Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from

Radiotopia my name is Jody Avergan. This day March 8, 1985. Step aside, one more night by Phil Collins, take a back seat, relax,

by Frankie goes to Hollywood. Your time is up, private dancer by Tina Turner, because those were all hit songs in March 1985 but now a new hit song

is on the scene one with a message one that was going to bring the biggest

stars on the planet together to tell us in no uncertain terms that, quote, we are the world, we are the

children, we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving there's a

choice we're making, we're saving our own lives, it's true we'll'll make a better day, just you and me.

So now I've planted that earworm in your heads, listeners, and it was everywhere in March of 1985

and throughout much of the rest of the summer of 1985. This of course is the song. of to sing a song for a group USA for Africa which I didn't know the acronym was

United Support of Artists for Africa and this was an effort to sing a song and raise awareness

about the famine in Ethiopia and you know this is a punchline

I think and we will have fun with this and so forth but really you know raising awareness about a genuine

important issue and raising a lot of money around this issue as well.

So very interesting and complicated and also absurd and over the top and worthy of a little

bit of scorn.

So we will do all of that right now on this episode with as always

Nicole Hammer of Columbia and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley. Hello there.

Hello Jody. Hey there, I thought for sure we were going to all start singing a

three-part harmony.

I know I was sort of I was I was thinking that and then I was like and then I was like maybe this will happen

then I was like no I'm not happening.

Maybe our listeners are glad it's not happening. But you know. Yeah. So I don't know where do you want to start you want to start you want to start

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