The Working Songwriter

Updated: 27 Jun 2025 • 308 episodes
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Joe Pug hosts a weekly conversation with one of today's best songwriters. The latest 100 episodes are always free... all catalog episodes available to stream in the Nation of Heat Vault. Visit joepugmusic.com/vault

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27 Jun 2025 • EN

Tim Kasher

This songwriter has been at the vanguard of indie rock for three decades, best known for his projects Cursive and The Good Life.

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13 Jun 2025 • EN

Jerry Douglas

This Grammy award winning instrumentalist is considered the contemporary master of the dobro.  He's played with everyone from Ray Charles to Billy Strings over the course of his decades long career.

67 min
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30 May 2025 • EN

Phillip Lammonds

This journeyman songwriter has written for Hoottie & the Blowfish, Lee Brice, Josh Turner, Craig Morgan and many others.  He has stepped into the spotlight with an album of his own entitled "Cowboy Things".

47 min
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09 May 2025 • EN

Magic Nothing

Zack Fischmann is a musician who makes outsider folk music under the name Marmalade Mountain, but he has also built a music marketing consulting company that is supremely useful to independent artists.

41 min
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02 May 2025 • EN

Leslie Mendelson

This Grammy nominated singer-songwriter has worked with luminaries such as Jackson Browne, The Who and The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, all the while maintaining her fruitful solo career.

43 min
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23 Apr 2025 • EN

Charlie Peacock

This Grammy award winning producer, songwriter, and author joins the show to discuss his lengthy career that has included collaborations with The Civil Wars, Chris Cornell, and the Lone Bellow.

71 min
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