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Hey, disgrace, and listeners, I wanted to share a special episode with you guys this week.

This is a music story here.

It's all about how, when the world is on fire, what can music actually do?

Well, for the answer, check out Falakuti, fear, no man.

Jad Abumrad recounts the true tale of one of the great political awakenings in music.

Phelakuti was a classically trained Nigerian musician who traveled to America, only to return

to Nigeria and transform his sound into a battering

ram against the state. Doing so, he created a new musical language of resistance called

Afrobeat, and when the mix of art and activism got too hot, the state pulled out its guns

and literally opened fire. This is Jad's first project post-Radio Lab. He conducted interviews with

Falakuti's family, historians and luminaries like Iowa Tabiri, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Santa

Gold, and Barack Obama. The show is a mix that only Jad could create oral history, musicology,

deep-dab journalism, and cutting-edge sound design. I'm going to play you an episode right history, musicology, deep-dab journalism,

and cutting-edge sound design.

I'm going to play you an episode right now, right here.

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