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Author Tom Franklin reads two pieces of short fiction and songwriter Ben Glover plays a song written in response to both

An update for premium subscribers, including new artist announcements, and Mike Ruffino's SECOND song that he wrote in response to Laurie Woolever's story from this week's episode, Devotion Cycle Part 1 (Hey Machan). The song is extraordinary and unexpected - and like the first one, uses actual audio recorded on a shoot with Anthony Bourdain in 2018) - mixing Latin rhythms with Sri Lankan instruments and vibes!

Author Laurie Woolever tells a story about a shoot in Sri Lanka with Anthony Bourdain, and composer Mike Ruffino shares a song he created using sounds recorded for the episode

Mark Harris tells the life story of Mike Nichols, one of the most influential directors of the 20th century. Anna Kline of the band Swift Silver talks about her reaction to Mike’s story, and shares her song, “The Picture Show”

Some sneak peeks for my beloved premium subscribers, including the next three unannounced featured guests, news of the first live SongWriter show in several years, and finally a song written in response to "Featherhood" by Charlie Gilmour

Wright Thompson reads a story about losing his uncle, and songwriter Drew Holcomb performs his song, “Slower Than the Highway”