‘7 billion people but all I see is you’

So goes the chorus to a new folk tune “7 Billion People” by Montreal duo Steve and Ginie Jackson. They wrote it for each other during lockdown, realizing that it was the person closest to them that made them happiest. Host Marco Werman shares the song with us as a reminder that the world is still about people.

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