Hi. Hi and welcome to the working songwriter the show where today's best songwriters come to talk shop.

I'm your host Joe Pug. Each episode here we host a distinguished guest and we ask them to go deep on their inspiration, on their process, on the general ups and downs of making a life in music.

So, whether you're a grizzled veteran

who gets their nicotine buzz from ZIN,

or else a scrappy upstart,

who considers it retro and ironic to just straight up smoke

cigarettes. This is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks

most an ironclad excuse to put off actually writing. Hey everybody it's the first Friday of October 2024 and I thank you for joining us.

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