Raffi

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Throughout his nearly fifty year music career, Raffi has fought for kids. He's done it with beautiful, fun, and funny music. He's also done it as an activist. Raffi is on the really short list of children's performers who connect directly with the youngest people. When we last chatted with Raffi, he had just released his 2014 album Love Bug. He talked to us about the album, his early childhood in Egypt, his social activism and why he's dedicated his life to entertaining children.

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0:00.0	The indicator from Planet Money is all in on video games.
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0:09.6	worth more than the film and music industries combined.
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0:20.0	Listen to the Indicator from Planet Money Podcast on NPR.
0:23.0	Bullsey with Jesse Thorne is a production of maximum fund.org and is distributed by NPR. It's bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne. Throughout his almost 50-year music career, Raffi has fought for kids.
0:57.0	He's done it with beautiful fun and funny music, and he's done it as an activist.
1:02.0	He's on the really short list of children's performers who music and he's done it as an activist.
1:02.8	He's on the really short list of children's performance who connect directly with the
1:06.6	youngest people, with an open heart, untainted by the slightest condescension. After years of working on his foundation,
1:14.7	the Raffy Foundation for Child Honoring,
1:17.2	he returned to the road and record stores
1:19.2	with his 2014 album, Love Buck.
1:22.0	That's when I talk to him.
1:23.0	Everybody's got a Love Bug.
1:27.0	Deep inside.
1:30.0	Everybody's got a love but for their own.
1:37.0	Everybody's got a love but for their own.
1:40.0	Everybody's got a love bug, a love bug deep inside.
1:49.0	Love bug, where the hugs come from. And Raffi is still recording and still touring and still advocating for young vulnerable voices.
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