An episode about twins, doubles & duality from the radio archives.

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Legend has it that Bob Dylan once left his iPod behind and someone copied the contents.

With Canadian musician and songwriter (and future Bob Dylan podcaster) Tim Swaddling).

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Songs in this episode:

“Let Me Play With Your Poodle” - Hank Penny (Theme Time Radio Hour ep. Thanksgiving Leftovers. CORRECTION: Bob actually played the version by Tampa Red & Big Maceo, but he played several other songs by Hank Penny on the show)

“Smoking in the Boys Room” - Brownsville Station (Theme Time Radio Hour ep. Smoking)

“Mansion on the Hill” - Vernon Oxford

“You Hit Me Like an Atomic Bomb” - Fay Simmons

“Jumping at the Record Shop” - Slim Gaillard

“Whatcha Gonna Do” - George Jones

“It’s a Great, Great Pleasure” - Louis Jordan

“Dragnet For Jesus” - Sister Wynona Carr

“When I Stop Dreaming” - Louvin Brothers

“Killer Joe” - Toots Thielman

Laura revisits a radio episode from the archives about April anniversaries, some good, many disastrous. And there’s a little side quest about Bob Dylan and Modernist poetry.

One note – I forgot to mention that the performance of “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” is by Betty Carter.

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Laura is joined by Britt and Rebecca to talk about A Complete Unknown, the new Bob Dylan biopic directed by James Mangold, starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro. 

We talk about letting go of the pressure to be chill about the film, biopics as acts of translation, and the sexual tension between Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.

Rebecca would like to add that she realised that it was Al Kooper and not Bobby Neuwirth who put on Bob’s “clown shirt” at Newport.

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Theme music by Robert Chaney

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It’s taken over five years, but the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet) is finally hitting cinemas. So… is it good?

I called up Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith to talk about the film, what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and how it compares to other films like I’m Not There.

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Theme music by Robert Chaney

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Bob Dylan has been tweeting and it’s high time we talk about it. In this conversation with Rebecca and Britt we cover what’s been going on the World of Bob, including his social media presence and the TWO biopics he’s involved in this year!

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Ray and I sit down in the garden of the Troubadour to talk about the final shows of Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour (2021-24) at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

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Music that appears in this episode:

All Along the Watchtower (London 12/11/24)
Desolation Row (London, 12/11/24)
Watching the River Flow (London, 14/11/24)
Every Grain of Sand (London, 12/11/24)
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (London, 12/11/24)
I Contain Multitudes (Paris, 24/10/24)
My Own Version of You (London, 12/11/24)
My Own Version of You (London, 14/11/24)
Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (London, 14/11/24)
All Along the Watchtower (London, 14/11/24)
I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You (London, 14/11/24)

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A conversation with Ren Harvieu after seeing night two of Bob Dylan’s three night stay at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Ren Harvieu is on Patreon, Instagram, and her music is available on all streaming platforms.

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In this episode, Laura revisits a radio episode from September of 2018, all about Bob Dylan's relationship to the truth, and his different attempts to define, grasp, or circumscribe it.

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A conversation with Britt Eisnor about the recent Outlaw Festival shows and more.

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Songs that appear in the episode:

“Desolation Row” (Buffalo, NY, 17 September, 2024)

“Love Sick” (Mountain View, CA, 3 August, 2024)

“Cold, Cold Heart” (Hank Williams cover, Alpharetta, GA, 21 June, 2024)

“Shooting Star” (George, WA, 10 August, 2024)

“Ballad of a Thin Man” (Mickey Raphael on harp, St Louis, 8 September, 2024)

“Stella Blue” (Grateful Dead cover, Mountain View, CA, 3 August, 2024)

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (Inglewood, CA, 14 February, 1974)

“Dirt Road Blues” (Time Out of Mind, 1997)

“Fire and Brimstone” - Link Wray (Link Wray, 1971)

“Simple Twist of Fate” (with Mickey Raphael on harp, Bethel, NY, 6 July, 2024)

“Little Queenie” (Chuck Berry cover, Buffalo, NY, 17 September, 2024)

“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” (Somerset, WI, 6 September, 2024)

“Silvio” (Somerset, WI, 6 September, 2024)

“All Along the Watchtower” (Buffalo, NY, 17 September, 2024)

Theme music by Robert Chaney