The Third Men Podcast

Didn't you, didn't you, didn't you, oh didn't you know? The Third Men Podcast is proud to present a conversation with Third Man Records recording artist Lillie Mae! But that's not all, siblings Scarlett and Frank Rische are also on hand to give us the low down on Other Girls, Lillie Mae's excellent second full length album release on TMR! This past August at the Gold Diggers bar in Los Angeles, co-host Paul sat down with the Rische crew to talk songwriting, the music business and what exactly that "snake did to her" before hearing the band perform songs from Other Girls live on stage. This week on the show your humble co-hosts will review this latest record and go track-by-track to analyze the evolution of one of the most prolific artists in the Third Man stable, before presenting some conversation and songs from the album's listening party. We here at the podcast would like to thank Lillie Mae, Scarlett and Frank for chatting with us, and we hope you all enjoy this episode as much as we enjoy the little fiddle's high-energy stomp! Looking for something uninteresting? Well you've got OTHER podcasts for that! This one's here to play.

The internet can be a scary place - good thing we have the Third Men Podcast to be our buoy whilst we surf amongst the madness! But it's that madness that your humble co-hosts call down today in this week's first installment in a new ongoing series: EVERYTHING WE'VE EVER LEARNED. That's right, we're taking to the high seas of the world wide web and mixing all kinds of metaphors to find the wildest, the wackiest, the most out-of-left-field or otherwise thought-provoking questions from across the internet and daring to do the impossible: answer it all. Well, the few we found for this episode, anyway. Ever wonder just what the deal with Jack White's dad is anyway? Ever thought about whether or not Jack and Meg felt silly carrying on as "siblings" well into the Icky Thump era? If the Raconteurs and The White Stripes could exist again simultaneously...whom would open for who? We tackle all this and more in a new episode of conversation and contemplation -- plus third person Arielle Kaminski joins us to tell tales of a wild Pokey LaFarge and his solo tour in the steel mills of Pennsylvania. Plus one lucky co-hosts gets to hang with Radkey and spot wild fires. Will this episode be crazy? Yes. Will you love it? I'd say it's about a 70/30 shot. And i'll take those odds!

Whatcha doin'? You're listening to the our newest exclusive extended interview, that's what! The Third Men Podcast is proud to welcome to the show quintessential Detroit rocker and The Go founder/frontman Bobby Harlow! With the release of Vault Package #41 from Third Man Records, The Go's debut LP Whatcha Doin' has been remixed and repackaged with a treasure trove of goodies from the 1999 era of the band, which of course includes Jack White on guitar and TMR's own Dave Buick on Bass. Bobby joins us on the show this week to share his insights on all things The Go, including the new remix and the demos/outtakes featured in Third Man's latest entry in its Vault series. Of course with Mr. Harlow on hand, conversation can go just about anywhere - from Beatles to abandoned cartoon film soundtracks to a freestyle rap "battle" (let's call it) between your humble co-hosts. How high are we during this interview? Will Free Electricity ever be released? Will Paul catch up on Jonathan Hickman's X-Men quickly enough to have a spoiler-free discussion? The answers to these questions and many more await you in this all-new episode! We're honored and thrilled to have Bobby on the show and hope you all enjoy this interview as much as we enjoyed conducting it!

What did you do, when we were gone? Listenin' to some other podcast, or perhaps a lovely new song? And what would you do, now that we're back? We hope you download this episode and enjoy some sweet, rockin' Raconteurs tracks! The Third Men Podcast is back with pt2 of our deep dive into Help Us Stranger - the new hit record from the finest rock'n'roll band on the planet - The Raconteurs! Last episode we covered how the band got back together to record the new LP, and this week we're here to get down and dirty in them sweet, sweet tracks. From the vicious Don't Bother Me to the tender Shine a Light to the downright touching Thoughts And Prayers, we cover them all and rate the record on our patented (it's not) three-men rating system. We'll also go over reception, chart position, technical credits and everything else we could find on this marvel of modern rock'n'roll wizardry. Plus, guest Josh Akin joins the conversation to talk all things Raconteurs, and a meet-up at the band's Mission Ballroom performance in Denver, CO this past October the 9th (John Lennon's birthday, for those of you keeping score). Will James be forced to hear an impression of himself filling dead air? Yes. Will Paul say something flippant and controversial? Probably. Will you not be entertained?! We can't not figure out double negatives, so yes AND no I THINK. Anyway, enjoy the show, folks - and shine a light on this new episode goodness!

Postin' a podcast show in the order; trolling ourselves on an internet site; keeping an eye on our episode future; staying up late just to edit it right! Third Men Podcast bored and RAAAAAZZZZZED, but these days? We're posting yet another! And what a post it is - welcome to part one of our deep dive into new music from everyone's favorite ramblin' rock'n'roll quartet (sorry, Dean) - the Raconteurs! In Help Us Stranger: Album Analysis & Review vol.1 we'll explore the history behind the 11 years that separate the band's sophomore release Consolers of the Lonely and 2019's Help Us Stranger, and answer why now was the right time for Jack White, Brendan Benson, Little Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler to bring the noise once more. From the songs Jack and Brendan exchanged to kick things off, up through the recording of the album and into a track-by-track review, we're pulling out the stops to celebrate the reunion of one of our favorite bands. Plus, in a very special third man segment, our father Wayne Kaminski (Yesterday & Today Podcast) joins co-host James to interview Ryan Brady (Take It Away Podcast) and Paul on their brand new album review podcast NOW HEAR THIS. Episodes 1 and 2 of the new show are available now and Paul and Ryan give you the scoop on all the awesome musical discussion in store. So run the rounds of the mundane soldier with us, won't you? We're so lost without you!

