Jack Stafford

Podsongs

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Musicians interview inspirational people as inspiration for a new song.

Author

Jack Stafford

Category

Music

Podcast website

www.podsongs.com

Latest episode

Jun 17, 2026

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Episodes

Florian Bassfeld on cycle touring with Rocky the Husky 26.04.2021

We gave shelter to a touring cyclist and his beautiful husky. He is having a real adventure travelling around the world so I decided to interview him as well so you could hear about it. He writes books about his adventures , makes videos and  posts about it on Facebook   Lyrics to the songs: DUMPSTER DIVING For some time now I've had my eye on you And to win your heart, I've made my miss...

Ece Temelkuran on How To Lose Your Country in 7 Simple Steps 23.04.2021

Ece Temelkuran is a Turkish journalist and author. She was a columnist for Milliyet (2000–2009) and Habertürk (2009 – January 2012), and a presenter on Habertürk TV (2010–2011). She was fired from Habertürk after writing articles critical of the government, especially its handling of the December 2011 Uludere massacre. She was twice named Turkey's "most read political columnist". Her columns have...

Track-by-Track Commentary on Podsongs Volume 5 20.04.2021

A commentary on the last 12 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by podcast interviews.

Eric Topol on Why Doctors Need to Organize 19.04.2021

Eric Topol is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author. He is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a professor of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute, and a senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. He is editor-in-chief of Medscape and theheart.org. He has published three bes...

Lisa Paglin and Marianna Brilla on the revolutionary singing technique that stops singers losing their voices 16.04.2021

'The voice is the perfect musical instrument'   When Lisa Paglin met Marianna Brilla, Marianna was questioning everything about the voice.  Degrees from prestigious schools, international studies with 27 world-renowned teachers and a Fulbright Award had proven to her that clear criteria for achieving ease, perfect intonation and simple communication through the word in singing was n...

James Fallows on a 100000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America 12.04.2021

James  Fallows is an American writer and journalist. He has been a national correspondent for The Atlantic for many years. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and The American Prospect, among others. He is a former editor of U.S. News & World Report, and as President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter for two years...

How Not To Die? It's a big question. And Dr Michael Greger has made his life's work answering it 09.04.2021

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, among countless other symposia and institutions; testified before Congress; has appeared...

Michael Breus the Sleep Doctor on the key to good sleep 05.04.2021

Michael Breus is a practicing Ph. D. in clinical psychology with a specialty in sleep disorders. He oversees nine sleep labs across Southern California and Arizona as the senior vice president of Clinical Operations of Phoenix Sleep. In addition to treating more than 5,000 patients every year and training other sleep doctors, he consults with major airlines and hotel chains to provide effective sl...

Paul Nugent from Charity Worker in the UK to Cosmic Director in LA 02.04.2021

Born in Cambridge, England, in 1958, Paul Nugent was brought up in the Church of England, culminating in regular worship and charitable work for the homeless at London’s famous St. Martin’s in the Fields church in Trafalgar Square. Having completed a business degree in 1980, he later studied Eastern Philosophy at London’s School of Economic Science, as well as spending two periods at the New Age s...

Ted Kunz the two-wheeled wanderer on cycling around Africa 29.03.2021

Ted Kunz is the two-wheeled wanderer from Idaho. Hear me chat to him about his latest adventures in Africa https://www.instagram.com/two.wheel.wanderer https://www.idahopress.com/community/two-wheeled_wanderer/

Liv Boeree, ex pro poker player, on the odds of us destroying ourselves 26.03.2021

Liv Boeree is a science communicator, television presenter and former professional poker player. She is a World Series of Poker and European Poker Tour champion, and is the only female player in history to win a WSOP bracelet and EPT event. Born in Kent, Boeree earned a First Class Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Boeree is a 3x winner of the Global Poke...

Marion Nestle the grandmother of dieticians 22.03.2021

Marion Nestle (born 1936) is an American academic. She is the Paulette Goddard professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. She is also a professor of Sociology at NYU and a visiting professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University. Nestle received her BA from UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa, after attending school there from 1954-1959. Her degrees include a Ph...

Cory Doctorow on the Surveillance State, digital monopolies, and why we should be worried 19.03.2021

Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.

Dave Powell talks about how to save the planet and avoid catastrophic climate change 15.03.2021

Dave Powell is one half of Sustainababble: a weekly podcast about the environment, for and by the confused. He's supposed to be an expert in how to save the planet. But why’s everything got to be so confusing? Is he a little bit closer to enlightenment?  They sift through the most egregious eco-guff out there, exposing the real eco villains vs the hapless incompetents. It’s topical, funny and...

Ed Latimore.... a former professional heavyweight boxer who overcame addiction to become a successful writer 12.03.2021

Edward Ashley Latimore, Jr. (born February 15, 1985 in Pittsburgh, PA) is a retired American professional boxer (13-1-1), influencer, and author. His final professional fight was December 17, 2016. He launched his blog Mind and Fist[4] in 2013, focusing on the difficult lessons he learned from growing up in public housing projects, overcoming alcohol and pornography addiction, and general self-imp...

Track-by-Track Commentary on Podsongs Volume 4 09.03.2021

A commentary on the last 12 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by podcast interviews.

Gary Blaze on Spiritual Healing 08.03.2021

Gary Blaze is the husband of Chrissie Blaze, the astrologer I had on a while ago. He's an expert in many things, including qigong and Spiritual Healing. Enjoy this deep and spiritual conversation.

Russ Roberts, Economist and host of EconTalk... "don't let numbers rule your life" 05.03.2021

Russell Roberts is an economist, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president designate of Shalem College. He is known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms as host of the EconTalk podcast. Roberts categorizes himself as a proponent of classical economic liberalism. He has said, "I believe in limited government combined with personal responsibility...

Dr Martin Kulldorff, Epidemiologist @Harvard Medical School, on the Great Barrington Declaration and whether lockdown measures do more harm than good 03.03.2021

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a biostatistician and epidemiologist in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research centers on developing and applying new disease surveillance methods for post-market drug and vaccine safety surveillance and for the early detection and monitoring of infectious...

Bryan Caplan, Economics Professor, on Open Borders for a global boom 01.03.2021

Bryan Douglas Caplan is an American behavioral economist and author. Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and former contributor to the Freakonomics blog; he also publishes his own blog, EconLog. He is a self-described "economic libertarian". The bulk of Caplan's academic work is in behavioral...

Brian Keneipp on a commonsense approach to the sometimes mysterious world of metaphysics 26.02.2021

Rt. Rev. Brian C. Keneipp is the Executive Director of the American Headquarters of The Aetherius Society, a registered non-profit, religious, scientific and educational corporation, established in California in 1960. Brian Keneipp worked over twenty years with The Aetherius Society founder, the late Dr. George King, a Western Master of Yoga. Brian was a key disciple of Dr. King and help...

Peter Boghossian on the rise of Social Justice 24.02.2021

Peter Gregory Boghossian is an American philosopher. He is an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism, and the Socratic method. He is the author of A Manual for Creating Atheists and (with James Lindsay) How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide. Boghossian...

Emily Atkin on taking on the deniers with powerful climate journalism 22.02.2021

Emily Atkin is an environmental reporter and writer, best known for founding the daily climate newsletter HEATED. She also launched a podcast by the same name to explore the intersectional issues highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously she was a reporter for The New Republic and ThinkProgress. She is an author in the collection All We Can Save edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Kathari...

Darragh Carroll's incredible journey 19.02.2021

That's all I'm saying. Listen to it, it's incredible. (And includes a journey.)

Pat Divilly on therapy from meaning: How knowing the 'why' of your life can transform it 17.02.2021

Pat Divilly is an author, speaker and high performance coach who helps people reach new levels of purpose and fulfillment through movement and mindset. Pat has emerged as one of Ireland’s top speakers in the area of personal development and is invited to give talks around the world. Between 2012 and 2017 over 20,000 clients went through Pat’s online training course. Pat has also climbed some of th...

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