Best Tom Wilson Podcasts (2024)

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Tom's Birthday with Marshall Crenshaw 33:14

3+ y ago33:14

33:14

To celebrate Tom's birthday executive producer Zach Burke talks with American singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw, and the team talks about developments since the final episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 10: Behind the Scenes 50:42

4y ago50:42

50:42

The team behind the podcast talk about the legacy of Tom Wilson and what this journey has meant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 9: The Final Beat 37:19

4y ago37:19

37:19

As we wind down this series, we look into the final producing years of Tom’s career up to his untimely death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 8: A Conversation with Tom Wilson the 3rd - Part 2 44:43

4y ago44:43

44:43

In this episode, Zach Burke continues his conversation with Tom Wilson the 3rd about Tom Wilson's legacy and what the future holds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 7: A Conversation with Tom Wilson the 3rd & Thomas Wilson the 4th - Part 1 41:45

4y ago41:45

41:45

In this episode, Zach Burke talks to Tom Wilson the 3rd & Thomas Wilson the 4th about Tom Wilson's legacy and what the future holds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 6: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 4 32:42

4y ago32:42

32:42

In this episode, we see the final pillar of the Music Factory Years getting erected. A group whose name alone evokes a visceral experience and image due in part to teaming up with the most famous Pop Artist of all time in Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Episode 5: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 3 30:00

4y ago30:00

30:00

The year is 1966 and Tom exits Columbia Records and heads to the sun-soaked beaches of Los Angeles to take on dual producer roles with MGM and Verve Records. Tom begins working with The Mothers of Invention and Frank Zappa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 4: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 2 29:47

4y ago29:47

29:47

In 1964, Tom is a busy man. He is juggling a schedule that includes not just blooming mega musician Bob Dylan, but acts like jazz great John Coltrane and the soundtrack for the revitalized historic broadway musical “West side Story” just to name a few. But it’s in March that Tom would cross paths with “Simon & Garfunkel”. Learn more about your ad c…

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Episode 3: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 1 34:07

4y ago34:07

34:07

From 1963-1968, Tom Wilson’s name would appear on the back of 69 records. Episode 3 chronicles Tom's time with Bob Dylan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 2 - Transition 25:05

4+ y ago25:05

25:05

The second episode of this nine part podcast docuseries follows Tom Wilson Jr through his years at Fisk, Harvard, and Transition Records. We learn more about this soon to be legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Episode 1 - Early Life 29:29

4+ y ago29:29

29:29

The first episode of this nine part podcast docuseries takes a look at Tom Wilson Jr's early years and how his family was influential in shaping the man from Waco, Texas who would someday become a legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Series Teaser 5:06

4+ y ago5:06

5:06

A quick look into the upcoming short-run series Invisible Icon: The Tom Wilson Story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rogue Media Network

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Ted White, Stunt Legend 1:18:23

10+ y ago1:18:23

1:18:23

Ted White is a legendary Hollywood stuntman and actor, who "doubled" for John Wayne, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, and acted in scores of classic films. He also drove stunts at 100 miles per hour in "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" when he was 84 years old. Let's face it, he's cooler than all of us combined. Enjoy!…

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Tom Solos Pop and Fun! 24:23

10+ y ago24:23

24:23

Tom takes a solo on his own pop image, and his stalking of pop artists Peter Max and Larry Rivers. Enjoy!By Tom Wilson

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Heather King 1:08:49

10+ y ago1:08:49

1:08:49

Heather King is a writer of five books, countless essays, and a veteran of "All Things Considered" on NPR. Heather and Tom consider booze, being broken, Bill Hicks, and the light. Enjoy!

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Tom solos a Hollywood Lent 32:56

10+ y ago32:56

32:56

In this sleigh ride, Tom takes a solo on his travels, novelists, and philosophers, including Scott Baio. Enjoy!By Tom Wilson

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Tom solos Rocky! 32:41

10+ y ago32:41

32:41

It's the 100th episode of Big Pop Fun, and Tom takes a solo on Ohio, Phoenix, and Rocky. Yeah, he thought the 100th episode would be a bigger deal, too! Enjoy!By Tom Wilson

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James talks Disney! 52:00

10+ y ago52:00

52:00

After Tom talks about some Tom stuff, our P.I.T. James Arnold Taylor takes time off from voicing Obi Wan Kenobi to talk to Jason Surrell, a Walt Disney Imagineer and author. They talk about writing, the Haunted Mansion, and almost the meaning of life until James cuts Jason off (podcaster "in training"). Then Tom talks a little. Enjoy!…

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Tom solos T.V. writing 26:32

10+ y ago26:32

26:32

Tom takes a solo on journalism, recent travel, and writing a set for television without a net! Enjoy!

