The SB podcast is your guide to Shapiro Bernstein Music Publishing's incredibly diverse catalog spanning over 100 years. Each week, Creative Director David Hoffman brings you thirty minutes of specially selected music from the SB catalog, both new and old. Email dhoffman@shapirobernstein.com for any questions or just to say hi!
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Listen in as author Linda Sivertsen (aka Book Mama) brings together the world’s most beloved bestselling authors to chat about writing, publishing, deal-making, spirituality, activism, and the art of romancing creativity. Now streaming on American Airlines, these up-close conversations are a fan favorite, downloaded millions of times, and frequently profiled on “Best Podcast” lists (i.e., The Motley Fool’s “10 Best Podcasts for Women”) while gracing the "Popular Podcasts, Books" (formerly Li ...
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“Disinfect” finds acclaimed music journalist Matt Diehl and career crate digger Maurice Bernstein joining forces to air out music’s worst songs – disinfecting stinking sacred cows to the most godawful guilty pleasures.
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Rhonda Byrne & Kelly Noonan Gores: Their top secrets for birthing global bestsellers
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The magical duo of Rhonda Byrne & Kelly Noonan Gores are rounding out a bucket list week here at the Beautiful Writers Podcast. After years of dreaming, writing, podcasting, and, more recently, recording my latest book, the audiobook for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors…
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Solo Pod: My published books woke me up at 3 am with intel they wanted us to know . . .
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What happens when your dream comes true after years of work? What happens when that dream twists into what feels like a career-killing nightmare? In this episode, I'm telling the truth like never before—solo, my first in nine years—and it's the most real, vulnerable, and perhaps ill-advised show I've ever done. Catch it quick before my Vulnerabilit…
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Dr. Jody Carrington: Self-Pub Superstars, Part 2
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I can't with this soulmate client. I'm pressed for words to share how much I love this woman, author, and communicator. I promise you've never met anyone like Dr. Jody Carrington. I call her Canada's Brené Brown (mixed with some Jerry Seinfeld), so that's close. But, well. Just see for yourself. When I met Jody at one of my Carmel retreats at the s…
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Hal Elrod: Self-Pub Superstars, Part 1 of 2
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Ever feel like you need a miracle to realize your big dreams? Let me introduce you to my miraculous client and friend Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning: The Not So Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life Before 8 AM. With over 3.5 million books sold, you'd think he'd have started with a top-five publisher. Instead, he launched a wor…
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Jenny Lawson & Laura Belgray, TMI Queens: The Art of the Overshare
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It's open books all the way with these two TMI queens and their no-holds-barred, hilarious ways. They're the perfect duo to break my 6-month hiatus from the show. What a hoot to be back with three-time New York Times best-selling memoirist Jenny Lawson (Broken, Furiously Happy, and Let's Pretend This Never Happened) and her blogtastic comedic twin,…
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Mark Manson: The subtle art of movie making & selling millions of books
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Three #1 New York Times bestsellers. Nearly twenty million books sold. One of the most popular self-development blogs in the world. What more could Mark Manson take on? As of this week, movie stardom. Suppose you're a fan of Mark'sThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (or his follow-up book, Everything's F*cked: A Book About Hope). In that case, I pr…
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How to Write a Book (& Actually Finish It!), a MarieTV Replay
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Marie Forleo is back on the show! HER show, actually. Say what? In a rare move for each of us, this is a replay of my recent appearance on MarieTV while touring for my latest book, Beautiful Writers. Since Marie and I LOVE this episode and 80% of the population say they want to write a book, we're doubling up to help you beat those odds. You can al…
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Pub Day Celebration! A Writer's Roundup w/ Martha Beck, Steven Pressfield, Elizabeth Lesser, & Aditi Khorana
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It's finally here! Pub Day for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors. To celebrate this happy day, I invited a few of my fave writers to join me for a writer's roundup for good vibes as we talk about the things we did that WORKED. The details we want to remember to do next t…
