
Wildflowers (with John Paulsen)
Another excellent conversation with John about an album that we both obviously adore. We both talked a little about how the album lands differently for people of a certain age and particularly the way...
25 Sep 20241h 19min

Wake Up Time
Every story needs an ending and this song gives us that final scene of the hero walking away into the sunset to begin the next chapter of their life. It’s an ending that starts a new beginning. It’s a...
18 Sep 202454min

Wildflowers (& some of the rest) with Jeff Slate + Jake Thistle
This episode is a fairly hastily organized chat that I had with Jeff Slate and Jake Thistle about the upcoming Wildflowers and Some of the Rest mini-tour that they’re embarking on which kicks off at t...
16 Sep 202448min

Amelia McLean
I’m expanding the non-Petty aspect of the podcast just a little by looking for conversations with artists who might not be strongly or directly influenced by Tom’s music but share some characteristic ...
13 Sep 20241h 52min

Crawling Back to You
Tom explains to author Paul Zollo in “Conversations with Tom Petty” that “I remember us tracking it all night and being really frustrated that it wasn’t working. Then they came on the idea of having u...
11 Sep 20241h 23min

10 Questions with Nora Hayward Olsen
Today’s episode is part two of my wonderful conversation I had with Nora Hayward Olsen; her answers to my ten questions. Nora hit me with a new artist I'd never heard of and was most apologetic about ...
7 Sep 202429min

Nora Hayward Olsen
Today’s episode is an excellent conversation I had with Tom Petty superfan Nora Hayward Olsen. Nora comments frequently on the podcast socials and was every bit is personable, warm, and funny in perso...
4 Sep 202446min

Dan Durkin Returns
Today’s episode is a non-Petty episode with Dan Durkin, of among other bands, Petty Theft, the sensational Tom Petty tribute band from San Francisco. Dan has a new single out, which I love, and I aske...
28 Aug 20241h 4min




















