The Bret Saunders Podcast

Steven Van Zandt, long time member of Springsteen’s E Street Band, starred as Silvio Dante in the Sopranos and is a member of the Rock N’ Roll Hall Fame. Steve talks about fighting apartheid in the 80’s, where to go to start your musical education, plus his new album and tour that comes to Denver.

A multi Grammy winner, Bela talks about his band the Flecktones and where their name came from, touring with Chick Corea, balancing family and music, plus the Beverly Hillbillies.

The Oscar and Grammy winning musician talks about his new album, what the internet is doing to the world, the benefits of working at 4 a.m. and collaborating with the Coen brothers.

Rick Reilly’s career started at the Daily Camera and the Denver Post before landing with Sports Illustrated and ESPN. Rick talks with Bret about his new book Commander In Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.

As The Lumineers gear up to release their next album, titled III, Wesley Shultz talks about the conceptual angle of the record, playing Woodstock, AC/DC, Game Of Thrones, and being Denver for life.

Johnny Marr, founding member of The Smiths, successful solo artist and in-demand session player, talks about the themes of his new album, going vegan and how long distance running affects his music.

A terrific interview from Bret’s archives. The Rolling Stones had just released Some Girls, the deluxe edition, and Keith Richards gave us a call to talk about the record, punk rock, the one girl who really didn’t want to be on the cover and his autobiography, Life.

Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, legendary jazz composers, Carla on piano, Steve on bass, talk about their upcoming show at Dazzle, Steve playing Red Rocks with Stan Getz, Carla's time as a cigarette girl at Birdland, and being prisoners of music.

Hozier’s new album, Wasteland, Baby just went number one and his upcoming show at the Buell is sold out. He talks with Bret about the themes on the record, his love for American music, and how he did the underwater album cover shoot.

Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper recently announced his candidacy for president and sits down with Bret to talk about his run for office, getting to know the rest of the country outside of Colorado, the other candidates in the Democrat primary, his thoughts on issues like climate change and his announcement party in Civic Center Park headlined by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats