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Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto of youth rebellion and a generation-defining movement. In a post-civil rights era defined by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop crystallized a multiracial, polycultural generation's worldview, and transformed American politics and culture. But that epic story has never been told with this kind of breadth, insight, and style.

Area 52 Studios is a recording studio nestled in the beautiful Catskill Mountains in Saugerties, New York. In this podcast, owner Dave Cook chats together with musicians who have recorded there, covering varying topics from the artist's journey to the making of the recording musically technically, and includes excerpts of the recordings.

In the spirit of the Goliards, Rabbi Dave and Friar Cook bring you their irreverent and raucous views of the day. So come, fill your mug and sing boisterously along and ask yourself the simple question: What the Frock?