AI Dreams: Jennifer Egan + Rhett Miller
At a live performance at Joe's Pub in New York City, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan shares a chapter from her recent novel The...
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SongWriter
SongWriter turns stories into songs, ft. Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Roxane Gay, Amanda Shires (The Highwomen), Susan Orlean, Steve Earle & Katie Melua
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Listen to SongWriter, a Music podcast by Ben Arthur. Stream 101 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 101 episodesCaregiving After Disaster: Sonia Khan & Ian Lovatt + Tom Marsh
Married couple Sonia Khan and Ian Lovatt tell the story of a near-death experience and the long journey of recovery. Caregiving researcher D...
Isabella Rossellini & Diana Reiss + Sharon Van Etten
Filmmaker and actress Isabella Rossellini describes the night she went to see Temple Grandin speak at Hunter College, and ended up enrolling...
Forgiveness After Genocide: Laurence & Aloys + Solange & Vedaste
In this episode Niyonagira Laurence recounts her experience of the Rwandan genocide. She talks about the process of forgiving Mutiribambe Al...
A Troublesome Cat: Bruce Holsinger + The Golden Hours
At a live performance at The Guild in Charlottesville, Virginia, bestselling novelist and professor Bruce Holsinger reads a short story he w...
Ali Selim + Carla Kihlstedt
Filmmaker and director Ali Selim shares a story about his complicated relationship with his father. Dr. Emily Gaarder talks about her work i...
Forgiveness in Rio: Maria Rezende + Pedro Mann
Brazilian poet and film editor Maria Rezende reads a poem about a man who could not forgive her. Dr. Rita de Cacia Oenning da Silva and Kurt...
Unicorn-Level Positivity: Helen Cho + Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
Director Helen Cho shares a story that she wrote for SongWriter about learning to appreciate her mother’s perspective on caregiving and life...
Caregiving and Reconciliation: Silas Howard + Dorian Wood
Filmmaker and director Silas Howard reads a story about caring for his mother in the years before her death. Dr. Fayron Epps speaks about he...
Flourishing After Disaster: Patrice Francis + Selah Moonie
Bahamian playwright and teacher Patrice Francis performs a dramatic piece about recovering from Hurricane Dorian, live at the Fuze Art Fair...
The Echo of Theodicy: Kaveh Akbar + Jamila Woods
At a live show at Metro in Chicago, bestselling author Kaveh Akbar reads a poem about empathy that he wrote for Jamila Woods . Jamila and Ka...
Belonging & Collective Action: Viet Thanh Nguyen + Thao Nguyen
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen ( The Sympathizer ) gives a talk about belonging at a live performance at the Litquake Festi...
Fear & Political Polarization: Beth Macy + Palmyra
Journalist and bestselling author Beth Macy ( Dopesick ) reads a piece she wrote to accompany her new memoir Papergirl , about her family's...
Season 7 Trailer
The trailer for season seven includes mention of the themes we'll be working on, and some of the upcoming guests, including Jennifer Egan, J...
Ben Okri + Matshidiso
Poet, author, and playwright Ben Okri reads his story “A Wrinkle in the Realm,” and talks about music and dream logic. Stanford’s Dr. Tomás...
Sarfraz Manzoor + SK & the Kings
At a live performance in London, journalist, filmmaker, and author Sarfraz Manzoor reads a piece he wrote for SongWriter about the things he...
Asli Perker + Tuna Kiremitçi
Turkish journalist and author Asli Perker shares a story she wrote for SongWriter about a terrible car accident, and how it helped to make h...
Hala Alyan + H.Sinno
Palestinian poet and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan shares her poem “Dear Gaza,” about guilt, memory, and hope. Scientist Dr. Salma Mousa...
Fear, Parenting, and Finding Light in Darkness: Maggie Smith + Kat Edmonson
Poet Maggie Smith reads her viral poem Good Bones and reflects on what it means to raise children in a world that is both beautiful and frig...
Naz Riahi + Rahill
Filmmaker and author Naz Riahi tells a heartbreaking story she wrote for SongWriter about the loss of a beloved pet, and how her experience...