Sara Bareilles: 'Life's Holiest Lesson'
3/20/202641 min
In a new song "Home" that Sara wrote after listening to Anderson’s talk with Stephen Colbert, she sings, "What is broken cannot heal 'till it's known and loved by name." In this moving conversation she shares "Home" for the first time, and talks with Anderson about the "medicinal" nature of sharing one's grief with others. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis.
Host: Anderson Cooper
Showrunner: Haley Thomas
Producers: Chuck Hadad, Grace Walker, Emily Williams, Madeleine Thompson
Associate Producer: Kyra Dahring
Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski
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First 90 secondsAnderson Cooper· Host0:01
Wherever you are in the world and in your grief, I'm glad you're here. Welcome to a very special episode of All There Is. I'm gonna be talking today with singer, songwriter, and actress Sara Bareilles. She's sold millions of albums, she's earned two Grammys, been nominated for multiple Emmys and Tony Awards. What I didn't know is that Sara has listened to this podcast a lot, and was so moved by the conversation that Stephen Colbert and I had during the first season, that she's written a song about it called Home, and it's on her new album that's gonna be coming out later this year. You're gonna hear that song on the podcast today. It hasn't been released yet, but Sara wanted all of us in this community to hear it first. I sat down with her several months ago, and we talked about some recent losses in her life and listened to the song. I'd not heard it in advance, and I was incredibly moved by it, and I have to say I'm a little embarrassed by how emotional I got. It was difficult for me to include that in this episode, but it is what it is. Here's my conversation with Sara Bareilles. Thank you so much for doing this.
Sara Bareilles· Guest1:04
I'm really honored to be here.
Anderson Cooper· Host1:06
Yeah. You've actually listened to this podcast.
Sara Bareilles· Guest1:08
Many, many times. Yes, yes. I- What brought you to it? I guess my own grief. There was... I, I feel like one of the things that I love about it so much is, like, I think it's this very universal experience, but there's not as much sort of interrogation- Mm ... I think, in the common spaces.