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Iron and Wine and Ben Bridwell discuss their new album, 'Making Good Time'

By Scott Simon
Published October 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM CDT

Childhood friends Ben Bridwell and Sam Beam used to share mixtapes of their favorite songs. Now they've made a cover album together, "Making Good Time." They talk to NPR's Scott Simon.

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
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