Best Extended Learning Period Podcasts (2024)

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S03.08 Jokerman w/Michael Gray 47:06

1M ago47:06

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S03.07 Traveling Wilburys: A Little Help From Bob's Friends w/Jeff Slate 1:03:38

5M ago1:03:38

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Dylan's participation in The Traveling Wilburys was a clear career bright spot of the 1980s. What started as a few friends dropping by the house turned into a hit record. In this episode Musician Jeff Slate talks to us about how this happened, what it produced, and what it mean to Dylan and his career. ** This Episode is available on video for FM P…

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GUEST POD: Jason Nodler on Infinity Goes Up On Trial (IOT 01) 56:35

5M ago56:35

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In this special episode we're sharing the premiere episode of a new podcast called 'Infinity Goes Up On Trial' hosted by Erin Callahan. It's monthly show with discussions about the ideas and emotions in Dylan's work, with artists, activists, educators, and more. SHOW NOTES The emotions and ideas in Bob Dylan’s work have an expansive reach that exte…

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S03.06 Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar & Angelina w/Michael Gray 24:50

6M ago24:50

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Continuing our discussion with Michael Gray on his book Song & Dance Man Vol.2, we discuss Chapter 4 which focuses on Groom Still Waiting At The Altar and also covers Angelina and Caribbean Wind. Michael explains the biblical references from the title of Groom, we discuss the lyrical changes as sung from those in the lyric books, the various and ad…

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S03.05 "Let Our Geniuses Fail" - Dylan In The Mid 80's w/Erin Callahan 24:49

6M ago24:49

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Bob Dylan struggled in many ways in the mid 80's, no matter how you look at it. We talk about the perception and reality of that struggle, along with his triumphs, with Professor Erin Callahan. Erin often hosts The Dylantantes podcast, is co-author/co-editor of The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances - a recent book looking at Dylan…

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S03.04 Yonder Comes Sin & Every Grain of Sand w/ Michael Gray 22:48

7M ago22:48

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We continue our series with Michael Gray on Song & Dance Man, Vol. 2 with a discussion of two chapters on great songs from Bob's Born-Again Period. The first is Yonder Comes Sin, and outtake captured at a live show soundcheck, and unreleased until the Trouble No More Bootleg Series. The Second is the beloved Every Grain of Sand. This is an extended…

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S03.03 Dylan & The Dead - The Relationship w/ Harold Lepidus 23:59

7M ago23:59

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Dylan & The Dead is much more than an album, it's a relationship. In this episode we talk to Dylan and Dead expert Harold Lepidus about all aspects of that history, the shows, the rehearsals, the inspiration, and the impact. This a part of our 'Five Worst Years' series looking at all sides of 1984-1988. Dylan first started spending time with The De…

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S03.02 Empire Burlesque (Song-by-Song) with Jim Beviglia 25:56

8M ago25:56

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Following 18 months after Infidels, nothing about the making of this record - the recording process, the sound, the songs, or even the cover art - suggested that Dylan was on solid footing. The times were a-changin' again. Yet the music did impress some: Rolling Stone asked: "Is Dylan “back”? Again? One is tempted to trumpet some such tidings. ...E…

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S03.01 Bob Dylan’s Five Worst Years 1984-1988 (An Introduction) 17:55

8M ago17:55

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Bob Dylan has had an incredible career for over sixty years. But Dylan hit a bit of a rough patch in the 1980’s – especially the mid 80s. Or did he? This is the question we’re going to look at as we revisit the years 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988 – and everything that took place during those years – through this and a whole bunch of episodes ahe…

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00-Introduction 19:16

8M ago19:16

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01-Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston 25:49

8M ago25:49

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02-Beginning Life as a Printer 24:04

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03-Arrival in Philadelphia 16:47

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04-First Visit to Boston 18:00

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05-Early Friends in Philadelphia 10:07

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06-First Visit to London 29:46

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07-Beginning Business in Philadelphia 34:20

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08-Business Success and First Public Service 27:50

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09-Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection 31:41

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10-Poor Richard’s Almanac and Other Activities 21:33

9M ago21:33

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11-Interest in Public Affairs 17:27

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12-Defense of the Province 21:28

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13-Public Services and Duties 32:29

