Songwriter Anna Diem talks with Liz Asch about the recto and verso of creative production, cathartic queer book-binding, reconnecting with our child selves, and all the feels that go into crafting a song from start to finish.

Anna Diem is a Portland, Oregon based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Her album Hello Oregon came out in 2022, Small Victories in 2019, and Gay Love Songs is her 2018 EP. Anna has a wide range of singles as well. Her lyrics are poetic and intimate, and she sings about love and queerness, culture, nostalgia, and yearning, mostly in the alt-pop genre. You can find her music on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, and Bandcamp.

Your host is Liz Asch, author of Your Salt on My Lips and creator and voice of the meditation podcast, Body Land Metaphor Medicine, where you can find over fifty guided visualizations designed to help you feel more grounded, soothed, and settled in your nervous system. Body Land Metaphor Medicine is in English and Spanish. Liz is an acupuncturist and psilocybin facilitator in Portland, Oregon, where she writes about the body, the natural world, and the psyche through phases of peril, transformation, and growth.

Thanks to Ezra Greenhill for our theme song and to Alix Grande for production support.