man - Roy Orbison
Welfare Line - Highwaymen
Hard Times of Old England Retold - The Imagined Village
1845 - The High Kings
Poor Paddy - The Pogues
Famine - Sinead O’Connor
Xmas Time for Visa - Austin Lounge Lizards
The Capitalist Blues - Leila McCalla
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out - La Santa Cecilia & The California Feetwarmers
Busted - Johnny Cash (with the Carter Family)
9 to 5 - The Puppini Sisters (feat. The Pasadena Roof Orchestra)
Poor Man’s Son - Sad Daddy
Miner’s Refrain - Gillian Welch
Coal Mining Blues - Matt Andersen
Poverty Knocks - Lizzie Nunnery & Vidar Norheim (feat. The Liverpool Socialist Singers)
Black Lung Heartache - Joe Bonamassa
Blackleg Miner - Offa Rex
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live - Bruce Springsteen
Ballad of Accounting - Karan Casey
Millionaire - Said Cleaves
Mr. Welfare Man - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Hard Times - Miko Marks & The Resurrectors
How To Be a Millionaire - ABC

05/12/2023

Inflation is half of what it was last year…but somehow it doesn’t FEEL like it. Maybe the holiday spending is why. I’ve lined up two hours of music about hard financial times and folks surviving them. Soundtrack to remind you it could be worse, on the air from 8-10 am CST at www.KZUM.org, on the TuneIn app, and on the dial at 89.3 fm

28/11/2023

Today’s playlist of “leftovers” from past shows themed about Veterans Day and family bands:

Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
That’s a Plenty / Surfeit, U.S.A. - The Pointer Sisters
Student Demonstration Time - The Beach Boys
Fortunate Son (live in Manchester) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Promises and Pills - SOJA
21 Guns - Green Day
After the Parade - Dan Bern
With God on Our Side - Manfred Mann
Hatin’ Somebody - Brothers Osborne
Working for the Man - Nathen Maxwell & The Original Bunny Band
We Are Here Together - HAIM & Jack Black
A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
Nervis - Trombone Shorty (feat. Cyril Neville and Ivan Neville)
The Ballad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash
Battle Hymns - Tom Morello the Nightwatchman
The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land) - Dropkick Murphys
Satan Is Real - The Louvin Brothers
Atomic Power - The Buchanan Brothers
Hello Stranger - The Carter Family
Soldier’s Last Letter - Merle Haggard
Soldier’s Joy - Nashville Washboard Band
I Am a Patriot - The Burns Sisters Band
Everyone Is Good - The Roches
Soldier Boy - Mason Jennings
Johnny’s Gone for a Soldier - Solas

28/11/2023

Possibly the single best album cover of all time?? 1959 unironic release by the Louvin Brothers “Satan Is Real”.

28/11/2023

Tis leftover season so today’s show is one half a helping of leftover songs from celebrating Veterans Day and one half the family bands singing protest music. Promise it is all heated through for your health and enjoyment! On the air from 8-10 am CST, on the TuneIn app and streaming at www.KZUM.org

28/11/2023

kicks off a season of support for those nonprofits that make your life and the lives of others better. As Lincoln’s community radio station, we reach folks from all backgrounds, in our community through events, sponsorship, community news and of course, GREAT RADIO! If you can’t image Lincoln without KZUM, please consider making a year end gift at KZUM.org.

22/11/2023

Today’s family bands playlist to get you ready for enjoying (enduring?) Thanksgiving with your relatives:

Sister Rosa - The Neville Brothers
Let’s Get Together - The Staple Singers
The Young Folks - Jackson 5
Money - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You ‘Round - The McCrary Sisters
21st of May - Nickel Creek
Strike Not Our Brother Down - Acoustic Syndicate
Ain’t No Man - The Avett Brothers
We Shall Overcome - Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Pete Seeger & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Sorrows and Woes - Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
Common Ground - Blackfire (feat. Cyril Neville and Matt Lavelle)
Brothers & Sisters - The Spiritual Warriors
Proud - Tegan and Sara
Crawl - Kings of Leon
The Patriot Game - The Clancy Brothers
Broken Freedom Song - Rosanne and Johnny Cash
Pick a Fight - The Vespers
The Things We Do to Each Other - Cowboy Junkies
Tomorrow Will Be Kinder - The Secret Sisters
You Gotta Believe - The Pointer Sisters
We Will Not Stop - The Chapin Sisters
I Hope - The Chicks
People Get Ready - The Chambers Brothers
Freedom - The Isley Brothers
Heaven Can’t Take It - Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley
Young Conservatives - The Kinks

