In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's announcement that he will be doing a short tour with the E Street Band in the Spring, starting in Minneapolis and ending in Washington, D.C. Bruce issued a passionate statement about his views on the state of the country and said that he will be bringing joyous rock and roll in defense of the American experience.

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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the February 2026 release from the series, which was recorded on February 12, 1997 at the Capitol Theater in Sydney. The final night of a 5 show stand, this marked Bruce's first appearance in the city since the Born In The USA Tour. The show features several unreleased songs and is notable for also being the only show on the tour with both Bruce's The Ghost of Tom Joad and Woody Guthrie's Tom Joad. At the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn discuss the announcement by the Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music about this year's American Music Honors event and they also touch on the upcoming Springsteen Record Store Release at the end.

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In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's performance with Tom Morello at the Defend Minnesota protest concert on Friday in Minneapolis. They are joined by Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter and critic Jon Bream, who attended the show. Jon first saw Bruce at the Bottom Line in 1975!

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In this special edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's surprise release of a protest song, Streets Of Minneapolis, that he was inspired to write in the past few days following the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. Hal and Flynn break down the song, which harshly criticizes President Trump and ICE, and talk about how it continues Bruce’s long history of political activism.

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In this special edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report on Bruce Springsteen’s surprise appearance at the 26th annual Light Of Day WinterFest. Bruce joined Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers for a high intensity set that contained 13 songs, including two with special guest Gary U.S Bonds. Bruce also once again made news with a powerful speech on the state of the country right before he launched into Promised Land. Earlier in the night, he played One Guitar with Willie Nile.

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In the season finale of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the massive year that fans of Bruce Springsteen had in 2025. Bruce released two long awaited box sets, toured Europe, had a biopic released, and put himself firmly in the cultural conversation with his thoughts on the state of America at the moment. Later in the episode, Hal and Flynn look at what might be ahead in terms of releases and with the Springsteen Archive Series.

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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the special 2025 Christmas release from the series, which was recorded on December 31, 1975 at The Tower Theater in Philadelphia. The triumphant final night of a 4 show stand that concluded a year that saw Bruce's career take off following the release of Born To Run. The show was originally released in 2015 very early on in the archive series and this release is a fully remixed version of the show.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean conclude their coverage of Bruce Springsteen's Tracks 2 box set with the seventh episode in a series that looks at each of the seven albums in the box. This episode is dedicated to the LA Garage Sessions from 1983, which is material that Bruce recorded shortly after the release of Nebraska. He moved to Los Angeles (as depicted in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere) and set up a recording studio in his new garage. Meanwhile, he was still contemplating what to do with all of the material he had recorded for Born In The USA.

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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by long time fan and former Backstreets Magazine contributor, Glenn Radecki, to discuss the December 2025 release from the series, a show from the Wrecking Ball Tour recorded live in Turku on May 8, 2013. The show is filled with surprises and is most known for featuring the one and only performance of the Born In The USA outtake, Wages Of Sin. 

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their coverage of Bruce Springsteen's Tracks 2 box set with the sixth episode in a series that will look at each of the seven albums in the box. This episode is dedicated to Perfect World, which is the most rocking album of the set and is comprised of a group of songs that Bruce had been holding onto that date all the way back to 1994.

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