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Zibby Owens & Silvia Vasquez-Lavado: Women on a Mission to Scale New Heights
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New York's # 1 book influencer, author, DAILY podcaster, and publisher, Zibby Owens, is here! Joining her is Peruvian mountaineer, humanitarian, and social entrepreneur, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first openly gay woman to climb Everest and all seven summits (who happens to be one of Zibby's favorite writers). Welcome to another literary love-fest!…
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Danielle LaPorte & Book Mama Pod Reunion, Post Deadline Truth Tellin’
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We’ve missed you, Danielle LaPorte & me! Our season of book delivery kicked our asses. (How to Be Loving for Danielle and Beautiful Writers for me, both available now for preorder.) But that’s what it takes, often, to create our best work. So, since we know we’re not alone in this endeavor to leave a legacy, we’re back together to dish, deal, and l…
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Van Halen III – Misunderstood Masterpiece, Monolithic Misfire, Or Both? (Special Guest: Brad Tolinski, author of Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen )
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“Van Halen III” remains the most derided – and endlessly debated – album from its namesake band and late, great guitar god. Reeling from a series of tragedies – including the exit of Van Halen’s hitmaking singer, Sammy Hagar – Eddie Van Halen joined with new vocalist Gary Cherone of Extreme to redefine the band in his own image. The results proved …
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Patricia Cornwell & Tosca Lee: Thrilled to Death & Destiny
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Spooky smart. Miraculously mystical. Devilishly delightful. Listen in as two prolific bestselling thriller authors, Patricia Cornwell (over 100 million copies sold) and Tosca Lee (award-winning NYT bestseller), sweeten up our Halloween with this perfectly low-cal, high magic treat. And I'm not just throwing the M-word around. The true tales shared …
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Not Feeling the Noise: Mining the Worst Heavy Metal Covers (Special Guests: Tom Beaujour and Katherine Turman)
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Best-selling authors Tom Beaujour (“Nothin’ But a Good Time”) and Katherine Turman (“Louder Than Hell”) guest on "Disinfect" to bring hellfire to the worst heavy metal covers of all time – from Quiet Riot’s annoying noise to Danzig’s desecrations, and beyond...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Jenny Lawson & Martha Beck: Seriously Funny + Broken (in the best possible way)
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Today's a very good day! This Book Mama is giddyhappy. Since meeting Jenny Lawson over five years ago, I've ached to have her on the Beautiful Writers Podcast, and it's finally happened on this, my post-book-delivery return to the show. After taking months off, I couldn't be more excited to be back with this literary lovefest! Jenny, who's on tour …
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And the Award for Worst Eurovision Winner Goes To... (Special Guests: International comedy sensations Rob AndristPlourde and Greg Shapiro)
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How does the pop-music Olympics turn out the worst pop music? As such, Eurovision’s dramatic return in 2021 got us thinking… What are the worst winning songs in Eurovision history? For help, we turned to our special guests, international comedy sensations Rob AndristPlourde and Greg Shapiro, for the Euro insider take on music’s biggest (and cheesie…
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Cheesesploitation: Sammy Davis Jr. Destroys Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" (Special Guest: Carl Hancock Rux)
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Award-winning recording artist/poet/writer/performer Carl Hancock Rux joins the "Disinfect" hosts to roast Sammy Davis Jr.'s disastrous, unintentionally hilarious cover of Isaac Hayes' blaxploitation classic, "Theme From Shaft"...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Elizabeth Gilbert & Marie Forleo: Behind the Bestsellers
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"I'm glad I'm not competitive," Elizabeth Gilbert said when listing her dear friend Marie Forleo's assets and calling her a "quintuple threat" before adding how incredibly loyal, decent, and giant-hearted she is. It's with that kind of feel-good sisterhood that we kick off this first episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast for 2021. Two #1 New Yor…
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It's here—our 4th annual Beautiful Writers Podcast "Best-Of" episode! Just in time to save your creativity in the New Year from all that binge-watching and doomscrolling. It's been a year—2020 (hence why this Summer episode's dropping in Winter). I don't have to tell you what kind of havoc the pandemic has unleashed on our best-laid writing plans a…
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Why In Hell Did Barbara Streisand Massacre the David Bowie Classic “Life On Mars”?
