Bonus: Sacha Skarbek and Ben Parker at the Sodajerker Songwriting Lab (Live)
This bonus episode of the podcast was recorded live on 4 September 2026 as part of the Sodajerker Songwriting Lab at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Our special guests were two-time Ivor Novello w...
2 Okt 34min
Episode 323 - Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan joins Simon and Brian to discuss her new album Chakzilla, a dance-pop record co-written with Sia and Greg Kurstin, and named after the Godzilla films she grew up loving. Chaka also looks ba...
21 Sep 39min
Episode 322 - Brandon Flowers
Brandon Flowers of The Killers joins Sodajerker to discuss his new solo album Thrasher, a country record cut live at Nashville's RCA Studio A. Brandon explains how the album returns him to the music h...
28 Aug 40min
Sodajerker Songwriting Lab - Birmingham, 4 September 2026
On Friday 4 September 2026 we're running the first Sodajerker Songwriting Lab at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, with acclaimed songwriters Sacha Skarbek and Ben Parker of the Skarbek Songwriting ...
3 Aug 2min
Episode 321 - Phil Collins
On this very special episode, the legendary Phil Collins joins Sodajerker to mark the 45th anniversary of his solo debut Face Value, which arrives as a deluxe reissue in September. Phil explains how s...
17 Juli 57min
Episode 320 - Beth Orton
Singer-songwriter and producer Beth Orton joins Simon and Brian for a conversation about the writing of her latest record The Ground Above. Beth shares how she turns instinctive first ideas into finis...
4 Juli 40min
Episode 319 - Linda Perry
Songwriter and producer Linda Perry discusses Let It Die Here, her first solo album in over 25 years, and its accompanying documentary, which offers a candid look at her life and creative process. Lin...
20 Juni 49min
