Before “Now and Then”: The First “New” Beatles Song, ”Free as a Bird”

Sixty years ago today, June 15, 1966, Yesterday and Today was scheduled to arrive in record stores across America. Instead, Capitol Records was already deep into what would become one of the most famo...

15 Jun 1h 5min

This episode is Part Four of our 12-part series, Beneath the Surface: The Beatles in 1966, a year-long, month-by-month look at the band’s most transformational year. In April 1966, the Beatles return ...

30 Apr 40min

In this episode, we’re joined by Tom Wright to discuss his new play Please Please Me, which brings the story of Brian Epstein to the stage at London’s Kiln Theatre. The play explores Epstein’s life be...

22 Apr 46min

This episode is Part Three of our 12-part series, Beneath the Surface: The Beatles in 1966, a year-long, month-by-month look at the band’s most transformational year. March 1966 marks the moment the B...

25 Mar 53min

Today we’re bringing you part two of our interview with Andrew Cook, author of the new book Capitol Gains: Exposing the Conflict between the Beatles and the Record Label that Made Them. In part one, w...

4 Mar 42min

Today we’re joined by Andrew Cook, author of the new book Capitol Gains: Exposing the Conflict Between The Beatles and the Record Label That Made Them — part one of a two-part conversation. If you thi...

24 Feb 53min

This episode is Part Two of our 12-part series, Beneath the Surface: The Beatles in 1966, a year-long, month-by-month look at the band’s most transformational year. February 1966 continues the strange...

17 Feb 52min

This episode is Part One of our 12-part series, Beneath the Surface: The Beatles in 1966, a year-long, month-by-month look at the band’s most transformational year. In January 1966, everything about t...

27 Jan 41min