21/11/2023

Doesn’t matter which vision of thanksgiving you have: you’ll enjoy the feast of protest music served up by all family bands. These musicians are relatives and they got along enough to record great music, so hopefully they’ll inspire you to enjoy turkey day! On the air from 8-10 am cst at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app and streaming at www.KZUM.org

14/11/2023

Today’s playlist:

I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
The Recruiting Sergeant - The Levellers
Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races - The Pogues
Minstrel Boy - Enter the Haggis
Bring the Boys Back Home - Pink Floyd
Save the Country - Thelma Houston
13th Amendment - Bette Smith
Easy - Seinabo Sey
Underdog - Alicia Keys
Rise Up - Sheryl Crow
Motivate Ya - Big Freedia (feat. Kelly Price)
Compliance - Muse
James Connolly - Dropkick Murphys
Call It a Day - Leon Creek
Paddy’s Lament - Sinead O’Connor
Morphine 1-2 - Mary Gauthier
Hero’s Song - Brendan James
Civil War Lament - Jack Frost
My Uncle - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Hey, Mr. Draft Board - David Peel and The Lower East Side
Draft Dodger Rag - Pete Seeger
Dodgin’ the Draft - Allan Sherman
I’ve Been Drafted - Chuck Foster
Thanks for Their Support - Ray Zimmerman
Working on the Highway - Blitzen Trapper
White Man’s World - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Opportunity - The Bus Boys

14/11/2023

It is National Pickle Day. No, I don’t know what to do with that either. So in lieu of an established pickle celebration, how about listening to two hours of protest music with me this morning? On the air from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.KZUM.org

07/11/2023

Today’s soldier stories playlist for Veteran’s Day:

Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
Johnny Come Lately - Steve Earle
The General - Dispatch
Stalemate - Enter Shikari
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya - Dropkick Murphys
The Archer’s Parade - Enter the Haggis
Barrel of the Gun - The Levellers
Battlefield Dance Floor - Show of Hands
Young Ned of the Hill - The Pogues
Love Vigilantes - New Order
Gun Shy - 10,000 Maniacs
Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Ani DiFranco
Epiphany - Taylor Swift
One More Yard - Evamore & Sinead O’Connor
O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman - Justin LaSasso
One - Metallica
We Saw the Sea - Fred Astaire
The General Jumped at Dawn - Duke Ellington
Fightin’ Doug McArthur - Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
Uncle Sam Says - Josh White
End of War Blues - Charles Brown
Rally Round the Flag - The Weavers
Resist and Bite - Sabaton
Broken Shore - The Black Lillies
Wish the Wars Were Over - Appalachian Roadshow

07/11/2023

Information on how to donate money, blankets or clothing for Pine Ridge Reservation before the drive ends this Sunday November 12:

07/11/2023

Get ready to celebrate Veterans Day with music that tell the soldiers stories, ballads about battles, and applaud heroism even while regretting the need for anyone to go to war. On the air from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.KZUM.org

31/10/2023

Today’s SPOOOOOOOKY playlist:

Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) - AWOLNATION
Zombie - Fela Kuti
You’ve Branded Me a Witch - Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited
Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en? - NAHPI (North American Hallowe’en Prevention Inc.)
The Wolves Have Returned - Nahko and Medicine for the People
Wolves - Rag’n’Bone Man
He’s Got Bone Spurs - Roy Zimmerman
The Gay Agenda - Rocky Mountain Mike
Defenders of Marriage - Roy Zimmerman
Culture War - The Mammals
Hallows Eve - Elle Cordova
Zombie - The Cranberries
Salem - MaMuse
Don’t Take That Attitude to the Grave - Ben Harper
Apocalypse Lullaby - The Wailin’ Jennys
Hunting for Witches - Bloc Party
The Witch - The White Buffalo
Experiment IV - Kate Bush
Raised by Wolves - U2
Zombie Jamboree - Harry Belafonte
In the Graveyard Now - Pokey LaFarge
Wolves Don’t Live by the Rules - Elisapie
Godzilla - Bear McCreary (feat. Serj Tankian)

