{"podcast":{"title":"The Working Songwriter","slug":"the-working-songwriter-463927","podcast_index_feed_id":463927,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/2d22ef83-2890-4340-aee9-d0d0157225f3","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/the-working-songwriter","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/3/10/17/fbd9f80b-8714-4443-a55c-c4465042f2c4_TWS_Logo_-_w_BGS.png","author":"Joe Pug","episode_count":344,"summary":"Joe Pug hosts a weekly conversation with one of today's best songwriters. The Working Songwriter is a part of the Bluegrass Situation Podcast Network. Interested in sponsoring us? Contact: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods Over 300 catalog episodes available to stream in the Nation of Heat Vault. Visit joepugmusic.com/vault","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T18:21:22.102556+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927"},"episode":{"title":"Hayes Carll returns again","slug":"hayes-carll-returns-again","published_at":"2026-01-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927/hayes-carll-returns-again","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927","url":"https://theworkingsongwriter.libsyn.com/hayes-carll-returns-again","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/ca19580d-7baf-4169-a3ca-e0ae43df784e/stream.mp3","summary":"Our guest this week on The Working Songwriter hails from The Woodlands, Texas. Hayes Carll is a singer, songwriter, and storyteller whose sharp wit and plainspoken poetry first broke through with his 2002 debut, 'Flowers & Liquor.' That was followed by 2008's 'Trouble in Mind,' which delivered the hit \"She Left Me for Jesus\" and cemented his place among the genre's most distinctive voices. Carll has toured with artists like Old Crow Medicine Show, Todd Snider, and Alison Krauss and his songs have been covered by Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack, and Kenny Chesney. He's recorded for Lost Highway, Dualtone, and Thirty Tigers and he's performed on stages from Newport Folk Festival to Austin City Limits and the Grand Ole Opry. 'Rolling Stone' praises his work for its \"razor-sharp wit and lived-in warmth,\" while NPR notes his \"keen eye for the human condition wrapped in disarming charm.\" 'American Songwriter' calls him \"one of Americana's most reliable truth-tellers.\" Our show's most frequent guest pops by to discuss his latest album \"We're Only Human\" and finding a creative voice that's more true to himself. Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods","meta_description":"Our guest this week on The Working Songwriter hails from The Woodlands, Texas. Hayes Carll is a singer, songwriter, and storyteller whose sharp wit and pl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2414,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-working-songwriter-463927/episodes/hayes-carll-returns-again/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927/hayes-carll-returns-again.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}