Hey there, 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,

with an emotional shell so hardened that hearing have a little faith in me alone in a bar doesn't even make you cry anymore, or else

a scrappy upstart, finding deep layers of meaning in songs at Bob Dylan never even intended

for release.

This is your show.

Because ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most.

An ironclad excuse to put off actually writing.

Hello, everybody.

Thanks for being here this month.

Before we get started, I wanted to let you know where I'll be in the coming month.

If you want to hear some of my songs live, I'll be on tour this fall. Embarking for Australia and New Zealand next week,

the tour will stop in Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Minion, and Perth.

Check the website for those exact dates and places.

I'm really looking forward to seeing all you down there.

It's been too long.

And then later in the fall, I'll be touring the U.S.

I'll be in Greensboro, North Carolina at the Carolina Theater on November 11th.

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