31/10/2023

Spooky stuff can be political! I’ll have monsters and zombies and bloody bony protest tunes today from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.kzum.org

24/10/2023

Today’s playlist:

United Nations Stomp - Dumpstaphunk
Be a Rebel - New Order
If I Were Free - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Feminists Don’t Have a Sense of Humor (live) - Nellie McKay
Je Suis Africain - Rachid Taha
The Pride - Chuck D
Wavin’ Flag - K’naan
United - Playing for Change
Do Your Own Thing - H. Rap Brown
The Truth Will Set You Free - Labelle
Serve the People - Handsome Furs
Call It a Day - Leon Creek
Brighter Days - Blessing Offor
Allah Elohim - Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express
Black Boys on Mopeds - Sinead O’Connor
Sinners, Saints and Fools - Brandi Carlile
Fragile (Live) - Sting
Stomp Dance (Unity) - Robbie Robertson & Six Nations Women Singers
Invincible - Eddie Vedder
America for Sale - Santana (feat. Kirk Hammett & Marc Osegueda)
More Heart, Less Attack - Becky Buller
Refugee - The Littlest Birds
When the Ship Comes In - The Chieftains & The Decembrists
Exhuming McCarthy - R.E.M.

24/10/2023

Nothing slows down the protest music! On the air from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.KZUM.org

17/10/2023

Today’s playlist invoking peace:

Peace and Understanding (Is Hard to Find) - Junior Walker & The All Stars
Pray for Peace - The Blind Boys of Alabama
Peaceful Dream - Mavis Staples
Peace Will Come (According to Plan) - Melanie
Peace Train ‘03 - Yusuf Islam
One World, One Prayer - The Wailers
One World - Theodor Wolfgang Hanny (feat. Wally Warning)
Peace - Asa
Only One World - Chiwoniso
A Prayer for Our Time - Vusi Mahlasela
Siyaishaya Ingoma (“Sing Out for Love”) - The Idan Raichel Project
Let Us All Unite - Melodysheep (feat. Charlie Chaplin)
What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding - Deacon Blue
World Peace - Dave Pomeroy (feat. The McCrary Sisters)
A Peace of Light - The Roots (feat. Amber Coffman)
Road to Peace - Tom Waits
Belibi - David Broza
Refa Na - Yair Levi & Shai Sol
Dona Nobis Pacem (“Grant Us Peace”) - Yo-Yo Ma
Imagine - Khaled & Noa
Give Me Love Give Me Peace on Earth - The Sachal Ensemble feat. Seu Jorge
Ripple - Playing for Change
Peace Like a River - Page CXVI
Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
Peace in the Valley - Loretta Lynn
Come Together - Primal Scream

17/10/2023

Have some peace and have some music about peace. On the air from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.KZUM.org

10/10/2023

Today’s playlist:

Harlem - Bill Withers
Christopher Columbus - Xit
Mi Destino - Ozomatli (feat. B-Real and Gaby Moreno)
Burn the Damn Thing Down - The Black Keys
Days of Depression - The Reverend Shawn Amos (feat. The Blind Boys of Alabama)
Atomic City - U2
Baltimore - Jazmine Sullivan
Stormtrooper - Pepper
Christopher Columbus - Burning Spear
I’m On Your Side - Michael Franti & Spearhead
Hatred Has a Mother - Jesca Hoop
Anthem - The Slants
Judgment Day - Soul Garage Experience
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand) - Diana Ross
Border Song (Holy Moses) - Aretha Franklin
Trouble in My Way - The Como Mamas (feat. Mary Moore) (live)
Motherless Child - Lou Rawls
Brothers & Sisters - The Spiritual Warriors
Christopher Columbus - Dinah Washington
Blowin’ in the Wind - Etta James
Keep Goin - Jamie Grace
Fuel - Ani DiFranco
Special Announcement - Felice Brothers
Inner City Blues - Living Colour
Unstated - Dominique Fils-Aime
Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers

10/10/2023

It’s that season when you turn on the heat, then later in the day you turn on the AC, then you go back to the heat. So confusing. The one thing that isn’t confusing? Great music. Join me from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.kzum.org