Break out those Yondr pouches, because the show's about to start! Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in-between, the Third Men podcast is proud to present: Jack's Opening Acts! In this first edition of a new on-going series, your humble co-hosts will take you on a tour of Jack White's solo tours, through the lens of his various opening acts - some famous, some up-and-coming, but all memorable in their own ways. For the Blunderbuss, Lazaretto and Boarding House Reach tours, Third Man set about showcasing a wide range of talent, including but not limited to artists in its very own roster. While the expected openers may have been more mainstream rocker acts like Alabama Shakes and Cold War Kids, Jack's solo tours also carried with them a wide range of genre and style - such as hip hop (Run The Jewels, Shirt), country (Joshua Hedley, Loretta Lynn), zone-out instrumental (William Tyler) and many more. In this episode we cover them all, including a very special guest this week in Isaiah Radke, whose band Radkey opened for Jack on the Boarding House Reach tour in 2018! We were thrilled to have Isaiah on the show, and we hope you all enjoy the interview as much as we enjoyed conducting it! So get those tickets ready, there's a rock show coming at you!

We're back! Did you miss us? Well we missed you, and to make it up to you here's just about the the coolest season opener we could have hoped for -- an all-new exclusive extended interview with Third Man Records recording artist Olivia Jean! With the release of her sophomore solo LP Night Owl, Olivia has cemented her mastery of the surf-punk sound we've come to know and love over this past decade of her work at Third Man Records. From fronting the Black Belles to her contributions on Jack White records to her own solo releases and beyond, Jean has placed her signature stamp on just about everything - and now she brings her talents to your humble co-hosts on the Third Men Podcast! And if you haven't picked up her new record yet, what are you waiting for? It's got searing rock and roll across tracks like Shut Your Mouth and Rhinestone, blistering cover tunes including the Bollywood classic Jaan Pehechaan Ho and Flamin' Groovies rocker Brushfire, plus more surf rock than you can shake a long board at with killer cuts like Garage Bat and Tsunami Sue! Ever wonder what it's like to ride a roomba in search of witchcraft at Target? Interested in discovering the secret origin of Nashville's famed black mold infestation? All these wonders and more await you in this epic opener episode - we hope you all enjoy this interview as much as we did!

Summer break is almost over! But before we're back to school (hear the yell?) it's time for one last entry into our BEST OF series with this week's epic BEST OF: TAXIDERMY! Now, you might be thinking to yourself: gee, what would my two beloved cohosts who have absolutely no connection to the ancient art of taxidermy have to say on the subject over a three year span of time? The answer, my friends, may surprise you. As it turns out, due to Jack White's fascination with the stuffing and mounting of animal corpses, we've talked about taxidermy a surprising amount of time these past 100+ episodes, and here for you today is a compilation of all those times! Did you ask for it? No! Are you interested in listening? Maybe! Are these clips all coming at you right now? You bet your stuffed behind they are! So we hope you enjoy this special peek into the macabre animal kingdom, and we hope you'll join us back here next time for our grand return to the land of the living!

What would summer be without some classic BEST OF episodes from The Third Men Podcast? A drag, that's what! And not the fun kind! (That's what we keep telling ourselves, anyway...) While your hosts with the mosts are off on summer break, this week we're pleased to bring you even more tasty cuts from the interviews we conducted this past year. Season lucky-number-three brought us a lot of epic interview action, but perhaps the most momentous of our extended interviews came in the form of not one, but TWO fantastic talks with Third Man Records co-founder and co-owner Ben (Chandler?) Blackwell. We were thrilled to host Ben on the show, especially for our 100th episode spectacular - but that's not all the trouble we got up into! Dirtbomb Patrick Pantano spilled secrets on some White Stripes album cover photo shoots, filmmaker Emmett Malloy told us what happens when you try and steal Wu Tang weed, and Warstic founder Ben Jenkins filled us in on his World Series visit with Jack White. So many cool clips to bust out -- we hope you all enjoy this second collection of season three interview hits!

Summer break is still here, and the temperature is heating up! Good thing we've got some cool audio to share with you this week on our continuing BEST OF series (We know, you can breathe easy, now). The Third Men Podcast is proud to present our BEST OF SEASON 3 INTERVIEWS, pt1 of 2 -- did you know we conducted 10 interviews with some key figures in the third man world in season 3? We didn't, either, until we counted them all up! To kick things off we've got acclaimed musician, DJ, songwriter and White Stripes photographer/confidant Ko Melina, who was so nice she talked to us twice! Next the slide guitar stylings of Soledad Brother to the stars Johnny Walker, who joined us to give you the scoop on how to truly rid yourself of a wasp infestation. Coming in lucky number 3 this week is White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather and Jack White solo stylist Brandy St. John, who is also an accomplished musician in her own right! And last but not least Howlin' Brother Jared Green weaves us a yarn about what it was like working for our favorite broken boy buddy Brendan Benson. Hope you enjoy this look back, and hope you look forward to pt2 coming at you in two short weeks!