Songwriter and producer Linda Perry discusses Let It Die Here, her first solo album in over 25 years, and its accompanying documentary, which offers a candid look at her life and creative process. Linda explains the ways that grief and the loss of her mother are bound up in the work, the role of vulnerability in songwriting, and what she’s looking for when she collaborates with an artist in the studio.
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Sean Ono Lennon joins Sodajerker to discuss The Great Parrot Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy, the new sci-fi concept album from the Claypool Lennon Delirium. Sean talks about collaborating with Les Claypool, creating characters and mythology for the record, and exploring the dangers of artificial intelligence. We also examine the duo’s use of wordplay, Sean’s eclectic musical influences, and the lessons he absorbed from his parents.
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The The’s Matt Johnson joins Simon and Brian to discuss his new book Cognitive Dissident, the idea of “method songwriting”, and the way grief and personal loss have shaped his music. Along the way, this candid conversation touches on topics like memory, identity, authenticity and new frontiers of technology.
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Acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard joins Simon and Brian to discuss his new live retrospective Don’t Settle (Vol. 1 – Transmissions East) and his creative life. The Oscar-winning artist talks about writing songs that have a beating heart, why music should be both messy and true, but never clever, and the liberating experience of burning his notebooks.
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Mumford & Sons’ Marcus Mumford and Ben Lovett talk about the writing of the band’s latest record, Prizefighter. The pair reflect on working with producer Aaron Dessner, the trust required to take creative risks as a band, and how collaborations with the likes of Hozier, Gracie Abrams, Chris Stapleton and Justin Vernon shaped the final record.
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Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford of Squeeze join us for a special episode to discuss Trixies, a remarkable concept album centred on a fictional London nightclub and built from songs the pair first wrote as teenagers. During the conversation, Chris and Glenn reflect on the experience of revisiting the work of their younger selves, and how their celebrated songwriting partnership has continued to evolve.
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Guitar maestro and Vulfpeck collaborator Cory Wong chats about his new solo album Lost In The Wonder. The virtuoso musician, songwriter, and producer explains his approach to collaboration, how voice memos help him capture fleeting musical ideas, and why he believes in sharing more of the creative process with fans.
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“Good morning, this is Neil from New York!”
So began our 2012 phone conversation with the triple-threat native Brooklynite whose prodigious musical gifts took him from a Juilliard scholarship to international pop stardom, via a glittering tenure at the Brill Building. When the ‘British Invasion’ arrived to shake things up in the mid 60s – and his wholesome image was rendered terminally unfashionable almost overnight – he took it on the chin, pivoting to session work and songwriting for hire. By the dawn of the next decade, he was in England, singing for his supper on the working men’s club circuit.
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On 3rd November 2011, we nervously sat down to conduct our first ever interview for the podcast. Our interviewee was pop songsmith par excellence Billy Steinberg, and the experience turned out to be such a fun and positive one that we decided to keep at it. And here we are, all these years later, *still* at it. So we have much to thank Billy for – and if you’re a fan of our show, so do you.
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The fabulous Jill Scott sits down with Sodajerker to discuss her expansive new album To Whom This May Concern. The singer, songwriter and poet talks about the creative discipline behind the record, how her relationship with poetry continues to anchor her writing, and why the songs evolve every time she performs them live.
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Ryan Tedder, songwriter to artists including Taylor Swift, Adele, and Beyoncé, and frontman of OneRepublic, talks to Sodajerker about tracking cultural shifts, writing at scale, and staying competitive in a saturated market. Drawing on his Nashville training and his apprenticeship with Timbaland, he breaks down his belief in craft, persistence, and instinct, and explains why writer’s block only has power if you let it.
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Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn of Sleaford Mods talk to Sodajerker about their new album The Demise of Planet X. They discuss creating interplay between their words and music, making pop culture references work in songs, and integrating guest contributions from artists such as Aldous Harding and Gwendoline Christie.
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Episode 319 – Linda PerryJune 20, 2026
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