03/10/2023

Today’s playlist:

Try to Keep the Man Down - Flogging Molly
Turn Up That Dial - Dropkick Murphys
Revolt - Muse
Shine On - Bedouin Soundclash (feat. The Skints)
Armagideon Time - The Clash
Un Sueno - Ceci Bastida (feat. Aloe Blacc)
Tout le bonheur du monde - Sinsémilia
Agua - Bomba Estéreo
Peace, Salaam, Shalom - Emma’s Revolution
No Nuclear War - Peter Tosh
Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News - Diana Ross
Hold Your Head Up - The Harlem Gospel Travelers
We the People - The Staple Singers
Redemption Song - Sweet Honey in the Rock
She Keeps Me Warm - Mary Lambert
Cruise - David Gilmour
My City of Ruins (live) - Eddie Vedder
A Change Is Gonna Come - The Neville Brothers
Forfar Sodger - Old Blind Dogs
Strike Not Our Brother Down - Acoustic Syndicate
Shame - Rachel Baiman
Thoughts and Prayers - The Whiskey Farm
Fear - Lenny Kravitz
This Is a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World - Tata Vega
Crisis - Taj Weekes
Victoria - The Fall

03/10/2023

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Community radio is at its best when the organization reflects the community it serves! We encourage all who are interested to apply at KZUM.org/get-involved!

03/10/2023

Whether you’re streaming online or using the old fashioned radio dial, now is the time to click it on. I’m providing you with the two hours of protest music you’ve needed from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm and streaming at www.kzum.org or on the TuneIn app.

20/09/2023

Squeaking closer to goal….if you want to see the cool new tee design, visit www.KZUM.org

19/09/2023

Today’s playlist:

Fire and Brimstone - Sean Rowe
Master Power - Jon Batiste
Make a Stand - Dylan Chambers (feat. Lester Chambers)
100 Tampons - Marcia Belsky
Real Situation - Funkadesi
Body Yako - Captain Planet
Tomorrow - Diana Ross
Jubilee- The Blind Boys of Alabama (feat. Patti Griffin)
He’s Misstra Know It All - Stevie Wonder
Ain’t Nobody Straight in L.A.- The Miracles
Let’s Make a Better World - Dr. John
Buy, Buy American Pie - Capitol Steps
I Can’t Write Lefthanded (live) - Bill Withers
Tulsa Town - Chris Pierce
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet - Ella Mae Morse
Cash for Your Trash - Fats Waller
Jailhouse Blues - Dinah Washington
Down By the Riverside - Etta James
I Rise - Pentatonix
Sisters Brothers - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
All We Need Is Love - Stephan Said
Action - Mavis Staples
Strangers - The Kinks
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat

19/09/2023

Protest tunes radiating happiness to you today. On the air from 8-10 am cst at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.KZUM.org

12/09/2023

Gratitude for all the generous donations to the fund drive this week! Here‘s today’s playlist:

Nobody Makes Money - Fantastic Negrito
War - Edwin Starr
One Love / People Get Ready (live) - The Neville Brothers
Team Names - Marc Yaffee
Conspiracy Theories - Josh Johnson
Be More Kind - Frank Turner
Power to the People - John Lennon
Vote Him Away (The Liar Tweets Tonight) - Roy Zimmerman
Higher Ground - T***s & The Maytals
Keep Your Head Up - Preservation Hall Jazz Band (feat. Eme Alfonso)
My Secret Hope for Native Americans - W. Kamau Bell
Victory Dance - Joey Stylez and Carsen Grey
Raise Hell - Sir the Baptist
We Shall Be Known - MaMuse
Stay on the Battlefield - Sweet Honey in the Rock
Amen / This Little Light of Mine - Etta James
My People - Cha Wa
Find Your People - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
Por Si Acaso No Regreso - La Sra Tomasa
Cuba (Tiene Sabor) - BUNT. (Feat. Omara Portuondo)
Bills - LunchMoney Lewis
Good Day - Seratones
My Dog - Carrie Newcomer
99 Love Balloons - Nena

12/09/2023

Happy Gotcha Day to this happy furball. When I saw first saw this fuzzy face in 2020, I had no idea how much she joy she would bring me. Their best guess is that she is 13 (which is pretty old for a German Shepherd mix), but she thinks she is a puppy who just happens to be a little slower from arthritis.

