Jokermen

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November 03, 2025 Teaser // The Beach Boys: SUMMER IN PARADISE
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13 min
October 31, 2025 Teaser // Van Dyke Parks: THE TWO JAKES with Will Sloan
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8 min
October 28, 2025 Brian Wilson: SWEET INSANITY
The Jokermen forge on into the 90s with Brian Wilson's never-released second solo record Sweet Insanity, the final document of the Eugene Landy era.

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1 hr 37 min
October 20, 2025 The Beach Boys: BEST OF THE 80s
The Jokermen sift through the wreckage of the Beach Boys in the 1980s to identify the best songs of the decade.

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1 hr 1 min
October 16, 2025 Teaser // Van Dyke Parks: TOKYO ROSE
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9 min
October 13, 2025 In Conversation: DARIAN SAHANAJA + JIM LASPESA
The Jokermen speak with Darian Sahanaja and Jim Laspesa of the Brian Wilson Band about the incredible tour they're on with Al Jardine, the beauty and honesty of The Beach Boys Love You, the excitement around the shows, the new generation of Beach Boys fans, the Lemon Twigs, Norbit, Andy Paley, the upcoming Love You/Adult Child box set, hunting for SMiLE bootlegs, deep-cut early Beach Boys favorites, and much more.

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1 hr 31 min
October 06, 2025 Teaser // The Beach Boys: STILL CRUISIN'
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8 min
October 02, 2025 Teaser // Brian Wilson: BRIAN WILSON (1988)
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7 min
September 29, 2025 Brian Wilson: NO LOVE, NO MERCY
The Jokermen review the twisted tale leading up to the release of Brian Wilson's debut solo album and the rogue's gallery of associated individuals, including Dr. Eugene Landy, Gary Usher, the "Surf Nazis," Melinda Ledbetter, Bob Dylan, Andy Paley, Seymour Stein, Lenny Waronker, and Michael Love—author of the infamous speech at the 1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

"BRIAN WILSON" (1988) EPISODE COMING THURSDAY ON THE JOKERMEN PATREON
1 hr 27 min
September 22, 2025 In Conversation: CATE LE BON
Ian speaks with Cate Le Bon about being sought out by John Cale, producing Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, and Wilco albums, taking time to make the music she needed to make, titles, screaming fans in San Francisco, and her excellent new record, Michelangelo Dying.

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59 min

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