Podcasts & Media
Go Fact Yourself Podcast
BELIEVE! In trivia! John and Jeri were invited as expert guests along with Mara Marini and Natalie Morales on the Go Fact Yourself podcast episode 177, featuring a hilarious, brain-busting competition between Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso) and Ashly Burch (Mythic Quest). Hosted by J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong.
Album Cover Hall of Fame Interview
ACHOF’s Mike Goldstein’s interview with SMOG Design’s Jeri and John Heiden on their 2024 Grammy Award-winning (for “Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package”) work for For The Birds: The Birdsong Project.
Women In Vinyl Podcast
On episode 16, Jenn and Robyn are joined by industry legend Jeri Heiden, co-owner of Smog Design who has been the artistic visionary behind some of your (and our) favorite imagery gracing the covers of record jackets, cassette J-cards, CD packages and box sets. Madonna, and Fleetwood Mac, to Dio, Van Halen and more she’s worked to conceptualize the albums of so many musical legends. From moving across the country, leaving art school, getting a job at Warner Brothers (in the most perfect way we’ve ever heard), to trying to figure out how to incorporate patchouli into an album, Jeri has done it all.
Forbes Interview
‘For The Birds’ Is A Flocking Masterpiece Of Musical Packaging. Written by Darren King
INDIE CAFE 2wo Interview
A Designing for Music Special Episode of Indie Cafe 2wo - In the 28th Episode of Indie Cafe 2wo, award-winning album designers Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz, and producer/recording artist Patrick Bamburak, welcome Grammy-winning designer Jeri Heiden to discuss her iconic album designs with artists such as Madonna, P!nk, k.d. lang, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, The Decemberists, Brian Wilson, and many more!
Undercovers Podcast
Jeri is interviewed by Australian podcaster, super music fan and album art aficionado, Josh Kiff in Season 2 of the Undercovers podcast episodes 10-12. By Vibe Machine Media
Classic Pop - Pop Art Interview
Andrew Dinely interviews Jeri about her long-time collaborations with the band a-ha.
True Blue’s First Twenties (2006)
The MadonnaTribe Team interviews Jeri Heiden, the woman in charge of the cover design of many Madonna albums, among them, Like A Virgin, Like A Prayer, You Can Dance and True Blue.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the True Blue album this month (2006), we focused our questions to Jeri on the making of its iconic cover. Let's celebrate!