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14-Albany Plan of Union 5:23

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15-Quarrels with the Proprietary 7:53

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16-Braddock’s Expedition 26:41

9M ago26:41

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17-Franklin’s Defense of the Frontier 19:05

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18-Scientific Experiments 9:26

9M ago9:26

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19-Agent of Pennsylvania in London 35:20

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20-Appendix 16:14

9M ago16:14

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S02.20 Bob Books: The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances w/Erin Callahan and Court Carney 56:56

9M ago56:56

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Dylan fans have always focused on setlists, but this may be the first book to use them as a theme, around which a series of writers look at how the list of songs Bob chooses to sing in any given night or tour has evolved, the different roles certain songs have played over the years, and the larger story or message contained within a sequence of son…

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S02.19 The Street to Slow Train - Song & Dance Man Vol.2 Ch.1 with Michael Gray 26:57

9M ago26:57

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In this episode we talk with author Michael Gray about Chapter One of Volume 2 of Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan - Yonder Comes Sin, which was just released. Much of the discussion is about Street-Legal, and how that album revealed Dylan's evolving search for salvation - in a way that perhaps foreshadowed the gospel years much more clearly …

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S02.18 Mixing Up The Medicine - The Bob Dylan Archives Book With Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel 30:24

10M ago30:24

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Mixing Up The Medicine is a new book that takes us all inside The Bob Dylan Archives, and shares a wealth of photos, memorabilia, manuscripts, and new original writing. We talk with authors Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel to learn how they created it. ** The Extended Version of this Episode is 30 Minutes long and available only to FM+ Subscribers *…

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S02.17 Bob Dylan's Use of Pre-War Blues: Song & Dance Man Ch 8 With Michael Gray 25:59

11M ago25:59

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Nobody Else Can Be Influenced By The Pre-War Blues like Bob Dylan - or so says author Michael Gray in Chapter 8 in Song & Dance Man Vol.1 (The 50th Anniversary Edition). In 112 pages in that book he explains Dylan's relationship with the blues, which we discuss in this episode. Our Guest Reader for this episode is Scott Bunn of ReclinerNotes.com **…

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S02.16 Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Song & Dance Man Ch 6 With Michael Gray 25:08

11M ago25:08

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Only one song from Dylan's 1960s output earned a dedicated chapter in Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1), and it's a song that Dylan never even released until over 20 years later. In this episode we talk to Michael Gray about "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (later released on Biograph in 1985 and later on Side Tracks). The song is called out…

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S02.15 Dylan Moves Toward Simplicity With Michael Gray 31:21

12M ago31:21

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Following our two episodes on complexity in Dylan's lyrics, our discussion turns to the trend towards simplicity in the late 60's and early 70's work. This covers Chapter 5 in Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) and includes comments on John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, New Morning, Self Portrait, Planet Waves and Blood On The Trac…

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S02.12 Dylan Moves Toward Complexity (Pt.1) With Michael Gray 31:46

1y ago31:46

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In this fourth episode in our Series on the new book release Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Four: Dylan's Use of Language: Toward Complexity. We discuss the changes on songs seen over the course of Dylan's first seven albums - from Bob Dylan through Blonde on Blonde. The changes Bob Dylan…

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S02.11 What Dylan Took From Early Rock & Roll - Song & Dance Man Ch.3 - With Michael Gray 22:57

1y ago22:57

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In this third episode in our Series on the new book release Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Three: Dylan and Rock Music. We discuss the influence the early Rock & Roll performers had on Dylan. Things he heard over those distant AM Radio signals in his youth: Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Chuck…

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S02.10 Dylan and Literature - Song & Dance Man Ch.2 - With Michael Gray 29:33

1y ago29:33

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In this second episode in our Series on the new Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Two: Dylan and The Literary Tradition. We talk about the influence both classical english writers as well as both early and modern American writers had on Dylan, and what he came to do with that influence. ** T…

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S02.09 Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members w/Ray Padgett 29:39

1y ago29:39

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Well over 100 musicians have played in Dylan's band over the past 60 years, and Ray Padgett spoke to nearly 50 of them for his new book 'Pledging My Time - Conversations With Bob Dylan Band Members'. In this episode we talk with Ray about the book and all these interesting conversations. Ray is responsible for the "Flagging Down The Double E's" new…