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Did you ever dream of hearing Barbara Streisand perform a multi-octave diva massacre of David Bowie’s classic “Life On Mars”? Nope – not us, either. But she went there – making for one of the worst cover songs we’ve aired out yet...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Tomi Adeyemi & Sabaa Tahir: YA Superstars on Living & Writing Heroically
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Two of the top-selling YA Fantasy authors of ALL TIME give us a master class on earning, output, and living as epic a life as the stories they’re writing. On this fifth birthday of the Beautiful Writers Podcast, these #1 New York Times bestselling novelists—Nigerian-American Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengea…
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Why? Meet The Atrocious Rap-Rock Cover of Eazy-E’s “Boyz-N-The-Hood” (Special Guests: Murs And Slug of Felt)
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Warning: you can’t unhear Dynamite Hack’s atrocious alt-rock cover of Eazy-E’s gangsta-rap classic “Boyz-n-the-Hood.” Special guests Murs and Slug of acclaimed hip-hop duo Felt share their outspoken thoughts on the subject...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Exclusive Interview: Grammy-Winning Producer/Artist William Orbit On Making Madonna's "American Pie," "Ray of Light" – And Beyond!
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In a “Disinfect” exclusive interview, William Orbit reveals what went right and wrong in making Madonna’s “American Pie." He doesn't stop there – the Grammy-winning producer/artist also goes deep behind the scenes on “Ray of Light,” that secret ABBA cover, and much more...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Madonna's "American Pie" Was Voted The Worst Cover Ever. Is It?
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A BBC listener poll voted Madonna's take on "American Pie" the #1 worst cover song in pop music history. What do you think? Learn what the experts say in the latest episode of "Disinfect"...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Valarie Kaur & Chris Jackson: A World-Changer and Her Superhero Publisher
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Chris Jackson, legendary publisher and Editor-in-Chief of One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is here with Valarie Kaur, one of his star authors—or, as he prefers to see his writers, who include Trevor Noah, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jay-Z, and Mira Jacob, “superheroes.” After all, changing the country is not for the faint of heart, and Chris lo…
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Moby, Steve Albini, & Arthur Baker On Covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
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“Disinfect" returns to the scene of the crime – turning to experts Moby, Steve Albini, & Arthur Baker to analyze just how awful Paul Young's cover of the Joy Division' classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart" really is...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Patchett: Longings—In Writing & Life
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The world feels like it’s exploding. With Covid-19 and anti-racism protests both raging through our streets, I had a sensitive, maybe even a bold question to ask Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Patchett, two longtime literary idols of mine. How are a couple of white women so audacious as to write books where the majority of characters are not their race or g…
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Is This the Worst Bob Marley Cover of All Time?
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In episode 2 of “Disinfect,” hosts Maurice Bernstein and Matt Diehl investigate whether the Pat Travers Band’s version of “Is This Love?” indeed proves to be the worst Bob Marley cover in music history...By Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
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For the debut episode of “Disinfect,” acclaimed music journalist Matt Diehl and crate-digging Giant Step honcho Maurice Bernstein commence their exploration of the worst covers ever. They launch the series by airing out the sacrilegious awfulness of Paul Young’s pop-soul take on Joy Division’s beloved post-punk classic, “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”…
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Dr. Jane Goodall & Keely Shaye Brosnan: Power of the Pen to Heal Mother Earth
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Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace, is with us from the UK for a special eco-edition of the Beautiful Writers Podcast. I’m excited to celebrate the release of the Nat Geo film The Hope—showcasing Jane's lifetime of jaw-dropping conservation—with the use of stunning audio from the movie. Joinin…
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Joy Harjo: Poet Laureate of the United States
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In THE interview of my life so far, Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States (the nation’s “official” poet!) is here. She’s the first Native American to hold this position, and I’ve been a weepy mess since she agreed to chat with us. As someone who lived on raw land in Northern New Mexico and studied with Native Americans, I'm deeply moved by …
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Terry McMillan & Laura Munson: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Novelists
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These New York Times bestselling authors on tour meet here for the first time. Laura Munson is promoting her first novel, Willa's Grove, while Terry McMillan is about to share with the world her tenth or eleventh novel, It's Not All Downhill from Here. (She doesn’t keep count—“They’re not like children, you know.") Both women have decades of butt-i…
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