{"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":"Mary Chapin Carpenter","slug":"mary-chapin-carpenter","published_at":"2026-05-01T06:21:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927/mary-chapin-carpenter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927","url":"http://theworkingsongwriter.com/rss/","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/d3e0f12e-63aa-4e9d-b9cf-9eac87dd8673/stream.mp3","summary":"Our guest this week on the Working Songwriter hails from my neck of the woods, Washington, D.C. Mary Chapin Carpenter got her start in the proto-Americana music scene of 1970s and '80s D.C. She broke out of that local circuit with her signing to Columbia Records; her debut album went quadruple platinum. She’s toured with Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, and Rosanne Cash, she’s won five GRAMMY Awards, two CMA Awards, and two Academy of Country Music Awards. Her song, “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” went to the top of the country radio charts. Chapin Carpenter has appeared on the Late Night with David Letterman and Rolling Stone calls her \"one of the most grounded, sentient songwriters of her generation.\" NPR has said that she’s “a singular voice in country and folk” and the New York Times praises her “intelligent, literate songwriting with emotional depth.” Simply put, she’s an all-timer. I got a chance to catch up with her earlier this year and hear about her musical journey so far. Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods","meta_description":"Our guest this week on the Working Songwriter hails from my neck of the woods, Washington, D.C. Mary Chapin Carpenter got her start in the proto-Americana…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2390,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-working-songwriter-463927/episodes/mary-chapin-carpenter/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/mary-chapin-carpenter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}