Something About the Beatles Podcast
1) SATB Special: Power To WHAT People? - Canceling Lennon in 2025 with Candy Leonard
This special episode is, in effect, a part two of episode 308 (The Politics of Beatles), again with Candy Leonard, as an examination of the decision made by Universal Music Group (with the tacit appr...Show More
2) 309: Some Fun Tonight with Chuck Gunderson
We are now sixty years on from the crest of The Beatles' touring years, if you figure the August 15, 1965 Shea Stadium show that kicked off their second North American tour as "the top of the mountain...Show More
3) SATB Special: Ribbons of Rust Book Launch with John Leckie, Sibbie O'Sullivan and Richard Mills
Ribbons of Rust: The Beatles' Recording History in Context is this first installment of a multi-volume series, building out the history of everything The Beatles did in the recording studio to reveal ...Show More
4) 308: The Politics of Beatles with Candy Leonard
In 2014, sociologist Candy Leonard published Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade The World. It was a groundbreaking work, representing a serious exploration into the phenomenon of fandom...Show More
5) 307: Borrowed Time with Alan G. Parker
Director Alan G. Parker's newest film is a personal expression of gratitude toward John Lennon for being a figure that helped him through some difficult years when he was growing up. Borrowed Time: Le...Show More
6) 306: Beatles Olympiad - Glyn Johns' Get Back with Gary Wenstrup
In late May 1969, producer Glyn Johns turned in a draft album, culled from hours of tape recorded in January 1969 during the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. His work reflected the original concept: catch...Show More
7) 305: Contentious Credits
In recent years, the quality of Beatles scholarship has risen considerably, and the old days of accepting and repeating any old data (even coming from sources that should be credible) - without examin...Show More
8) 304: Badfinger's Head First with Bob Jackson
Beatle proteges Badfinger were an Apple band that simultaneously produced some of the finest pop/rock of their era while beset by management malfeasance leading directly to their decimation by suicide...Show More
9) 303: John and Paul - A Love Story in Songs with Ian Leslie
My guest has produced one of those rare books in The Beatles' literary canon not penned by an insider (or by someone named Lewisohn) that has arrived with a tidal wave of press; in advance and since. ...Show More
10) SATB SPECIAL: ONE TO ONE with Gary Wenstrup
On April 10, 2025, the film One To One: John and Yoko was released in US theaters. Gary Wenstrup (SATB Olympiad series) attended a screening, and in this SATB Special, have a discussion on what we saw...Show More