Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For our latest installment of Backtracking, Josh Ritter joins Kallao to share stories from his back catalog. Songs like "Dreams," which was the first time he wrote about his experience with Bipolar II disorder.

"I felt like it was important to say, and I'd read so much and seen so many heroes of mine, friends of mine and people that had to live in darkness for so long that it became overpowering. I did not want to be overpowered."

Watch the whole session over at worldcafe.org.