Keep on your mean side, listeners - the Third Men Podcast is about to do it to death! This week we're getting an education, and the topic is one of the most seminal bands in modern rock: THE KILLS! Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have been dropping jaws around the world for well over a decade now, with their blend of guitar-shredding, Plant-belting, synthesizer-concocting, heart-wrenching rock'n'roll - with five studio albums and a slew of EPs and singles to their name. Jack White fans (who weren't already familiar with the band) got to know Alison Mosshart as lead singer of The Dead Weather, as well as through a host of collaborations between The Kills and the Third Man world ever since. This week your humble co-hosts are bringing in a Kills super-fan, Mr. Josh Akin, to walk us all through the band's history, discography and assorted haberdashery from their avant-garde beginnings to the powerhouse beats the band pumps out today. This December, The Kills are offering up a NEW LP collection of b-sides and rarities called LITTLE BASTARDS, and what better prep for this new release than with a history lesson from the Third Men? We're loyal, oh-oh! We're loyal, oh-oh! We're loyal, oh-oh! We've got the heart of a pod!

The Third Men Podcast is excited to present an all-new extended interview with singer, songwriter, crème de la crème rocker and all-around hoot...Mr. Jeremy Ivey! Jeremy joins us this week to talk about his excellent new record Waiting Out The Storm, the follow-up to last year's The Dream and The Dreamer and produced by his wife and musical collaborator Margo Price. From its devastating lead-off single Someone Else's Problem to the hilarious and provocative Things Could Get Much Worse - this album is a love letter to the listless souls floating through this very, VERY strange year...and poses thoughtful and elegant commentary in the process. Listeners to the show already know Jeremy's ubiquitous presence on Margo's Third Man Records releases Midwest Farmer's Daughter and All American Made, as well as their work together in the pre-TMR band Buffalo Clover and post-TMR on Margo's 2020 That's How Rumors Get Started LP. In this episode we deep dive into everything that the hands of time will allow, from songwriting on the new record to delivering toy monkeys to Jack White and everything in between. We’d like to thank Mr. Ivey for the great conversation, and thanks to all of you for taking a listen. Hope you enjoy this discussion as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Caution: this episode might get LOUD. The Third Men Podcast is proud to present an all-new extended conversation with Alex Guaraldi and Jordan Collins: the masterminds behind CopperSound Pedals! These gear guys are joining us to spill the details on the brand new CopperSound/Third Man Hardware collaboration - the revolutionary new TRIPLEGRAPH pedal, available now exclusively on ThirdManStore.com and designed by CopperSound and Jack White himself! Alex and Jordan walk us through the inception, design, execution and packaging of one of the most exciting releases ever from TMH - and believe me, these guys have a LOT of cool stories to tell. But we're not stopping at the Triplegraph (though we totally could, because it's just THAT cool) - no, these tech gurus join us for a look back at the history of Third Man Hardware, and walk us through Jack White's gear setup from his early days in The White Stripes up through the most recent Help Us Stranger Raconteurs tour! There's a lot of history to get through, and a lot of history to make - so hold onto your Stratocasters and don't adjust those nobs, because you will NOT want to miss a moment of one of the most in-depth discussions in TMP history!

2020 has been a hard year for pretty much everyone - but the heartbeat of great cities like Detroit are alive and well thanks to the people that make them something special. Earlier this spring, legendary Detroit rocker Ko Melina decided to start documenting all the amazing artists, small businesses, musicians and organizations that are fighting the good fight to help Detroiters battle covid 19. That project is known as The Heart of Detroit. Every day, Ko posts a new black & white, mask-clad photo to the @the_heartof_detroit on Instagram, and for over 150 days (and counting) this 100% non-profit labor of love continues to inspire. Join us for a special episode of the Third Men Podcast as we walk through the project with Ko from inception to the present day, and take an in-depth look into the heart of the city that has been so instrumental in the evolution of the music & culture we love so much. Your humble co-hosts also do some much-needed catching up with Ko since her last appearance on the program - including hearing stories from the epic Dirtbombs reunion set at the Third Man Records 10 Year Celebration last year! We'd like to thank Ko for joining us (our show's ONLY 3-time special guest!) and encourage everyone to head to Instagram to follow the @the_heartof_detroit.

The Third Men Podcast is excited to present an all-new extended interview with the legendary Dex Romweber! As founder and driving force behind the powerhouse group Flat Duo Jets, Dexter and his compatriots have lead the way for a return to the honesty, energy, soulfulness and singular vision of rock and roll music in the modern era. Icons like Neko Case, The Black Keys and Cat Power cite Dex as an inspiration, and they're not alone. When a young drummer named Jack White encountered the power and fury of Flat Duo Jets, the aspiring musician was moved to return to the guitar -- and what's more, moved to find a way to spread to others the kind of passion and energy that he himself had bore witness to. Dexter and Jack would meet and collaborate several times over the years, most notably on the only Blue Series single to feature White himself so prominently. We sat down with Dexter to walk through his storied career, and to get the scoop on some exciting NEW live performances that are sure to wow listeners as he has done so well for the past 35+ years. See Dexter perform in the new LIVE AT THE CAVE series, broadcast to ticket holders on Sunday, September 20th at 7pmEST -- with subsequent new shows lined up for every third Sunday of the month! Info on how to purchase tickets can be found on our website. We'd like to thank Mr. Romweber for the great conversation, and thanks to all of you for taking a listen. Hope you enjoy this discussion as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Podcast may be out for summer, but podcast is not out forever! What would these dog days be without the annual recap of all the amazing interviews from the prior season of the Third Men Podcast, I ask you? Well thankfully we needn't find out, because we're here with highlights from the incredible extended interviews conducted on the show since September 2019. Olivia Jean, Lillie Mae, Sean Cannon, Joe Chiccarelli, Brendan Benson, Bobby Harlow - I mean...wow. That's a lot of talent right there. Hear stories of black mold attacking The Black Belles, strange encounters with Ringo Starr, objects that may or may not have been nailed to Jack White's wall and much MUCH more on this bite-sized collection! We're about to head back into the studio (safely, mind you) to begin recording season five, but until then we'd like to thank everyone for listening all these years, let you know we're still alive and kicking, and hope you'll join us back here in September for even more rock and roll wildness!

