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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.
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A podcast for Board Game beginners. New to the Board Game hobby and not sure where to start? Join Bill and Hollis on their boardgame journey from newbie to "Gamer"!
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Welcome to Unplugged (formerly The All Punked Up Podcast), your essential weekly music fix, hosted by best friends and former bandmates Tyler Winters and John Pearman. Tune in as they break down the latest music news and deliver exclusive interviews with top artists and emerging talents in alternative rock, pop-punk, emo, indie, country, and beyond. With their finger on the pulse of the music scene, Tyler and John offer fresh insights, laced with humor and a touch of sarcasm, ensuring you’re ...
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304: Badfinger's Head First with Bob Jackson
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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. It was fifty years ago that Pete Ham, their songwriter responsible for "No Matter What," "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue" and co-writer with Tommy Ev…
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303: John and Paul - A Love Story in Songs with Ian Leslie
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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. Ian Leslie, who in the past has written about psychology, has put together a thesis examining the singular personal and professional relationship betw…
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SATB SPECIAL: ONE TO ONE with Gary Wenstrup
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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: what was good - what we thought was less so - what was in it - what was not in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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302: TeenSet and Rock Fan Magazines with Allison Bumsted
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An important part of understanding both rock history generally and The Beatles' history specifically is contained in a study of the fan magazines produced throughout the 50s and 60s. For the purposes of this discussion, Dr. Allison Bumsted's newly-published TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines and Rock Journalism: Don't Let The Name Fool You is THE roadmap …
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301: The Beatles' Bag of Tricks Volume 2 with Jack Petruzzelli and Cameron Greider
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Returning guests Cameron Greider and Jack Petruzzelli (both of the RPM-School.com) are on hand to discuss more of what The Beatles used in their songcraft: 6th and minor 3rds. If ths sounds like indecipherable music theory, hang on - it isn't and once you become aware of it, you'll recognize it everywhere - how often and how artfully they used it, …
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300: Something About The Beatles' 300th Episode
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YOU the loyal listeners decided what your fave moments of the show were, and based on your input, SATB runs down moments from the past 7+ years, featuring only a sampling of the many guests we've had on the show. These include (alphabetically): Nancy Lee Andrews Christine Feldman-Barrett Pattie Boyd Allison Bumsted James Campion Laura Cortner Denni…
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299: Ringo's Beats and Threads with Gary Astridge
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For most whose lives were changed by The Beatles, it can only remain a dream that they would one day meet one, much less work alongside one and develop a key role in that Beatle's life and develop a friendship. But Buffalo, New York native Gary Astridge was one exceptional fellow, whose passion for percussion, inspired by the 1964 Ed Sullivan Show …
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296: The Beatles and Fandom with Richard Mills
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Beatles scholar Richard Mills is the author of The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Fandom (published by Bloomsbury). We discuss the unique and enduring aspects that of the group's multi-faceted base and how it is that decades later, a good portion of the population is STILL obsessed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…
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298: May the Second - The Found Weekend with May Pang
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Returning guest May Pang has had a busy couple of years, both with the presentation of her story in the acclaimed documentary, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, as well as her ongoing touring photographic exhibit of her photos taken fifty years ago. In this conversation, we discuss a number of topics outside the doc, including Allan Klein, Dick Cavet…
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297: All I Want Is The Truth with David Whelan and Robert Rosen
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2024 winds down with the merging of two guests that have appeared on the show this year, in a spirited discussion of David Whelan's investigation into John Lennon's murder as presented in Mind Games. Robert Rosen (Nowhere Man) serves as skeptic in a conversation weaving together the bigger picture that converged on December 8, 1980, as well as the …
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Staten Island is known as the mystifying borough, and it is home to numerous ghosts and eerie tales. The Alice Austin House was once home to a pioneering photographer, but ghostly images of a different sort now appear among the beams. The Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp holds tales of supernatural echoes, while over at the Old Bermuda Inn, the specte…
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295: Beatles '64 with David Tedeschi and Margaret Bodde
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Many of you have by now seen the new doc, re-presenting the February 1964 footage of The Beatles' two-week jaunt in NYC, Washington and Miami, shot by Albert and David Maysles. As you know, producer Martin Scorsese has a history of music documentaries (including Living on the Material World) but this one is directed by his associate, David Tedeschi…
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294: White Album Olympiad with Gary Wenstrup
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The Olympiad series picks up again, with music scholar Gary Wenstrup on board, picking up where we left off at episode 276, the Filmtrack Olympiad. Be sure to add your name to the [email protected] Newsletter list to enter the giveaway of the vinyl Beatles '64 Mono Capitol albums. About "(Wild) Honey Pie" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…
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My Chemical Romance pisses off fans + T-Pain and Zuckerberg remake "Get Low"
