Pete Seeger was born on May 3, 1919. He died at the age of 94, in 2014. This is episode 28 of Stories of Resistance — a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange .

GROSS: Pete Seeger kept singing and protesting right through 2011, when he joined a march in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. He also spent many years championing environmental causes.

GROSS: Pete Seeger kept singing and protesting right through 2011, when he joined a march in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. For many years, he was also a champion of environmental causes.

Pete Seeger with guitar singing at the Library of Congress in 2000. A festival to honor his life and work returns to Ashfield next weekend, April 6. The event is a sing-a-long, ...

The moment is quintessential Pete Seeger, ... He makes it look effortless, but then you realize that he’s singing a part, taking his hand off the guitar and conducting, coming back on, ...

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

Seeger lived in Beacon with his wife, Toshi, until she died in July of last year. He felt strongly about the labor movement well into old age. "We have problems that still need to be solved today ...

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

GROSS: Pete Seeger kept singing and protesting right through 2011, when he joined a march in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. He also spent many years championing environmental causes.

GROSS: Pete Seeger kept singing and protesting right through 2011, when he joined a march in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. He also spent many years championing environmental causes.