For our season 4 finale episode, the Third Men Podcast is excited to welcome back to the show quintessential Detroit rocker and The Go founder/frontman Mr. Bobby Harlow! Bobby joins us once again to answer our questions, spill some tea on his extensive (and badass) career in music, and to help spread the word about a new donation initiative The Go have started up. Listeners can visit https://www.thego4blm.com/ and, starting at $5 and above, donate to both The Equal Justice Initiative and The Bail Project - while receiving the entire catalog of The Go's music. For your donation to these organizations, you'll receive a download package featuring every Go album, three collections of rarities (including the five-volume GO Boxset), Conspiracy of Owls and both Bobby and (GO co-founder) Joh Krautner's solo albums. That's over 14 HOURS of music. That's a lot of rock and roll right there. In this episode we'll discuss the movement that inspired this initiative, the tunes that Bobby and his musical compatriots have offered up in support, and much much more. We'd like to thank everyone out there for all your love and support these past four seasons, and look forward to seeing you all back again for season five this coming September. Black lives matter. We love you.

Do you belong to the Jack generation? Then chances are you have been enjoying The Raconteurs: Live at Electric Lady EP & documentary that was released this past May of 2020 in conjunction with Spotify and Youtube. In September of 2019, as The Raconteurs continued to barrel through their massive Help Us Stranger world tour, the band stopped by New York City's famed Electric Lady Studios (founded by Jimi Hendrix and John Storyk in 1970) to help celebrate the studio's impending 50th anniversary with the recording of a new cover song and an intimate concert that evening. Jack, Brendan, LJ and Patrick were joined by longtime friend, director Jim Jarmusch, to document the occasion and to sit down with the band for the type of candid interview only five old friends could truly have. Along with the electric (pun!) performance at the end of the night, The Raconteurs recorded a studio rendition of Richard Hell and the Voidoid's punk anthem Blank Generation, originally put down at Electric Lady for release in September of 1977. In this episode, we'll discuss the project and try something a little different in the form of a running fan-commentary of the documentary. We're excited as hell to have some new Racs music to sink our teeth into this year, and what better way to celebrate our penultimate episode of the season than with a journey into the blank generation? We know the Voidoids could take it or leave it each time - but we hope you'll take it and join us for the ride!

The Third Men Podcast is excited to present an all-new extended interview with the one, the only Mr. Brendan Benson! For over two decades Brendan has been a fixture of the power pop world, with a myriad of critically acclaimed and commercially successful musical releases including a staggering seven solo studio albums. Brendan's latest LP, Dear Life, is out now on Third Man Records and the well-fed boy himself was kind enough to sit down with your humble co-hosts to review the new album, wax poetic and take a tour through some highlights of his storied career. Of course, TMR fans know Brendan for his work as a member of The Raconteurs, the rock'n'roll tour de force that he, Jack White, Patrick Keeler and Little Jack Lawrence formed in 2005. The band's latest release Help Us Stranger climbed to the #1 spot on the US Billboard Top 200 last summer and solidified their status as one of the rock world's most vital enterprises. All of that said, we here at the Third Men Podcast are HUGE fans of Brendan's work, and are beyond thrilled he agreed to join us here on the show today. So thanks to Mr. Benson for the great conversation, and thanks to all of you for taking a listen. Hope you enjoy this discussion as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Surprise! It's pop quiz time. And for THIS titanic test of knowledge, it's your humble co-hosts in the hot-seat! On the Third Men Podcast we've played host to several game show-style challenges featuring Jack White fans from coast-to-coast competing for TMR trivia supremacy - but never before have the tables been turned on the hosts themselves. See, James told Paul that this episode was going to be a deep dive into an as-yet-unspecified blind blues musician, and Paul thought he was in for a somber evening of quiet contemplation and heavy drinking. Then, like three bolts of lightning emanating from the Third Man Records tower, out sprang a surprise POP QUIZ featuring "name that tune" style music snippets, album track listing memory games and a slew of tremendous trivia that turned everything on its head! (except the heavy drinking part, that remained) Not to be out-done, Third Man Josh Akin created an interactive Jeopardy-style game for both co-hosts to compete in, as well as YOU the listener at home! To play along with the game, visit jeopardy.thirdmenpodcast.com and try your luck against two guys who host a Jack White history podcast! It may be easier than you think!