Hi, everyone. This is Clay, producer of Outrage and Optimism. Welcome to volume three of

the stubborn Optimists playlist. Now, it's no secret to our listeners that at the end of

every week on the show, we feature a musical artist. And it's been such a great way to wrap

up every episode and process, you know what we're thinking and feeling and what we've just heard.

And we've intentionally made music an integral part of our podcast because music finds us wherever

we are, outraged, optimistic, you know, are both and gives us an invitation to grieve, to rest,

to let go, inspire, to take action, to dance, and to fully enjoy the present moment. So this week

in continuation with our playlist, you'll be hearing music from Milky Chants, Guster and

Asher Monroe, as well as a couple short interjections from artists about the relationship between

art and optimism. You can follow along in the show notes with the track listing and I've

included links to more music and the social media accounts for each artist as well. There won't

be any credits at the end, so a quick shout out to our intern, Santiago, for curating this volume's

track order. Thank you, Santiago. And thank you to all the artists for creating and sharing your

music with us. Here we go. Buy him three of the stubborn optimists playlist. Enjoy.

I'm trying, trying to tell you, trying to show you, but you don't listen. So it's bad news, it's bad news.

Yeah it's bad news, yeah it's bad news, yeah it's bad news. I'm gonna fire, I'm burning, I can't

remember, I'll let you keep it turning. If I left you, what would you do till I know it, they'll be bad news, they'll be bad news, they'll be bad news, they'll be bad news, they'll be bad news.

You don't listen, so it's bad news. I know I'm getting older, but the winter seems much colder than before.

I wish you'd stop and say what you've been doing to me, I can't take much more.

So I'm gonna fire, I'm burning, I can't be alive, keep it turning. If I left you, what will you do till I know it, they'll be bad news, they'll be bad news.

It'd be bad

Ain't no place for how you can try to

...