“There’s powerful plant life in New Orleans.”

Alynda Segarra speaks to Victoria Segal.

Life On Earth is a vast title. “I like to push myself!” You have different voices on the album – writer and poet Ocean Vuong on Nightqueen, an asylum seeker on Precious Cargo, even a New Orleans oak on Kin. Why did you need them? “I actually wanted a lot more, but I needed to edit myself. I have a collection of a lot of different speeches. Throughout the pandemic, I’ve gotten so into listening to podcasts while I walk because there’s just so much loneliness. It felt really important to listen to conversations and hear ideas. I wanted to add these little snippets of what helped me. I really like just having voices around. Sometimes I have just TV on but I feel podcasts are less brain-killing. I love this one called…

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