Amy Grant is giving fans a closer look at the heart behind her 20th studio album. The Christian music icon has launched a new podcast, also titled "The Me That Remains," with the first episode now available.
The podcast is hosted by Khalil Ekulona, whom Grant first met as a guest in her home during an Easter gathering years ago. She later became a regular guest on his former Nashville public radio show, and when it came time to find someone to walk through the new project with her, she said the choice felt natural.
Across the episodes, Grant opens up about how the album came together almost by accident. She didn't set out to make a record at all. After a serious bike accident and a return visit to a neuropsychologist for testing, she found herself drawn back into creativity simply as a way to cope and heal. What started as a single lyric, written top to bottom in a child's chair in a small room in her home, slowly grew into a full project, written two and four songs at a time with no contract and no record deal driving it forward.
Grant also shares how she leaned on longtime collaborators and new ones, including Michael W. Smith, Vince Gill, Ruby Amanfu, and Tom Douglas, to help shape the songs, often starting with just a lyric and building the music around it rather than the other way around. One especially personal episode dives into the album's artwork, while another touches on a song born out of grief following the Covenant School shooting, and the experience of having her daughters Sarah and Corinna sing alongside her in the studio.
For longtime fans, the podcast offers something the album alone couldn't: a window into how an artist who's spent decades pointing others toward hope and healing keeps finding new ways to do it herself, even after walking through real pain to get there.
Read the full interview here: Amy Grant Launches New Podcast Exploring The Me That Remains
Watch the Full interview: The Me That Remains - Album Podcast - Episode 1 - Amy Grant + Khalil Ekulona
