Life in Seven Songs

By: The San Francisco Standard
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  • 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.
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Episodes
  • Introducing Professional Book Nerds: An Interview with Daniel Handler

    Introducing Professional Book Nerds: An Interview with Daniel Handler
    Jan 14 2025
    On this special episode, we’re featuring a conversation from our friends at the Professional Book Nerds podcast, a podcast from the book nerds at OverDrive. Every week host Joe Skelley chats book recommendations on a theme with his friends and bookish experts, interviews authors and personalities, and encourages people to check out all the amazing resources their library has to offer. Ranked number 5 of the top 100 book podcasts, this is the place for book nerds! In today’s episode, Joe chats with author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) LIVE during his book tour for And Then? And Then? What Else? Joe and Daniel talk about Tim Curry, sharing your personal life publicly, and what exactly it’s like being Lemony Snicket. Listen to more episodes of Professional Book Nerds and follow the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/professional-book-nerds/id1065515588
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Failing publicly and feeling at home with NextDoor’s Nirav Tolia

    Failing publicly and feeling at home with NextDoor’s Nirav Tolia
    Jan 7 2025
    Cofounder and CEO of NextDoor, Nirav Tolia, looks back on his childhood in small-town Texas, and how an inner conflict about belonging may have led to him creating the first social network for neighbors. With his commitment to building community, it’s no surprise two of his seven songs include the words ‘home’ and ‘house’ in their titles. Take me Home, Country Roads – John Denver The Reflex – Duran Duran World in My Eyes – Depeche Mode Eye of the Tiger – Survivor If My Heart Was a House – Owl City Con Te Partirò – Andrea Bocelli Beautiful Day – U2 Listen to Nirav Tolia’s full playlist on Spotify. Find the transcript of this episode at lifeinsevensongs.com. Thoughts? Guest suggestions?
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    33 mins
  • Rock photographer Jay Blakesberg on capturing the souls of legends

    Rock photographer Jay Blakesberg on capturing the souls of legends
    Dec 17 2024
    From Nirvana to BB King, The Rolling Stones to Radiohead, legendary rock photographer Jay Blakesberg has been documenting music icons for nearly 40 years. His work has been published in thousands of magazines, documentaries and books, but what he’s most known for is creating a seminal photographic archive of the Grateful Dead. Here are his songs. Hey Jude – The Beatles Black Water – The Doobie Brothers Wooden Ships – Crosby Stills & Nash Eyes of The World – Grateful Dead Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) – Talking Heads Tangled up in Blue – Bob Dylan Attics of My Life – Grateful Dead Listen to Jay Blakesberg’s full playlist on Spotify. Find the transcript of this episode at lifeinsevensongs.com. Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at lifeinsevensongs@sfstandard.com.
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    32 mins

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