Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture Podcast
1) The Music of North East England with Alex Niven [7" Edition]
To hear the extended, 12", almost-2-hour version of this conversation, including discussion on Maximo Park, Kenickie and Bob Davenport, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod and become a patron from just £...Show More
2) LITM Extra - Bruce Springsteen [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up. In our final episode of 2025, Jeremy and Tim spend some ti...Show More
3) Zohran Mamdani
It’s Mamdani time! On this episode of the show we’re bringing things right up to the here and now to celebrate New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. Tim and Jeremy recount the emergence of Zohran ...Show More
4) Soundtrack for a Coup D'Etat pt.3: DRC Today
In this episode we conclude our look at the Democratic Republic of Congo with an exploration of the music and politics of the country from 1960 to the present day. Beginning with the overthrow of Patr...Show More
5) LITM Extra - What We're Listening To, Nov '25 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod and become a patron from £3 a month.In this patrons-only episode Jeremy and...Show More
6) Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat pt.2: The Jazz Ambassadors
We’re continuing our series of episodes inspired by the 2024 documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat with an examination of some of the film’s key characters: the so-called ‘Jazz Ambassadors’, a group...Show More
7) LITM Extra - Music in the Cold War pt.1 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod and become a patron from £3 a month.In this patrons episode we’re taki...Show More
8) Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat pt.1
Love is the Message is back! After last series’ mammoth 18-month excavation of the year 1977 we’re switching things up a bit. While we’ll continue to chart our rough way through the history explored i...Show More
9) LITM Extra - Kneecap's Antecedents [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode of the show. To hear the full episode and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod and sign up from £3 a month.In this episode of LITM Extra...Show More
10) The Night the Lights Went Out: 1977 Wrap-Up pt.2
Here it is: our 18th and final episode of series 6. We’ve covered punk, Studio 54, the Warehouse, Black Disco, Eurodisco and Saturday Night Fever, but today Jeremy and Tim summarise some final reflect...Show More