One Song's Story

I just discovered The Atlantic's podcast: What a feat in diverse content production! Hat's off to their editorial team! 

Even if you've heard it a million times in school, you must listen to and watch this innovative video on the making of an anniversary tribute to The Battle Hymn of The Republic. (A song first written for The Atlantic!) 

Julia Ward Howe first published her iconic poem in The Atlantic in 1862. The song quickly became an anthem of the Civil War and a touchstone of the American Idea. In that spirit, The Atlantic asked renowned jazz musician Jon Batiste to create a new arrangement of the song for the magazine's first podcast, Radio Atlantic.