Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the Broken Record podcast. Every week, I or my co-host,

Leah Rose, sit down with the artists you love to get unparalleled creative insight. Our new series

is looking at one of the most influential jazz labels ever, Blue Note Records. You'll hear from

artists like legendary bassist Ron Carter, singer-songwriter Noah Jones,

and guitarist Julian Lodge.

Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

From PRX, this is Songwriter, the podcast that turns stories into songs. My name is Ben Arthur.

Today, we have a brand new song written by S.K. and the Kings in response to a piece by Saffraz Manzure.

Like all episodes in season six, this was made possible by a grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation. And as part of that, I'll be speaking with Dr. Elizabeth Gulliford about empathy and the differences between reconciliation and forgiveness.

My name is Safraaz Mansell and I am a writer and that's come in different shapes and sizes and forms.

I started out in journalism. I then went into books. I then went into a screenplay and I'm now working on a stage play as well and my second

screenplay. So the connective tissue is storytelling and the connective tissue is often writing about

things which are deeply personal to me, which may sometimes get fictionalized, but they come

from quite a personal heartfelt place.

You know, I would argue that part of the connective tissue in many of the things that at least I've seen out there in the world is also music. Is that fair?

I started out doing a lot of music journalism because I thought that, you know, when I was young, I thought the most coolest thing

you could possibly do is be a DJ. And then, in a way, music journalism was a bit like that, because

I only ever interviewed or met people that I actually liked. Tell me about your memoir and its

connection to music and how that became a screenplay

and eventually a movie.

I started out doing journalism for The Guardian and I wrote a piece not long after 9-11

actually.

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