Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney has worked in some of the most dangerous and unlikely corners of the world. His work blends narrative non-fiction with ethnography. What Doesn’t Kill Us was a New York Times bestseller; other works include The Red Market and A Death on Diamond Mountain. Carney was a contributing editor at Wired for five years and his writing also appears in Mother Jones, Men&rsquo's Journal, Playboy, Foreign Policy, Discover, Outside, and Fast Company. His work has been the subject of a variety of radio and television programs, including on NPR and National Geographic TV. In 2010, he won the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism for his story “ Meet the Parents,” which tracked an international kidnapping-to-adoption ring. Carney has spent extensive time in South Asia and speaks Hindi. He attended Kenyon College and has a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently lives in Denver, CO
Listen to the song I wrote after being inspired by my conversation with Scott called 'True Believer' and all the other Podsongs
Lyrics to the song that was inspired by the interview:
TRUE BELIEVER
Key: F
BPM: 62
VERSE
F
There's a wedge, we drive
C
For our minds, to thrive
Bf C
We wither in this world
Or we evolve
What is truth? What's belief?
What is hiding underneath?
In the lie-infested world in which we crawl
BRIDGE
Bf C
You call me faithless - but my faith's unshakeable
Bf C
In fact, I'm one of only a few believers left
VERSE
From what I've seen with my own eyes
A lie is always in disguise
My faith's built on solid base
I trust in what I touch or taste
I've been convinced by black and white
That today will end in night
The song is long while will is free
Life ends in a minor key
INSTRUMENTAL (Wha Wha Wha)
BRIDGE
You call me faithless but I've no doubt
I'm a true believer - believe me!
CHORUS
I've faith men cheat, Faith men lie
Faith they steal, one day die
I'm a believer!
A true believer
I've faith they'll kill to make a million
Sell their bodies, sell their children
I'm a believer!
A true believer
OUTRO
Lies are always told
As lives are, bought and sold
Our belief is the currency that we traded away