To become a world champion in freediving,

Tanya Streeter learned to breathe like this.

Sshhhhhh!

Ideas about air, breath, and breathing.

That's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR.

Your connected to all songs considered I'm Bob Boylan.

And on this week's show, we begin with a quirky little tune

that caught my ear by the Toronto band Bernice.

The Polaris Prize-dominated band is releasing their third album

at the top of March.

It's produced by Shazad Ismiley,

who's worked with Lori Anderson, Lurid, Iggy Pop,

and also the band Dark Side,

where I'm gonna play a little later in the show.

This song I'm about to play is called It's Me Robin.

And it has nothing to do with my cohort, Robin Hilton,

but everything to do with Bernie Singer

and songwriter Robin Dan.

And she's here to tell you more about the song.

It's a fun song for me to listen back to.

I remember writing it quite clearly.

This for me, lyrically, was kind of an exercise

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