Hey, it's Charlie. I'm really excited to share with you this little bonus episode

drop with Beebeamin who we hosted on our show last week and he's this amazing

singer-songwriter who embeds politically engaged lyric into really fun music

and he's actually released his latest album Peace of Mind which is both an

album and podcast and we wanted to share episode one of Peace of Mind. In this

episode Bee digs into the fear and madness that characterizes so much of this

crazy time in America. The guests include author Dave Eggers, snap judgments,

Glenn Washington and renowned social psychologist Lee Ross. The song on the

episode is called Brother Can You Spare some Peace of Mind and I really love it

I think you will as well. If you like the show you should subscribe to Peace of

Mind and here's Bee. From critical frequency I'm Beebeamin and this is Peace of

Mind. I'm a singer-songwriter and producer I'm a dad and I'm an American. Peace of

Mind is an experiment. It's my new album but I'm releasing it as a podcast.

What the hell does that mean? Well, each episode will revolve around a different

song and its political theme like immigration, voter suppression, Russia, etc. I've

invited some incredible guests to dig into these issues and in some cases take

me to school. Everyone asks me if Beebeamin is my real name. Yes, it's my

given name. It's spelled B-H-I-B-H-I-M-A-N. My parents are Tamils from Sri Lanka.

But I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. The birthplace of Ragtime and

Chuck Berry. I grew up liking all kinds of music and if it had cool guitar in it I

was all over it. But I vividly remember listening to Bob Dylan and being struck by his

political voice. In artists like the Staples singers, Curtis may feel

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