# 34. When We Wake with Dan Mangan

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Podcast: [When We Wake with Andrew Shaver](https://stenobird.com/podcast/when-we-wake-with-andrew-shaver-6464812)
Published: 2025-05-23T17:50:29+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whenwewake/episodes/34--When-We-Wake-with-Dan-Mangan-e3394s7
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Dan Mangan is one of Canada’s most beloved singer-songwriters - a moniker he’s newly embracing. So much so, in fact, that he considered calling his new album Schminger Schmongwriter - a nod to Harry Nilsson ’s classic 1971 LP Nilsson Schmilsson . In the end, Dan went with Natural Light as an album title, and as you’ll hear in our chat, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours as an album reference, in that, he call s Natural Light his Rumours , AKA a modern classic. And why not. The album is a thing of beauty. Recorded over 6 days in a cabin in the woods with 3 of his best buds ( Mike O’Brien, Jason Haberman, and Don Kerr ), Natural Light wasn’t even supposed to happen. With a recording session lined up in LA a few months later, the session in the woods with the buds was intended as more of a songwriting retreat in between lake jumps and egg scrambles. Instead, the songs and their recordings “unfolded like a miracle” and, as you'll hear, Dan's never been prouder of an album. danmanganmusic.com @danmanganmusic Wanna get in touch? Send an email to ⁠whenwewakeradio@gmail.com⁠ Or find me on Instagram @whenwewakeradio & @theandrewshaver When We Wake with Andrew Shaver is written, hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Shaver . The weekly radio broadcast is syndicated on 9 stations across Canada. Theme song Got You by Noah Reid

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