Every year on his birthday, my dad and I sit down for a conversation. It started when he turned 76 and we’ve done it ever since - capturing an ongoing record of where his head and heart are at that particular moment.

This year, as Ben turns 82, the theme that emerges is that he is “still auditioning for the role of myself.”  We talk about what it means to keep creating, to stay curious, and to hold on to your sense of fun as the outside world speeds up and your personal world contracts. 

Editor, writer, and producer Mary Sweeney returns for a follow-up conversation seven years after her first appearance, reflecting on the loss of David Lynch, her evolving creative identity, and the process of letting go and moving forward. Recorded in Paris, this intimate talk explores memory, meaning, and transformation.

Singer, songwriter, drummer, organist Moses Patrou has spent the past twenty-five years in New York, carving out a unique space as a multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Here he reflects on the long road behind his new record Confession of a Fool - a soulful and striking record that represents the culmination of a lifetime in music - and what it means to make a defining statement at midlife.

Songwriter and producer Joe Henry on a lifetime chasing poetic truth through music, a career bridging tradition and experimentation, producing landmark albums and releasing his own deeply literary, genre-blurring records.