Life in Seven Songs
A podcast by The San Francisco Standard - Tuesdays
25 Episodes
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America, the broken? Richard Misrach photographs the country's splendor and scars
Published: 3/18/2025 -
Held captive in Iran, Sarah Shourd found solace in a Seal song
Published: 3/4/2025 -
Rufus Wainwright’s rough road to becoming ‘the greatest songwriter on the planet’
Published: 2/18/2025 -
Inside actor Rita Wilson's other life as a singer
Published: 2/4/2025 -
Director Cord Jefferson on winning an Oscar and writing for love
Published: 1/21/2025 -
Introducing Professional Book Nerds: An Interview with Daniel Handler
Published: 1/14/2025 -
Failing publicly and feeling at home with Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia
Published: 1/7/2025 -
Rock photographer Jay Blakesberg on capturing the souls of legends
Published: 12/17/2024 -
Sandra Bernhard’s ‘risky, beautiful, and heartbreaking’ life
Published: 12/3/2024 -
Chesa Boudin, raised by radicals, on the songs that shaped him
Published: 11/19/2024 -
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas on breaking barriers behind bars
Published: 11/5/2024 -
Why Kara Swisher loves country music and the military
Published: 10/22/2024 -
Turns out, Mark Cuban is an emotional guy
Published: 10/8/2024 -
Introducing American Masters: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Can Do That Genre Too!
Published: 10/1/2024 -
OpenAI’s Sam Altman: the human behind the machine
Published: 9/24/2024 -
How Rhodessa Jones went from nude dancer to theater icon
Published: 9/10/2024 -
How Robert Reich learned to fight bullies
Published: 8/27/2024 -
What Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, says about terror
Published: 8/13/2024 -
What inspired the original starchitect, Lord Norman Foster
Published: 7/30/2024 -
How comedy saved Margaret Cho’s life
Published: 7/16/2024
What songs tell your life story? Host Sophie Bearman asks this question of some of the world’s most fascinating people. Through seven songs, guests reveal the milestones—and the music—that have shaped their lives. New episodes every other Tuesday.