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S02.08 Dylan and Folk Music - Song & Dance Man Ch.1 - With Michael Gray 38:50

1y ago38:50

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The first serious book to analyze and critique the work of Bob Dylan was Michael Gray's Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan - and it's back in print after over a decade, in a new 50th Anniversary Series. To celebrate we're doing our own series of interviews with Gray, walking through the book to create a kind of commentary track - reviewing and …

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S02.07 The Bob Dylan Center – First Anniversary and Beyond with Director Steven Jenkins 28:57

1+ y ago28:57

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It was over seven years ago that we learned of ‘Bob Dylan’s Secret Archives’ from The New York Times, and just over a year since the Bob Dylan Center opened those archives up to visitors in Tulsa OK. On the anniversary, we sat down in Tulsa with Center Director Steven Jenkins to talk about the Center, the first year and the future. Steve arrived ju…

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S02.06 Dylan’s Guitar Playing on Good As I Been To You with Eyolf Østrem 29:02

1+ y ago29:02

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When Bob Dylan returned as a solo acoustic recording artist in the early 90’s, many were surprised. A lot of folks thought they would never again hear Bob alone with a guitar. But few thought if they did, the playing would be described as “magnificent, skilled, exciting” guitar work – as it was called by today’s guest. While it’s often noted that D…

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S02.05 The World Gone Wrong Cover Photo Shoot with Ana Maria Vélez Wood 25:57

1+ y ago25:57

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The World Gone Wrong album cover stands out amongst all the Dylan covers - Bob has a top hat on, the colors are vibrant, and he has a detached look that doesn't exude the confidence you find on all of his other covers. The picture was taken during the filming of a video for Blood In My Eyes, and it's one of dozens of amazing photographs taken by An…

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S02.04 Books On Bob: Bob Dylan in Minnesota w/ K.G. Miles 25:50

1+ y ago25:50

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In the third book in the Troubadour Tales series, Keith Miles and his co-authors take us on a tour through Dylan's Minnesota homeland via a series of short stories about the homes he lived in, the girls he dated, the places he went, the people he knew, and the events of his life. Like the previous books about London and New York, the book is tour g…

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S02.03 Good As I’ve Been To You – Originals & Covers w/ Ray Padgett 27:15

1+ y ago27:15

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Bob Dylan knew – and often played – most of the songs he covered on Good As I Been To You for his entire professional life. In this episode we examine the original versions of these songs (there are always more than a few) and other interesting covers that have been done since Dylan’s 1992 release. There is an Extended Version of this episode avail…

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S02.02 Michael Gray on The Songs of Good As I’ve Been To You 26:10

1+ y ago26:10

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Michael Gray invented analysis and criticism of Bob Dylan songs with the 1972/3 release of Song & Dance Man. And over the last 50 years and through two major updates of that book, he has remained one of our best and most eloquent of the Dylan scholars. In this episode we talk about the Good As I Been To You / World Gone Wrong chapter from Song & Da…

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S02.01 Home Alone - GAIBTY & WGW ft. Engineer Micajah Ryan

1+ y ago

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It's been said that the road to Time Out Of Mind began when Dylan recorded two solo acoustic albums in the early 90's. Good As I Been To You and World Gone Wrong were yet another unexpected twist in Dylan's path, but by playing alone, at home, on songs he'd known for years, the feeling is Bob reconnected with some important basics that allowed him …

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S01.25 Why Do Some People Hate Bob Dylan’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ with Laura Tenschert

1+ y ago

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Make You Feel My Love is a song that has received a lot of attention – but not entirely out of admiration – a lot of Dylan fans just don’t like it. On this episode Laura Tenschert talks about the song and those reactions. Laura is a writer, podcaster and musician who runs Definitely Dylan where she looks at art and creativity through the lens of Bo…

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S01.25 Why Do Some People Hate Bob Dylan's 'Make You Feel My Love' with Laura Tenschert 24:24

1+ y ago24:24

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Make You Feel My Love is a song that has received a lot of attention - but not entirely out of admiration - a lot of Dylan fans just don't like it. On this episode Laura Tenschert talks about the song and those reactions. Laura is a writer, podcaster and musician who runs Definitely Dylan where she looks at art and creativity through the lens of Bo…

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