Each week on the One Hit Thunder podcast, we take a look into a one-hit wonder band or artist to determine if they deserved more success or if they were lucky to even have a hit at all.

With new episodes every Wednesday and special guests from the worlds of music and comedy, we always have nonstop fun.

And maybe, if we're lucky, we discover some new favorite music.

So if you love great songs and you often find yourself asking,

whatever happened to that band?

Check out one hit Thunder wherever you get your podcasts. From PRX, this is songwriter, the podcast that turns stories into songs. My name is Ben Arthur.

Season 6 is made possible by a grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation,

and each episode will focus on an element of human flourishing,

including caregiving, forgiveness, and in this episode,

polarization and cooperation against a common threat.

And along with the usual story and the song written in response, I'll be talking to a

scientist about the relevant research.

Today's episode features an interview with anthropologist and psychologist Dorsa Amir

and a brand new song from Chris Matthews.

But first, the story.

Hi, everybody.

My name is I'm the author of the novel, How Beautiful We Were.

And I am going to read an excerpt from that novel today.

The novel is the story of what happened when a group of African villagers decided to fight against an American oil company that had been polluting their land for many years. It follows a group of children growing up in this village that has been very polluted.

And what happens to them as they watch

your parents fight this oil company, and eventually they take on the fight also. At the center

of this story, it's a young girl named Tula. She's growing up in this village called Kusawa,

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