Professor Sean Kay discusses his new book, “Rockin’ the Free World!: How the Rock & Roll Revolution Changed America and the World,” April 1 on the Rhode Island PBS program “Story in the Public Square.”

The program airs on Rhode Island PBS on Sundays at 11 a.m. and is rebroadcast Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. An audio version airs Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 1:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. ET on SiriusXM’s popular P.O.T.U.S. (Politics of the United States), Channel 124.

"Story in the Public Square," a partnership between the Pell Center and The Providence Journal, is an initiative that "aims to study, celebrate, and tell stories that matter."