Talks With John Podcast

Episode 12. Weather Watching, Generation Z & L.A. Radio

John has the democratic presidential ticket figured out

John talks about his favorite teacher and how she kept him interested in English

The Z Generation.  John and Tammy try to figure out who they are and what they want 

John admits he’s addicted to watching the Weather Channel and talks about holding Hurricane Parties

Tammy tells John what it’s like to be in the radio in Los Angeles 

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Episode 11 - Magic, Existentialists & Youth in Radio   John and Paul talked about writing a musical in 1966....what happened?   Do you believe in Magic, Tammy and John explain why they do.   How did The Beatles get their famous hair styles?  John tells the story.   If The Beatles were just getting started today....would they make it?     Find out why John likes cruise ships so much.     www.TalksWithJohn.com

Episode 10. DJ Tammy, Copyrights & Auto-Immune Diseases

What was John like at the age of five?  Tammy thinks she knows.  

John talks about making a pineapple upside down cake all by himself!

Tammy talks about how she got started in broadcasting and what her first night on the air was like.

John finds out The Beatles are back on the charts, thanks to the movie Yesterday.

What does John think of Beatle-fests and the fans who have followed him all these years.

Find out who John is a fan of and how he got to meet him.

John and Tammy talk about when John got sued for swiping lyrics to use in one of his songs and what he had to do when he lost in court.

John talks about the bands The Beatles helped get started...and how he helped name one of them.

John and Tammy talk about auto-immune diseases like Lupus and Fibromyalgia...and how Tammy deals with it.

What's it like to make music at ten in the morning...John and Tammy talk about doing it.

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Episode 9. Hot Wheels, Brian's Inventory & Lies

John and Tammy reminisce about their Hot Wheels cars and Tammy tells John about getting to take a ride in a Grand Prix pace car.  John and Little Richard hung out at the race.  

Find out why both Tammy and John had trouble recently starting their cars. 

Tammy tells John about a unique use for an eraser.  

John learns about the make-out spot for kids in Long Beach and gets interested in Cat Cafes.  

John explains how Brian Epstein got started in the music business and how he met The Beatles.  

John and Tammy reveal some of the dumb things they did as kids. 

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Episode 8 - Movies, Earthquakes & Makeup to Die For  

 

John and Tammy discuss the new movie Yesterday...what did John think of how he was portrayed in the film?

If John had not been a musician, what would he have done?  Believe it or not, John thinks he would have made a pretty good judge.

The Southland has been shaking, Tammy and John talk about dealing with earthquakes. 

John says girls look great without make-up.  Tammy tells him why women feel compelled to wear it, then turns the tables on him.

 

Episode 7 Moving, Animal Rescue & Pirate Radio

Nobody likes moving.  John and Tammy talk about the nightmare of packing and sorting out possessions while John discusses Tammy’s eclectic collectibles.  

John talks about how he likes to go explore and find odd antiques including ones that he based songs on. 

Who made the Sgt. Pepper costumes?  John explains how they were created and why the band took on this other persona.  

John talks about his guitar-shaped pool. 

Teenagers start taking over the world in the 1960s and The Beatles tap into the artistic and communal living of the times. 

John and Tammy talk about their love of animals and the responsibility that comes with having pets.  Tammy talks about her rescue business.   

Did dogs come from Jupiter?  It’s something John is considering. 

Rules of war.  John talks about how stupid war is and how people never seem to learn.  It’s something he’s been saying since the 1960s.

The price of fame.  Tammy and John talk about the difficulties of being recognized in public and how it limits what you can do. 

Ringo will be presenting a statue to the city of Beverly Hills. It’s a statue of his hand in a peace sign.  At first the city turned down his gift. 

John’s scared of the dark...still.  

Why John likes Rebel without a Cause and James Dean. 

John talks about when Britain banned radio stations from playing Rock ‘n Roll and how Pirate Radio still played the music.

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Episode 6. Addictions, Ghost Bands & Emotional Vampires

John & Tammy talk about:

Drilling into one’s head to recreate the fontanel of a younger person's brain.

Discussing the need for better self - health coverage.

Addictions in all forms which affect one’s outlook on life in general.

Thoughts are things meaning that energy flows from thinking & believing.

People and their self centered victimization perceptions in wanting to blame others as to avoid responsibility.

Wondering aloud to each other as to what legacy is being left behind per one’s efforts and accomplishments.

Ghost Bands and why they exist - what they are and how they are perceived by the public.

Music Business becomes Memory Business for older rock ’n rollers.

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Episode 5.  Gender Neutrality, Doll Collecting & The Twilight Zone

An eclectic mix of topics this week....as John deliberates with Tammy over gender issues in today’s society..everything from sexuality to sports; differing expectations between the sexes while growing up; men, women and their power struggles along with the inequalities experienced from their differences.

What was John's first car? You might be surprised!  And he wasn't the only Beatle to have one.

John and Tammy take a look back at movie and TV classics like American Graffiti, Tales From the Crypt, The Twilight Zone and how they made us think.  And they reveal some of their favorite Twilight Zone episodes.

Your smartphone could be spying on you and now John knows why!

And John learns all about collecting dolls and gets a surprise when Tammy tells him how much some dolls are worth!

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Episode 4 Baseball, Podcasts and Lost in Space

What’s the meaning of Respect?  John and Tammy look at who gets it and how.

It’s Baseball Season.  John talks about going to the ballpark and finds out from Tammy what it was like to be among the first women in a professional baseball locker room.  Towel Droppers?

“What will you do when the bubble bursts?”  John talks about how reporters really didn’t understand The Beatles music in the 1960s.  Tammy explains why.

John has discovered podcasts and Tammy finds out why he likes them so much.

Driving in L-A?  Not John’s cup of tea.

John talks about being on a plane when it was hit by lightning.

Do you believe in ghosts?  John and Tammy do.  John explains why he plans to come back.

What is a Black Hole really?  John explains it.

John is ready to go into space…what does he expect to happen?

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Episode 3 Becoming The Beatles, Meeting Yoko and The Wrecking Crew

John explains to Tammy how he met Yoko and their relationship, why he and Yoko were naked on the cover of their first album “Two Virgins” and the reaction it caused.

How the band became The Beatles and how John initially felt about it. And where the name of the band came from.

John and Tammy both talk about being “workaholics” and the state of working in America.

Is it safe to share things on social media? John wonders about his privacy and Tammy explains why he should worry.

What John thinks about the iconic group of studio musicians called The Wrecking Crew and Tammy talks about how impressed she was that it was a girl playing bass.

And those are just a few of the highlights from this week’s Talks with John.

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