Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-02 to 2026-05.
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She believes that songwriting is a process that can be effectively crowdsourced by having fans or friends suggest words or phrases for her to incorporate into songs.
“she would ask people to send her like something to draw and then she had a big paper and she just like me being like thank you I kind of stole that idea off of her and I was like send me word or phrase and all right into the song”
Stephanie Soo · Feb 2020 · 1 episode · 1.2M views on this topicSongwriting serves as a critical therapeutic tool for emotional healing and personal expression rather than just a professional or commercial pursuit.
“what I get out of music is like when I'm sitting at home in a room all by myself and letting that stuff pour out of me and I'm just just singing it to the wall. Like that's what's saved my life, you know?”
Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 490K views on this topicTheme songs should be designed with the audience in mind to facilitate direct engagement.
“for me professional wrestling is all about crowd interaction so throughout the song you'll notice we literally show and tell what we want the audience to do”
Chris Van Vliet · Jun 2024 · 1 episode · 406K views on this topicPaul McCartney views the guitar as a therapeutic tool for his songwriting process.
“I Lost My Little Girl. And someone pointed out to me my mom had died not too long before that. So, probably at the back of my mind, a therapist would probably say that's what this was about. >> But the guitar was your therapist. Uh and and the guitar was the therapist really.”
The Rest Is History · May 2026 · 1 episode · 239K views on this topicHe recommends buying music on vinyl because he considers it the purest way to listen to traditional jazz and vocal music.
“I think people should buy the vinyl. That's the way to that's the purest way to listen to this kind of music.”
Team Coco · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 141K views on this topicThe craft of songwriting involves taking rehearsed material and making it feel organic and alive in the moment during a performance.
“Well, the craft is confusing because the craft really is taking something that you've that you've worked on that you've rehearsed or that you know and creating it making it feel organic and real in the moment.”
Bertcast · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 28K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.