Something About the Beatles

Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - just like the Fab Four.

http://somethingaboutthebeatles.com

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h28m. Bisher sind 309 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 days 15 hours 13 minutes

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280: All You Need is the Love You Make with Steven Gaines


As the first insider Beatles tell-all (not counting Francie Schwartz's Body Count - because why would I) - 1983's The Love You Make, a collaboration between Brian Epstein's protege Peter Brown and today's guest, shocked fans with what was perceived as...


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279: The Mal Evans Project Part One with Ken Womack


At last: the SATB conversation with the man who brought The Beatles' road manager's long missing manuscript to press. Living The Beatles Legend is the story Mal wanted to tell before his life ended at 40 in Los Angeles in a hail of gunfire...


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278: An Hour With Pattie Boyd


Today is her 80th birthday, and given the attention being brought by the auction of some personal items through Christie's (see  ), the time was right for a conversation. We made the most of the hour, given the demand for interviews right...


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277: "Mike Tree" in Nutopia with Michael Meideros


Listeners: you may recall my conversation with Robert Rosen (), detailing the blocking of a pair of books by reputable authors that detailed the "househusband" years of John's life; it evolved out of an  Robert wrote. Well, one of those...


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 March 10, 2024  1h39m
 
 

276 Filmtrack Olympiad: Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine


Picking up where we left off ( ), lecturer/professor Gary Wenstrup and I resume the Olympiad series with a pair of releases featuring film score music, the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour EP/album and 1969's Yellow...


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 February 25, 2024  1h57m
 
 

275: Anomalies in the Assassination of John Lennon with David Whelan


There's no joy to be had in this subject, but it is an important topic for an open discussion. We have been fed a narrative for 43 years regarding the murder of John, yet there were aspects that either lacked detail or, upon closer inspection, made...


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 February 9, 2024  1h44m
 
 

episode 274: 274: George, The Reluctant Beatle with Philip Norman


The author of Shout: The Beatles In Their Time has brought out his third Beatles individual biography, forty plus years after the publication of his group one. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle was put together tapping Norman's body of...


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 January 25, 2024  1h15m
 
 

273: My Private Lennon with Sibbie O'Sullivan 


We have discussed the insights of 1st gen fans who, frankly, were screamers in the presence of The Beatles (Debbie Gendler, author of this upcoming and Carol Tyler, author of ); see for a detailed discussion.     Then there's Sibbie...


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 January 9, 2024  2h5m
 
 

272: Born At The Right Time with Ray Connolly  


This British journalist/author/screenwriter/playwright is a SATB fave and was heard most recently among the 21 guests in the "Now and Then" discussion. But here he is alone in the spotlight, recounting his fabulous life as a chronicler of creators and...


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 December 25, 2023  1h28m
 
 

271 Here and Now with "Now and Then": a SATB Special


The release of a new Beatle recording in our lifetime warrants a special approach. To that end, I assembled a group of some of your favorite podcast guests, plus a few new ones to discuss, critique, and analyze the new Beatle record. Folks...


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 December 8, 2023  4h54m