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Tom Solos Bikes! 32:38

11y ago32:38

32:38

Tom has been an avid biker since the Beatles were popular, and he keeps us posted on the ongoing score, which is: Tom - 2, Bike Thieves - 5. Enjoy!

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James Arnold Taylor, M.D. (mucho dialogue) 57:33

11y ago57:33

57:33

In this episode, Tom gets back on the horse after some time at an undisclosed location, and hands the reins over to James Arnold Taylor, P.I.T. (podcaster in training) Enjoy!By Tom Wilson

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Tom solos Machete! 21:02

11y ago21:02

21:02

Tom takes a solo on the famous film director Taylor Hackford, and those two Hollywood legends that simply can't be thought of without immediately thinking of the other - Helen Mirren, star of "The Queen," and Danny Trejo, star of "Machete."By Tom Wilson

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Ron Young 1:34:53

11y ago1:34:53

1:34:53

Ron Young has a life, and job, that's out of the ordinary. He's a priest. Reverend Ronald Wayne Young, OMI, came by Wilson World, and Tom asked him about what it's like to be a priest, and if he truly finds the black outfit slimming. Enjoy!By Tom Wilson

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Tom Solos Life 31:49

11y ago31:49

31:49

In this episode, Tom takes a solo on the richness of life, Coca Cola, and the Liberty Bell March. Enjoy!

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Tom Solos Auditions 40:29

11y ago40:29

40:29

Tom has auditioned for many thousands of projects. He's been hired on two hundred or so, tops. That should tell you something. Enjoy!

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Tom Solos Toughness 30:33

11y ago30:33

30:33

Tom is tough. He is so tough that he once slid on broken glass and threw a guy over a lunch table. But only if you heard about it, not exactly if you were there. Enjoy!

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Greg Carpenter 1:18:20

11y ago1:18:20

1:18:20

Greg Carpenter has been at the center of the tech boom since it's inception. He's been up to his elbows in the digital age, from satellites to cel phones, music production to Miscrosoft, Ralph Lauren to something else that's starts with an R. Now the CEO of Boopsie, Tom and Greg talk about phys. ed, head injuries, and sinister data collection. Enjo…

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Travis Clark 1:10:20

11y ago1:10:20

1:10:20

Travis Clark is an accomplished actor, comedian, and podcaster of the Tiny Odd Conversations podcast, as well as the son of Blake Clark, the American folk hero made incredibly famous by the Big Pop Fun podcast. Enjoy!

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Emilio Palame 1:07:27

11y ago1:07:27

1:07:27

Emilio Palame is a consummate musician, composer, arranger and producer, and talks to Tom about Buffalo, Peggy Lee, and Fredonia State University. Go Blue Devils!

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James Arnold Taylor (2) 1:11:19

11y ago1:11:19

1:11:19

Voice Over legend James Arnold Taylor returns to Big Pop Fun to talk with Tom about his two dads, his vital role in the Star Wars universe, and his forays into standup comedy, which was long ago in a galaxy pretty close.

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Jonathan May 1:09:56

11y ago1:09:56

1:09:56

Jonathan May is a composer and pianist of wide and varied experience, from performing his works at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to playing ragtime piano at Disneyland while wearing a bow tie. Enjoy!

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Tom Wilson Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Big Pop Fun with Tom Wilson

Big Pop Fun

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Invisible Icon: The Tom Wilson Story

Rogue Media Network

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Tom's Birthday with Marshall Crenshaw 33:14

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Episode 10: Behind the Scenes 50:42

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Episode 9: The Final Beat 37:19

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Episode 8: A Conversation with Tom Wilson the 3rd - Part 2 44:43

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Episode 7: A Conversation with Tom Wilson the 3rd & Thomas Wilson the 4th - Part 1 41:45

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Episode 6: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 4 32:42

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Episode 5: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 3 30:00

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Episode 4: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 2 29:47

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Episode 3: The Music Factory Years 1963-1968 Part 1 34:07

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Episode 2 - Transition 25:05

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Episode 1 - Early Life 29:29

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Series Teaser 5:06

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Ted White, Stunt Legend 1:18:23

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Tom Solos Pop and Fun! 24:23

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Heather King 1:08:49

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Tom solos a Hollywood Lent 32:56

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Tom solos Rocky! 32:41

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James talks Disney! 52:00

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Tom solos T.V. writing 26:32

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Tom Solos Bikes! 32:38

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James Arnold Taylor, M.D. (mucho dialogue) 57:33

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Tom solos Machete! 21:02

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Ron Young 1:34:53

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Tom Solos Life 31:49

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Tom Solos Auditions 40:29

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Tom Solos Toughness 30:33

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Greg Carpenter 1:18:20

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Travis Clark 1:10:20

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Emilio Palame 1:07:27

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James Arnold Taylor (2) 1:11:19

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Jonathan May 1:09:56

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