In this episode Ari’s brass band comes into the studio to raise money for the WGDR FunDrive! It's a total party. Brass Balagan plays some tunes, talks about their role as an activist street band, and does some fun weird stuff made up on the spot for fundraising stretch goals.

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Songs covered by Brass Balagan in this episode:

Mahalageasca from Mahala Rai Banda

Negus Yaya from Les Vilains Chicots

Shmink Dabby from Lettuce

Gross from Balkan Beatbox

Wannabe from The Spice Girls

The Enemy Guns from DeVotchKa

Turkish March(a capella) from Jean Baptiste Lully

Fiesta de Negritos from Fanfare Ciocarlia and Puerto Candeleria, composed by Lucho Bermúdez

This episode originally aired on 9/27/26