No, it's not how you wanted it.

I'm Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker and the writer and producer of the journalist

thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide family crane. The film The Cremland doesn't want

you to see so make sure to watch it. And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption

in the United States and rising autocracy around the world. The song you just heard at the

top of the show was Paper Thin by Confusions. Paper Thin is off muck of morale. The second

album released by experimental pop artist Ben Turner. Ben releases music under the name Confusions.

The album and an accompanying experimental lecture on vulnerability through sound were recently

performed at the Pizzuti collection of the Columbus Museum of Art. As part of the Columbus

printed arts centers a non-girl art book fair where Confusions was a featured artist.

Interested in a spectrum of low-fi and high-fi sounds and approaching music as a space,

Confusions values the process of creating songs and soundscapes through experimentation

and what that teaches them about their life and relationships. Confusions have been

described as genre bending with lyrics that could provide the subplot for short film. Ben provided

this statement about the song. My partner and I are listeners of the podcast. Thank you very much.

This song features audio samples from the 1940s film Gaslit and of Friend of the Pod,

Jared Yates-Sexton, sampled with permission from the Muck Rack political podcast. I'm seeking

intersections between art and community. Thank you so much for doing that. That is everything.

I make art to cope with my emotions and as a choice to grow from experiences. The beginning of

the song leads with compassion. It's a reminder to go easy on yourself when you make mistakes.

Much of the time we were growing up my sister and I were taught the opposite. I'm trying to

promote this way of talking to oneself compassionately through my art. I love you. I love you so much.

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