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The Hardest Part — 43 episodes

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HP #42: Lily Moore Breaks Down Grown Up Girl Regrets.

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HP #41: Young the Giant on Returning to the Spirit of Their Early Days
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HP #40: Westerman on isolation, injury, and writing “Mosquito.”
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HP #39: Winter on the importance of finding the right tempo and key.
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HP #38: The Overjoyed on Writing About Mental Health, Isolation, and Bittersweet Songs.
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HP #37: Tigercub on Balancing Instinct and Editing in Songwriting

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HP #36: Madi Diaz on the songwriting process behind “Heavy Metal”

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HP #35: Sunflower Bean on writing “I Knew Love” in the studio.

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HP #34: Foy Vance Unpacks How Ego Affects Songwriters.
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HP #33: The Moment Sam Fischer Realized He Had to Keep This Song

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HP #32: Mariachi El Bronx on The Moment That Unlocked the Entire Album

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HP #31: Dream Nails on Using Free Writing to Finish Their Hardest Song.
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HP #30 : Ulrika Spacek on Combining Two Songs Into One
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HP #29: Chartreuse Break Down a Song Born From Pain and Healing

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HP #028 | Song Exploder’s Hrishikesh Hirway Breaks Down His Own Song
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Psymon Spine: “Wizard Acid” — Turning Five Demos into One Song
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Elles Bailey: “Ballad of a Broken Dream” — When a Song Feels Too Personal to Record
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Adult Jazz: “Earth of Worms” — When Perfection Gets in the Way of Songwriting
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Deep Sea Diver: “Shovel” — How to Rebuild a Song That’s Falling Apart
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Sophie Jamieson: “How Do You Want to Be Loved?” — Songwriting and Honesty
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Anna B Savage: “Donegal” — Writing Through Creative Block and Emotional Uncertainty

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Famous: “Leaving Tottenham” — The Technical Challenge of Confessional Writing and the Fear It Might Not Matter
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Masma Dream World: “Please Come to Me” — Sound as Ritual, Trusting the Process, and Surviving the Threshold
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Folk Bitch Trio: “Sarah” — How to Bring a Song Back from the Brink — and the Importance of Brutal Honesty in Songwriting
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Bria Salmena: “Closer to You” — Creative Blocks, Remote Recordings, and a Chorus That Wouldn’t Land
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Jack Garratt: “Mara” — Making Peace with the Voice in Your Head

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Efterklang: "Getting Reminders" — How a Mother’s Guitar and Lisbon’s River Shaped a Song
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Ashaine White: "Hotel" — Seeing Her Mother Clearly Through Song
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The Amazons: "Black Magic" & "Joe Bought a Gun" — Matt Thomson on The Amazons’ Songwriting Journey
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Ora Cogan: "Crickets"

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Amahla: "Apathy"
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Canty: "hahaha"
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Molly Payton: "You're On Your Own This Time, Again"
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Rosie Lowe: "Gratitudes"
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Kiioto: "Wild Geese"
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Lexie Carroll: "laundry detergent"
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SOFY: "Pirates"
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Tim Atlas: "Out Cold"
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Los Bitchos: "Don't Change"

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Our Girl: "Something About Me Being A Woman"
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Loren Kramar: "Hollywood Blvd"

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Morgan Harper-Jones: "Main Character"

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Introducing: The Hardest Part.