Something About the Beatles
Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - just like the Fab Four.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 208
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
294: White Album Olympiad with Gary Wenstrup
The Olympiad series picks up again, with music scholar Gary Wenstrup on board, picking up where we left off at episode 276, the Filmtrack Olympiad.
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02:03:50 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
293: Macca's 80s with Glenn Greenberg
Viewed at one level, Paul's 1980's career was bookended by the album triumphs of Tug of War and Flowers In The Dirt. But that would be to overlook the January 1980 Tokyo drug bust, the dissolution of…
01:53:32 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
292: The Comedy of The Beatles with Jeff Martin
An essential component of The Beatles' appeal was their sense of humour, showcased not only in their two feature films (A Hard Day's Night, Help!) but also their TV appearances, interviews and even t…
01:46:46 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
291: December 8, 1980 with David Whelan
In the 44 years since John Lennon's death, the trauma of that night is still as raw, so much so that, for most people, the facts of what went down are far too painful still to examine closely. But wh…
01:53:34 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
290: "Hey Jude" Reconstructed
In 2023, I hosted writer James Campion with Jeff Martin for a discussion of The Beatles' 1968 mega-hit and Apple Records debut. This time, we're drilling down deep for an analysis of the song's compo…
01:20:15 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
289: A Hard Day's Night At 60
With The Beatles' film debut turning 60 this summer, the time was right for a deep dive into the cultural and cinematic significance of it all. Joining the conversation are two new guests: Sarah Pley…
01:31:58 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
288: Band On The Run (Hand Clapping) with Luca Perasi
My guest, Luca Perasi, first appeared on the show in 2023 (262). He is the McCartney historian based in Italy, whose previous works include Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas 1970 - 1989 as well as his n…
01:13:25 |
Sat 31 Aug 2024
287: The Historian and Get Back with Erin Weber
In the years since Peter Jackson's epic re-imagining of the January 1969 saga landed, SATb has examined it through a number of angles: from Brits - women - musicians - authors - and so forth. But thi…
01:51:39 |
Sat 10 Aug 2024
286: Nowhere Man '24 with Robert Rosen
In this conversation, my returning guest (see episodes 189 - 245 - 266) discusses his recent visit to Spain, where a belated Beatlemania is in full swing. He also offers his insights on the recent Ma…
01:19:44 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
285: Sixty Years Ago in America with Lee Abrams, Dennis Diken, and Elliot Easton
As part of the ongoing campaign in 2024 to look back at 1964, we present another conversation with first-gen fans, this time focusing on the Capitol issues as well as US Top 40 radio. Returning guest…
01:28:35 |
Sun 21 Jul 2024
284: Sixty Years On with Ivor Davis
Returning guest (episodes 130 and 174) Ivor Davis is a British journalist who, in 1964, went on tour with The Beatles for the Daily Express, covering their North American dates while ghost-writing a …
01:07:31 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
283: Giles on Trial - The Reissues Critiqued with John Leckie and Jerry Hammack
Beginning with the 2017 Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary release, a series of deluxe reissues (The Beatles, Abbey Road, Let It Be, Revolver, 1962-1966, 1967-1970) featuring remixing and the application o…
01:33:12 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
We Didn't Start The Fire - British Beatlemania with Mark Lewisohn (Part I)
YEAH YEAH YEAH, we’ve been waiting 88 episode for this and it’s finally here!! In the 60s, The Beatles’ rise to fame would change the landscape of pop music and fandom forever. People were so excited…
00:47:18 |
Fri 31 May 2024
282: The Women’s Revolution (Or: The Beatles’ Effect)
My guests are three very special ladies whom have all appeared on the show before, but this time, all three have memoirs out. Debbie Gendler was the first to appear on SATB (121: New York Stories) an…
01:27:05 |
Fri 10 May 2024
281: The Beatles and The Cars with Elliot Easton
Of the 73 million Americans who viewed The Beatles’ live debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, we know with absolute certainty that a high percentage had their lives changed forever – this …
01:23:27 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
280: All You Need is the Love You Make with Steven Gaines
As the first insider Beatles tell-all (not counting Francie Schwartz’s Body Count – because why would I) – 1983’s The Love You Make, a collaboration between Brian Epstein’s protege Peter Brown and to…
01:19:37 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
279: The Mal Evans Project Part One with Ken Womack
At last: the SATB conversation with the man who brought The Beatles’ road manager’s long missing manuscript to press. Living The Beatles Legend is the story Mal wanted to tell before his life ended a…
01:21:59 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
278: An Hour With Pattie Boyd
Today is her 80th birthday, and given the attention being brought by the auction of some personal items through Christie's (see https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/pattie-boyd-collection/lots/3508 ), …
00:55:19 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
277: "Mike Tree" in Nutopia with Michael Meideros
Listeners: you may recall my conversation with Robert Rosen (245), detailing the blocking of a pair of books by reputable authors that detailed the "househusband" years of John's life; it evolved out…
01:40:09 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
276 Filmtrack Olympiad: Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine
Picking up where we left off (259: Sgt. Pepper Olympiad ), lecturer/professor Gary Wenstrup and I resume the Olympiad series with a pair of releases featuring film score music, the 1967 Magical Myste…
01:50:47 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
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