Classic Episode: Lee Ann Womack
The Working Songwriter
Joe Pug
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This episode was originally aired on June 29th, 2018
One of Nashville's favorite daughters, by way of Jacksonville Texas, discusses arriving for writing appointments with children in tow, finding song inspiration in everyday conversation, and dealing with the success of an international crossover hit.
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| 0:00.0 | They say there's nothing new under the sun, and ain't that the truth. |
| 0:11.5 | The working songwriter has been on the air for over 10 years and 300 episodes now. |
| 0:16.6 | As you've probably noticed, only the latest 100 published episodes are available in your podcast app and on Spotify. |
| 0:24.7 | So we're bringing some of the gems from past years back. |
| 0:28.8 | Of course, if you want to access every single episode of the show at any time, you can become a subscriber to The Vault. |
| 0:35.5 | What is The Vault? |
| 0:36.4 | The Vault is a private members-only section of my |
| 0:39.2 | website, jo-pugmusic.com, where you can access any episode of the show for streaming and for download. |
| 0:46.5 | In the meantime, we're bringing back some classic episodes to the main feed. Is that a reason to not |
| 0:52.5 | join the vault? Of course not, because it means that our latest |
| 0:55.8 | episodes will only get paywalled all the sooner. Is this a relatively convoluted system? Of course it is, |
| 1:03.4 | but such are the tradeoffs that the ever-changing media landscape leaves us to navigate. |
| 1:09.3 | Thank you for being here. It's always an honor that you |
| 1:12.3 | listen to the show, and I hope that you enjoy some of these classic episodes. Today's episode |
| 1:18.1 | with Leanne Womack was originally aired on June 29, 2018. A brief scan of the headlines of that day |
| 1:25.8 | remind us that Fortnite was reaching its peak cultural influence, |
| 1:30.9 | and millennials were being blamed for killing department stores. |
| 1:35.4 | Simpler times. |
| 1:36.7 | I hope that you enjoy this classic episode. |
| 1:39.8 | My guest this morning fell in love with music as a child in East Texas, |
| 1:44.2 | helping her father pick out records to play in his role as a disc jockey. |
| 1:48.9 | Leanne Wilmack attended school briefly in Leveland, Texas, |
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