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The Me That Remains Podcast - Amy Grant & Khalil Ekulona

The Me That Remains | Album Podcast | Episode 1

6/17/202616 min

In this 8-part series, Amy Grant talks with Khalil Ekulona about the making of her new album, "The Me That Remains," covering all 10 songs, the stories and  inspiration behind them and her life journey the last decade that shaped the album.

Episode 1 covers Amy's health journey from the past 6 years and how the recovery process inspired her to 'lean in' and start writing new songs about her experiences.

Clips

Song Inspired by Tragedy
Outgrowing Old Hits
Vowel Science & Tetris
Lyrics-First Playground

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Amy Grant· Guest0:00

    Hi, this is Amy Grant with my friend Khalil Economou. Join us for a conversation about The Me That Remains. The me that remains.

  2. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:09

    Amy, how are you?

  3. Amy Grant· Guest0:12

    I am fantastic.

  4. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:14

    W- Beautiful. I mean, the, the last time we saw each other was on my show This Is Nashville, that I hosted, uh- Mm-hmm ... for WPLN.

  5. Amy Grant· Guest0:23

    How many years did you do that?

  6. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:25

    About three years.

  7. Amy Grant· Guest0:26

    Okay.

  8. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:26

    Just over three years.

  9. Amy Grant· Guest0:28

    Okay.

  10. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:28

    Yeah. Hundreds of episodes, thousands of guests.

  11. Amy Grant· Guest0:31

    Yeah. You probably know more about Nashville and all the beautiful cracks and crevices and perches of how to see this town than any, than people that grew up here.

  12. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:42

    That's what's been said to me.

  13. Amy Grant· Guest0:45

    Yeah.

  14. Khalil Ekulona· Host0:45

    Um, I wouldn't go as far as to say that I know more than someone who's grown up here, because there's, there's histories that haven't been spoken about- Right ... that they've lived. I will say that in my time out of being in the host chair, I've had an opportunity to explore the city and to really see what it's like.

  15. Amy Grant· Guest1:01

    Mm-hmm.

  16. Khalil Ekulona· Host1:01

    Because for a while there I was talking about Nashville, and yeah, I'm able to, to, to be in certain parts of the city and go to certain events and meet people. But now, as a civilian, as I like to call myself, in the middle of the day, I can just go e- appreciate and experience a part of Nashville- Mm-hmm ... that I really didn't have the opportunity to, so.

  17. Amy Grant· Guest1:19

    That's right. That's right.

  18. Khalil Ekulona· Host1:19

    I, I will say that the experience has made me a Nashvillian.

  19. Amy Grant· Guest1:22

    I love that. Lucky us.

  20. Khalil Ekulona· Host1:25

    Yeah, [laughs] man, I'm the lucky, I'm the lucky one. Okay, so when we talked, we talked a little

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