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Send us a text This week, Tyler and John question where the podcast goes from here. They also break down Mark Zuckerberg and T-Pain teaming up for a baffling remake of "Get Low," The Goo Goo Dolls and Dashboard Confessional touring together, and My Chemical Romance announcing a massive North American tour for 2025...and managing to enrage fans in t…
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293: Macca's 80s with Glenn Greenberg
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Viewed at one level, Paul's 1980's career was bookended by the album triumphs of Tug of War and Flowers In The Dirt. But that would be to overlook the January 1980 Tokyo drug bust, the dissolution of Wings, John's murder, and then a period that may best be described as uneven: duets (of varying quality), the diminishing returns of Pipes of Peace, t…
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The haunted recording of My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade' (revisited)
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Send us a text This episode was originally published on 10/25/21. Tyler rides solo for this week's episode, but continues with the Spooky Season theme. And what better way to continue it than by talking about the band that brings the spooky vibes: My Chemical Romance. Did you know My Chemical Romance recorded the highly successful ‘The Black Parade…
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292: The Comedy of The Beatles with Jeff Martin
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An essential component of The Beatles' appeal was their sense of humour, showcased not only in their two feature films (A Hard Day's Night, Help!) but also their TV appearances, interviews and even their music. TV comedy writer (Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons) Jeff Martin returns to the show to discuss how this facet of their talents…
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The Avril Lavigne Conspiracy: Is she dead? (revisited)
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Send us a text This episode was originally published on 10/18/21. It's officially Spooky Season, so Bailey and Tyler thought it would be appropriate to discuss and explain the wild conspiracy theory that Avril Lavigne is dead and was replaced by a look-alike actress named Melissa Vandella. Crazy, right? This conspiracy has lived on since 2005 but g…
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291: December 8, 1980 with David Whelan
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In the 44 years since John Lennon's death, the trauma of that night is still as raw, so much so that, for most people, the facts of what went down are far too painful still to examine closely. But when one does, as returning guest David Whelan has, they depict sometihng far more disturbing and sinister than the story we thought we knew. Whelan's re…
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In 2023, I hosted writer James Campion with Jeff Martin for a discussion of The Beatles' 1968 mega-hit and Apple Records debut. This time, we're drilling down deep for an analysis of the song's composition (as well as possible sources of inspiration) with the musicologists of RPM School: Walter Everett (author of volumes one and two of The Beatles …
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Warped Tour 2025, Oasis reunite, & Father Grohl
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Send us a text We're back! While we were out, there was a lot of news to catch up on that we needed to comment on. It's being reported that Warped Tour 2025 is going to happen, Dave Grohl just fathered a baby outside of his 21-year marriage, Oasis has reunited, Linkin Park has reunited, Jane's Addiction recently reunited and fought each other on-st…
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With The Beatles' film debut turning 60 this summer, the time was right for a deep dive into the cultural and cinematic significance of it all. Joining the conversation are two new guests: Sarah Pleydell and Moya Luckett. Both were born in the UK, one's a first-gen fan, and both are authors and academics with cred particularly suited to the topic. …
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288: Band On The Run (Hand Clapping) with Luca Perasi
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My guest, Luca Perasi, first appeared on the show in 2023 (262). He is the McCartney historian based in Italy, whose previous works include Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas 1970 - 1989 as well as his newest, Paul McCartney and Wings Band On The Run: The Story of A Classic Album. You can check out all his works on his site here. In this conversation, …
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Things For Sale, But They're in Rings (For Sale & Things in Rings)
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Check out two party games, one a classic and one brand new! Bill and Hollis discuss For Sale and Things in Rings.By Bill Price & Hollis Biggs
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Time to Get Your Stock Market Mojo Going! (Mojo & Vegetable Stock)
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Just in from Gen Con 2024! Bill and Hollis talk about two new card games: The stock market game, Vegetable Stock by Arcane Wonders, and the card-shedding game, Mojo by 25th Century Games. Find out what they think about these two quick playing, rules light, small card games!By Bill Price & Hollis Biggs
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Send us a text On this episode, John and Tyler share their thoughts on blink-182's recent release of four new song teasers, the lineup and tracklisting for Disney's upcoming pop-punk covers album titled A Whole New Sound, a recent blink-182 gig review where it is clear that the writer of the article has no idea who blink-182 is, they grade Jelly Ro…
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287: The Historian and Get Back with Erin Weber
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In the years since Peter Jackson's epic re-imagining of the January 1969 saga landed, SATb has examined it through a number of angles: from Brits - women - musicians - authors - and so forth. But this will be the first time I have actually had a conversation about it with a professional historian, your friend and mine, Erin Weber. This conversation…
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286: Nowhere Man '24 with Robert Rosen
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In this conversation, my returning guest (see episodes 189 - 245 - 266) discusses his recent visit to Spain, where a belated Beatlemania is in full swing. He also offers his insights on the recent May Pang documentary, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, as well as his take on David Whelan's investigation into John Lennon's murder and the latter's preo…
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