Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast
🎙️ Set Lusting Bruce is more than a podcast—it's a celebration of connection through the music of Bruce Springsteen. Hosted by longtime contact center leader and community builder Jesse Jackson, each episode invites fans from all walks of life to share their personal stories, favorite lyrics, and the moments where Bruce’s music met them right where they were.
Whether you're a die-hard E Street devotee or someone who just discovered Thunder Road, this show is your backstage pass to heartfelt conversations, unexpected insights, and the kind of camaraderie only music can spark. From tales of redemption and resilience to laughter over setlist debates, Set Lusting Bruce is where fandom becomes family.
Because as Bruce once sang, “We learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school.”
Proud Member of the Pantheon Podcast Network.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 1464
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Rob Schwartz - Writer, Producer & Entrepreneur
Rob Schwartz joins me on the podcast to talk about his time in Asia covering music and writing for Billboard. He also discusses the book he edited, The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively a…
01:15:18 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Yi Shun Lai - Returns!
Yi Shun Lai was on the podcast back in August of 2021. Yi Shun (say "yeeshun" for her first name) and I catch up, talk a little Springsteen and she discusses her amazing new novel. It is a YA novel c…
00:53:00 |
Thu 30 May 2024
Sean Barrette - Writer of Heartstrings - First Guitars
Sean Barrette joins me to discuss his first book, Heartstrings – First Guitars, a collection of memories from a variety of musicians, famous, semi-famous, up and coming, anonymous, or otherwise, abou…
00:56:03 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Jack Firnero dad, writer and drummer… but not always in that order.
Jack Firneno @JackFirneno became a Billy Joel fan as a child in Brooklyn, NY. He started out with cassettes of The Stranger and 52nd Street in his Fisher Price tape recorder, and his fandom was cinch…
01:06:41 |
Fri 24 May 2024
Conor Cunneen - The Irishman Speaks
Conor Cunneen is an Irishman, happily exiled in Chicago where he says “the Guinness is good, the people are friendly and he has been force fed more corned beef and green beer than he ever had in Irel…
00:51:39 |
Thu 23 May 2024
Fan Roundtable Discussion -
As part of David Barry's Kickstarter Campaign, he and I offered the chance for 4 fans to produce their own episode of Set Lusting Bruce, Nancy Barry chose for her episode to do a round table of some …
01:38:45 |
Tue 21 May 2024
Mike aka Dad Rap
Mike AKA Dad Rap is a proud Dad hailing from upstate New York. In today's discussion, he and I spend some time talking about Mike's roots and how he decided to make music that resonates with parents …
00:54:55 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Abigail Vacca and Keith Berthiaume - exploring UNESCO world heritage
Today, I'm joined by Abigail Vacca and Keith Berthiaume, Abigail is a huge David Bowie fan. Keith is a musician who plays Beatles and Tom Petty covers, as well as original music. They are co-hosts of…
00:56:07 |
Wed 15 May 2024
Paloma Bartschi - The Animal Coach
Paloma Bartschi and I discussed her emotional connection to music and the concept of animal communication. Paloma shares her personal experiences and insights as an animal communicator, including her…
00:49:46 |
Tue 14 May 2024
Tosh Doherty - Misseducated
Tosh Doherty joins me from Mexico City. We discuss her love of travel, her passion about women’s issues and her new book, These Perfectly Careless Things https://a.co/d/6zzZB6l
Tash also is the creat…
00:40:29 |
Fri 10 May 2024
Gary Simond - Brain Surgeon, Author, Professor, Public Speaker
Gary is a neurosurgeon who has cared for tens of thousands of critically ill patients. He is currently helping to train the next generation of surgeons while writing multiple books on burn out and a …
01:10:58 |
Tue 07 May 2024
Adrienne Trier-Bieniek - The Beyonce' Effect
Adrienne joins me and we discuss a wide range of topics from her parents convincing the local library to increae the number of books she was allowed to borrow, her early love of Paula Adbul's music a…
01:04:07 |
Thu 02 May 2024
Jennifer Gasner, author of My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis
Jennifer Gasner joins me to discuss her journey as a writer. She was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxxia early in her life and meeting those challenges it brought through her sense of humor and deter…
00:54:18 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Clint Arthur - Celebrity Entrepreneur
Clint Arthur @clintarthur starts our discussion with the story of almost not seeing Bruce Springsteen in MSG because of a stolen concert ticket, but luckily there is a happy ending and a valuable lif…
00:56:07 |
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Rach meets Nils
Sometimes good things happen to good people. Friend of the podcast and super Nils & Amy fan Rachel @rachel_berc shares her experience Sunday night in Columbus!
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00:40:56 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
Kadin McElwain - Living Life to the fullest
Kadin McElwain is an autistic college student in Ohio and is an advocate for autism awareness throughout the state. April is Autism Awareness month and to help promote the month, Kadin joined me to d…
00:33:36 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Amy Linden - Talking Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Voting
With the recent announcement of the Rock n Roll Hall of fame 2024 Class, it seems a perfect time to talk to fellow Pantheon Podcast host Amy Linden about the Hall of Fame voting process and her music…
01:11:17 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Bruce Live in Columbus! Initial Thoughts
Sunday night when I got back to my hotel room, I recorded my thoughts about the Columbus show and the meet up before the concert. It was a great time and I hope you enjoy my quick but energetic revi…
00:09:49 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Bonus Episode - Talking to Gail Davies
Gail Davies (born Patricia Gail Dickerson; June 5, 1948)[2] is an American singer-songwriter and the first female record producer in country music. She is the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson…
00:38:44 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Cyndi Lauper Hall of Fame Campaign
Joe Salg and Colin McLeod join me to talk about their love of the music of Cyndi Lauper. They both are active members of the team trying to get Cyndi inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame (that'…
01:24:29 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
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