{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 239: Anthony Mason (Returns!)","description":"You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find someone else with as much curiosity and vigor at 70 years old about the creation of art as longtime CBS News journalist Anthony Mason. Over his 40+ years with the network, he\u2019s shaped an Emmy-winning career around making songwriters of all stripes (from Bruce Springsteen to Phoebe Bridgers) feel comfortable enough to get uncomfortable about their motives, fears and process. And though his CBS schedule hasn\u2019t slowed down in the least, he\u2019s now launched 'Alchemy with Anthony Mason' \u2014 a new long-form interview program on YouTube, featuring conversations with Paul Simon, Nile Rodgers, Hozier and others \u2014 as a way of expanding upon the segues and tangents around songwriting that might normally be left on broadcast television\u2019s cutting-room floor. Returning to the podcast for his second visit, he discusses today how songwriting is a mechanism for the processing of trauma, and the sentiment of the show\u2019s rallying cry, inspired by Wilco\u2019s Jeff Tweedy. Watch Alchemy with Anthony Mason on YouTube, sign up for Anthony\u2019s newsletter at alchemy.show, and follow the program on Instagram @alchemywithanthony. -- Check out Episode 173 with Anthony from 2023, further back in this feed. ","author_name":"Vinyl Emergency","author_url":"http:\/\/vinylemergency.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41857485\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41857485"}