About this episode Each morning, "The Turning Wheel" transforms the day's USA headlines into a haunting folk ballad. Sung by a seasoned traveling storyteller, it strips away the noise, revealing the ancient, human echoes within contemporary events. Tune in to experience the news not as fleeting facts, but as timeless tales, gaining a profound and reflective perspective on our world.
0:00 Come gather 'round and I'll spin a tune0:04 'Bout a world beneath an autumn moon0:08 In Detroit's dawn, the air is sharp and gray0:12 Where the picket lines have come to stay0:16 For the Big Three boys and their shiny cars0:20 They're countin' profits, reachin' for the stars0:25 While the union man, with a voice so plainLed by a fighter, a man named Fain0:29 Stands in the cold for a fairer wage0:33 Just another line on history's page.0:37 Oh, the wheel keeps on a-turnin'0:41 And a different fire's always burnin'0:45 Same old struggle, same old fight0:50 Just seen in a different pale moonlight0:54 From the factory floor to the Capitol stone0:58 The story's old, the seeds are sown.1:02 Now we head on down to DC town1:06 Where a king was made and lost his crown1:11 The gavel's silent, the great hall's still1:15 They cast McCarthy from the hill1:19 A house divided, full of sound and rage1:23 Couldn't find a leader to turn the page1:27 For weeks they argued, schemed and plead1:31 While the people's business lay there dead1:36 'Til a man named Johnson took the chair1:40 Another face to breathe the troubled air.1:44 Oh, the wheel keeps on a-turnin'1:48 And a different fire's always burnin'1:52 Same old struggle, same old fight1:56 Just seen in a different pale moonlight2:01 From the factory floor to the Capitol stone2:05 The story's old, the seeds are sown.2:09 And the banker man in his high-back seat2:13 Tries to slow the heart of every street2:17 Says inflation's heat must be cooled down2:22 So he tightens screws all over town2:26 The price of milk, the cost of bread2:30 Are whispers in the words he said2:34 It's a balancing act, a fragile game2:38 But for folks below, it feels the same.2:42 Oh, the wheel keeps on a-turnin'2:47 And a different fire's always burnin'2:51 Same old struggle, same old fight2:55 Just seen in a different pale moonlight2:59 From the factory floor to the Capitol stone3:03 The story's old, the seeds are sown.
