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SongWriter
SongWriter
Ben Arthur

SongWriter turns stories into songs, ft. Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), George Saunders, Steve Earle, Susan Orlean & David... more

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Episodes

Kate Cohen + Jesse Cohen-Greenberg

Author Kate Cohen reads a piece she wrote for SongWriter about how – despite her firm atheism – the Jewish... more

10 Sep 2024 · 35 minutes
Freddy Mutanguha & Hope Azeda + Peace Jolis

Freddy Mutanguha, who is the CEO of the Aegis Trust – the organization that built the Kigali Genocide Memorial –... more

27 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
W. Kamau Bell + Las Cafeteras

During a performance at KQED Live, comedian and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell tells a story about his father’s 80th birthday... more

13 Aug 2024 · 48 minutes
Imbolo Mbue + Crys Matthews

Bestselling Cameroonian-American author Imbolo Mbue shares an excerpt she chose from How Beautiful We Were, about a village’s collective fight... more

30 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Joyce Carol Oates + Ali Sethi

At a live performance at Queens College, legendary author Joyce Carol Oates reads a piece about her beloved late husband... more

16 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
Susan Orlean + Diana Gameros

At a live performance at KQED in San Francisco, bestselling author and New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean tells a... more

02 Jul 2024 · 41 minutes
Season 6 Trailer

Season 6 is here, with the return of friends like Joyce Carol Oates and Susan Orlean, and new ones like... more

18 Jun 2024 · 1 minute
Pre-Season Six Bonus Episode

News of upcoming season six, as well as live shows, and a peek at some premo premium content

04 May 2024 · 10 minutes
David Sedaris + Jacob Ewald (Slaughter Beach, Dog)

David Sedaris reads an excerpt from Theft By Finding, and Jacob Ewald of the band Slaughter Beach, Dog talks about... more

07 Nov 2023 · 29 minutes
Raven Leilani + Elysian Fields

Bestselling author Raven Leilani reads an excerpt from her story "Breathing Exercise," and Elysian Fields share a new song called... more

24 Oct 2023 · 29 minutes
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Kate Cohen + Jesse Cohen-Greenberg
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