Life in Seven Songs

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Intimate biographies of some of the world’s most fascinating people, told through the songs that made them who they are.

SYNOPSIS

What songs tell your life story?

Life in Seven Songs, a new podcast launching June 18th by The San Francisco Standard (the Bay Area’s fastest growing news company), asks this question of some of the world’s most fascinating people.

In bi-weekly episodes, host Sophie Bearman engages culture’s trailblazers in intimate discussions about their life journeys. Through seven songs, guests lay bare the milestones—and the music—that have made them who they are today. 

Featured guests include:

• Norman Foster: The radical 88-year-old “starchitect” behind landmarks like London’s Gherkin, New York’s Hearst Tower and Cupertino’s Apple Park.
• London Breed: The 45th mayor of San Francisco, and the first African-American woman to hold the position.
• D’Wayne Wiggins: The record producer who discovered Beyoncé and helped artists like Destiny’s Child, Kehlani, and Zendaya become superstars. 
• Robert Reich: America’s former Secretary of Labor who battled grade school bullies as a kid and fought for fair wages and paid family leave as an adult.

The trailer for Life in Seven Songs will premiere on June 4, 2024 with the first two episodes following on June 18, 2024. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 

ABOUT THE HOST

Sophie Bearman has a diverse background in multimedia production and journalism. Sophie currently holds the position of Director of Special Projects at The San Francisco Standard, where she develops new initiatives, including podcasts, for the newsroom. Before this, she was The Standard’s Director of Multimedia, overseeing the publication’s photo and video departments. A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Sophie—alongside her colleague Tessa Kramer—turned her thesis project into a twelve-episode investigative series called “Admissible: Shreds of Evidence” for iHeartMedia and Virginia Public Media. The series investigates a controversial era of forensic science at Virginia’s state crime lab. She has also served as a producer and reporter for Jigsaw Productions’ flagship podcast, Lies We Tell, as well as a freelance reporter for WBUR’s Last Seen. Sophie has a robust background in video production, with video producer roles at CNBC and TheStreet.com.  Her career began at Harvard University’s student newspaper, where she managed the publication’s popular online blog. Outside of the office, Sophie’s an avid hiker; she backpacked the entire 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2023.

ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD

The San Francisco Standard is the Bay Area’s fastest growing source for news and information. 

Whether it’s an investigation into political corruption or a guide to the best wine bars in town, we provide San Francisco—one of the most dynamic cities in the world—with the journalism it deserves. 

Since launching in 2021, we’ve become one of San Francisco’s most influential sources of news and information. We now reach more than a million readers each month. Our reporting has been highlighted by numerous national outlets including The New York Times, CNN and Politico. In 2022, The Standard was a finalist for two Online News Association awards, including general excellence in online news, and won two EPPY awards from Editor & Publisher. 

The Standard is financed by venture capitalist and philanthropist Michael Moritz.