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From PRX, this is songwriter, the podcast that turns stories into songs.

My name is Ben Arthur.

Today, we have a brand new song from Global Superstar Ali Saiti, written in response to an exceptionally personal piece of flash fiction by the author Joyce Carol Oates. Season 6 of songwriter is made possible by a grant

from Templeton World Charity Foundation and will be focusing on elements of human flourishing, including forgiveness,

empathy, polarization, and in this episode, caregiving. And as part of this, alongside the story

and the song written in response, I'll be having a conversation with psychologist and researcher

Dr. Allison Applebaum, not only about her recent

book, Stand By Me, but also about her personal experience in caregiving for her late father.

This episode was recorded in part at a live performance at Queens College in New York City.

Shortly after, I checked in with Joyce to see how she felt about the evening.

Well, of course, I had a very wonderful experience. I think at the time, it was very moving.

I thought Allie's music was extraordinary, deeply moving. Another dimension to the

experience was the emotional involvement of the audience, which was quite evident. One person who

asked me to sign a book said that her mother had passed away the day before.

I think through writing and through music, we can reach out to universal suffering and experience. The communal nature of the evening was made it so beautiful that each one of us has some private grief,

but then meeting other people hearing music

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