Songwriters on Process

In-depth interviews with songwriters about their songwriting process. Nothing else. No talk of band drama, band names, or tour stories. Treating songwriters as writers, plain and simple. By Ben Opipari, English Lit Ph.D.

Shura
Jun 12, 2025 – 59:54
Orla Gartland
Jun 2, 2025 – 50:52
Sunflower Bean
May 26, 2025 – 50:30
Matt Gervais (The Head and the Heart)
May 19, 2025 – 51:36
I'm With Her
May 14, 2025 – 47:15
Samantha Crain
May 11, 2025 – 38:41
Calum Hood (5 Seconds of Summer)
May 7, 2025 – 52:57
Suzanne Vega
May 3, 2025 – 47:25
Stefan Babcock (PUP)
Apr 30, 2025 – 50:21
Uwade
Apr 27, 2025 – 42:26
Tennis
Apr 24, 2025 – 01:02:51
Lili Trifilio (Beach Bunny)
Apr 21, 2025 – 48:29
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Dirty Knobs)
Apr 13, 2025 – 44:14
Derek Miller (Sleigh Bells)
Apr 6, 2025 – 57:23
Denison Witmer
Mar 31, 2025 – 46:43
Annie DiRusso
Mar 31, 2025 – 51:06
Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Mar 17, 2025 – 48:13
James McGovern (The Murder Capital)
Mar 6, 2025 – 50:09
Christian Lee Hutson
Feb 23, 2025 – 54:55
Eli Hewson and Josh Jenkinson of Inhaler
Feb 10, 2025 – 54:58
Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen
Feb 5, 2025 – 43:14
Cecilia Castleman
Jan 23, 2025 – 37:13
Larkin Poe
Jan 19, 2025 – 53:30
Flipturn
Jan 9, 2025 – 44:57
Phil and Tim Hanseroth (The Hanseroth Twins)
Dec 5, 2024 – 47:17
Phantogram
Nov 11, 2024 – 45:39
Soccer Mommy
Oct 25, 2024 – 45:46
Conor Deegan III of Fontaines D.C.
Oct 13, 2024 – 52:31
Hello Mary
Oct 1, 2024 – 32:52
Mike Einziger of Incubus
Sep 25, 2024 – 41:25
Jake Duzsik of HEALTH
Sep 16, 2024 – 01:05:07
Pete Yorn
Sep 9, 2024 – 42:51
Jacob Slater of Wunderhorse
Sep 3, 2024 – 38:30
Kevin Barnes (of Montreal) and Kishi Bashi
Aug 26, 2024 – 46:44
Magdalena Bay
Aug 23, 2024 – 47:04
Eva Hendricks of Charly Bliss
Aug 15, 2024 – 46:22
Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura
Aug 11, 2024 – 55:30
Matthew Koma of Winnetka Bowling League
Aug 2, 2024 – 44:37
Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds of Summer)
Jul 12, 2024 – 50:00
Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing
Jul 2, 2024 – 39:18
Bonny Light Horseman
Jun 9, 2024 – 57:19
DIIV
May 28, 2024 – 58:16
Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper
May 19, 2024 – 50:51
Deerlady
May 10, 2024 – 54:04
Aaron Lee Tasjan
Apr 28, 2024 – 46:51
Jane Penny (TOPS)
Apr 15, 2024 – 50:04
Grace Cummings
Mar 30, 2024 – 47:26
Hovvdy
Mar 24, 2024 – 42:32
Ducks Ltd.
Mar 10, 2024 – 54:22
Future Islands
Mar 3, 2024 – 47:24

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trevkay_

Great pod & Suggestion

Hey, just listened to the Mag Bay ep and loved it. One suggestion I would make is maybe providing a little less info about what other writers do / what studies you’ve read on process as you interview them and instead fully focus on finding out and asking what the guests do themselves.