Auld Lang What?

Published: Dec. 20, 2023, 5 a.m.

It\u2019s a song we often hear at the\xa0start of the\xa0new year.\xa0But what does \u201cauld lang syne\u201d even mean? And how did it come to be associated with New Year's Eve? With a little musical sleuthing, we find Charlie Chaplin might have something to do with it\u2026

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Guests:

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James Deutsch, curator of folklife and popular culture at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage