New Mix: Maren Morris, Sam Amidon, Palberta, Gulfer, More

All Songs Considered

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🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

NPR Music's Bob Boilen and Marissa Lorusso share songs that call for unity and self-reflection in turbulent times.

Featured Tracks:
1. Maren Morris: "Better Than We Found It"
2. Palberta: "Before I Got Here" from Palberta 5000
3. Gulfer: "Nature Kids" from Gulfer
4. Purple Witch of Culver: "Trig"
5. Loudon Wainwright III: "You Rascal You" from I'd Rather Lead A Band
6. Sam Amidon: "Time Has Made A Change" from Sam Amidon

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0:00.0	With the unemployment rate at record highs right now, millions of Americans are without health
0:05.4	insurance. This week on Thurline, how our healthcare became tied to our jobs.
0:10.2	And how a temporary solution turned into an everlasting problem.
0:14.5	Listen now to Thurline from NPR, where we go back in time to understand the present.
0:20.7	From NPR music, you're connected to all songs considered by Bob Boylin.
0:24.6	The singer, Marin Morris, just released a passionate and hopeful song.
0:29.2	Better than we found it, calls out injustices with a direct call for each of us to take a stand
0:35.7	and be able to be proud of that stand. The line that hooked me was when she sings,
0:40.2	when time turns this moment to dust, I just hope that I'm proud of the woman I was.
0:45.5	Marin became a mom in March of this year, and he can feel the influence of bringing a newborn
0:50.5	into this world. Let's listen to Better than we found it.
0:58.6	If you don't like it, then get the hell out. That's what the hell when I open my mouth.
1:10.8	A stick is a stick, a stone is a stone, but who's gonna care if I don't?
1:18.2	Who's gonna change if I won?
1:23.1	When time turns this moment to dust, I just hope that I'm proud of the woman I was.
1:34.3	When lines up tomorrow are drawn, can I live with the thought that I chose to be your?
1:42.9	Will we sit on our heads, do nothing about it?
1:49.7	Oh, will we leave this world better than we found it?
2:03.5	Over and under and above the law, my neighbors endangered,
2:09.8	who does he call when the wolves set the dark?
2:13.7	I'll cover it in blue, shred it, we try something new.
2:20.0	We're over a bell at the end of one two.
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