It is ALSO the KZUM fall fund drive. If you’d like to donate to support your local nonprofit radio station, maybe do $13 for Lucy? Donate online at www.KZUM.org And feel free to listen to my show this morning (just like Lucy does at home!) from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, or on the TuneIn app, and streaming at www.KZUM.org

08/09/2023

06/09/2023

Today’s playlist:

Worker’s Song - Dropkick Murphys
Career Opportunities - The Clash
Rise Up You Workers! - Los Duggans
Working Woman - Grace Pettis
The Chemical Worker’s Song - Great Big Sea
Raise the Wage! - Damian Washington
Sante - Stromae
Minimum Wage - Lila Downs
Work Song - Nina Simone
The Hardest Working Woman - Martha High
Working Man - Bo Diddley
White Collar Holler - Stan Rogers
Statues - Josh Johnson
Black Man in a White World - Michael Kiwanuka
All Along the Watchtower- The Brothers and Sisters Gospel Choir
Working for the Government - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Working Man - Eddie Kirkland
This Bitter Earth - Dinah Washington
Business As Usual - Roberta Flack
Each Small Candle (live) - Roger Waters
Dead End Street - Lou Rawls
Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto - The Philadelphia International All-Stars
Peace Perfect Peace - T***s and the Maytals
On the Sunny Side of the Street - New Orleans High Society
Feels Like Freedom - Ruthie Foster
Political World - Bettye LaVette
This Train / Ezekiel and the Wheel - Laura Love
The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon

05/09/2023

Pulllllllll yourself to the radio to get help as you pulllllllll yourself back into the work week after your three day weekend. Protest music will make it worth while, or at least slightly more bearable. On the air from 8-10 am cst at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app and streaming at

KZUM Special Presentation: E.N. THOMPSON Interview: Sändra WashingtonThis is a special presentation by KZUM. This special presentation features an interview with Lincoln City Council member Sohn-Dra Washington. Washington will be hosting a panel as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum called “A Conver...

30/08/2023

Coming right up! Our Fall Fund Drive is the last chance to support KZUM before the end of our fiscal year! It’s more important than ever that independently produced news and music programming survives. Put your support where your home is and donate to KZUM! KZUM.org or call 402-474-5086!

29/08/2023

Today’s playlist of all live tracks:

Get Up, Stand Up (live) - Sting, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N’Dour, Bruce Springsteen
Freedom (live) - Beyoncé
Hope in a Hopeless World (live) - Widespread Panic & Mavis Staples
Fortunate Son (live) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Agolo - Barbara Hendricks & Angelique Kidjo
Pastures of Plenty (live) - Harry Belafonte
Solidarite (live) - M., Toumani Diabate, Seu Jorge
Folsom Prison Blues (live) - Brandi Carlile
People Have the Power (live) - Patti Smith
Who’s Gonna Stand Up? (live) - Neil Young w. Crazy Horse
Dirty Laundry (live) - Eagles
One (live) - U2
American Skin (41 shots) (live) - Bruce Springsteen
Come Healing (live) - Leonard Cohen
A Church Is Burning (live) - Simon & Garfunkel
The Ghost of Tom Joad (live) - Rise Against
Who’ll Pay Reparations On My Soul - Gil Scott-Heron
Chicago (live) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
How High’s the Watergate (live) - Phil Ochs
People Get Ready (live) - Curtis Mayfield
Another Man Done Gone— Johnny Cash
I’m On My Way (live) - Mahalia Jackson
Goon Squad - Charlie King & Karen Brandow
Let It Be (live) - Paul McCartney

29/08/2023

Before summer entirely departs, let’s pretend we are basking in a live outdoor concert (but minus the drunk guy yelling in your ear and no overpriced drinks). Two hours of all live protest tracks on the air from 8-10 am CST at 89.3 fm, on the TuneIn app, and streaming at

KZUM Special Presentation: E.N. THOMPSON Interview: Sändra WashingtonThis is a special presentation by KZUM. This special presentation features an interview with Lincoln City Council member Sohn-Dra Washington. Washington will be hosting a panel as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum called “A Conver...