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‘The Empire is in Decline and Grow­ing Weak­er by the Day’ is the excel­lent new record by rapper/​producer/​songwriter Rob Crooks.

We sat down to talk about the album, the polit­i­cal con­text behind it, mak­ing angry, anx­ious music, and a whole lot more!

Way back in 2012, Rob was one of the orig­i­nal co-hosts of this pod­cast, so he’s on a lot of past episodes, but if you want to hear more of him (as a guest) in recent years, he’s on episodes #657 (with Gruf and Yy, Jan. 2022), bonus episode (with Cam Scott, Sept. 2021), and #527 (Oct. 2020).