Help! - Lecture Series 88 (bonus)
This Beatles Lecture Series episode makes the case that “Help!” is not just a blunt cry for rescue but one of John’s sharpest balancing acts, pairing some of his plainest words with music that keeps s...
24 Huhti 45min
I'm Down - Episode 89 with Erik McIntyre
In this Beatles podcast, we are joined by bass player Erik McIntyre to discuss the B-side of the Help! single. Written on the back of a telegram, this song was conjured up as a replacement for Little ...
17 Huhti 1h
Help! - Episode 88 with Jeremy Ivey
This Beatles podcast episode attempts to get at why Help feels so relatable even after all these years. We are joined by songwriter Jeremy Ivey and open up the song as a John Lennon turning point, a G...
17 Huhti 1h 16min
That Means A Lot - Lecture Series 87 (bonus)
In this Beatles Lecture Series episode, Kenyon argues that “That Means a Lot” is one of Paul McCartney’s strangest songs, sounding deeply like Paul and strangely unlike him at the same time as an appa...
10 Huhti 35min
That Means A Lot - Episode 87 with Mary Devlin (beatledirt)
In this Beatles podcast episode, Mary Devlin joins us for a songwriter’s conversation about That Means a Lot, one of the more interesting Beatles deep cuts. As usual, there is more here than meets the...
3 Huhti 1h 20min
Bad Boy - Episode 86 with Jesse Pollack (All You Need Is Pod)
On this episode of our Beatles podcast, we take a song Peter barely knew and turn it into one of the most spirited conversations in the series. On Bad Boy, Note by Note brings in Jesse Pollack from Al...
20 Maalis 1h 25min
Yes It Is - Lecture Series 85 (bonus)
In this Beatles Lecture Series, “Yes It Is” stops sounding like a simple warning about a color and starts sounding like grief masked as control, with the lecture arguing the real “it” is pride and the...
13 Maalis 33min
Ticket To Ride - Lecture Series 84 (bonus)
This Beatles Lecture Series argues that Ticket to Ride is built on contradictions: the words keep flipping between heartbreak and irritation while the track itself feels bright enough to sound like a ...
13 Maalis 42min
