In my eBook Tori Amos Soul Searching and Uncensored, I tell the tale of the time in early 1994, when The Irish Times, for whom I did weekly interviews, told me they didn't want "this woman" in the newspaper "at all" with her "ramblings about Jesus, masturbation and rape." I had to break the news to Tori, which I did by leaving a phone message. This podcast contains her initial response and a longer chat we had - during which I readily admit I talk too much, maybe because I was still incensed at The Irish Times - about my plans to rework the interview and publish it in full elsewhere.

Tori Amos censored and silenced by The Irish Times in 1994. Tori responds to Joe Jackson telling her during a phone call that The Irish Times censored her interview.

Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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Tori Amos censored and silenced by The Irish Times in 1994. Tori responds to Joe Jackson telling her during a phone call that The Irish Times censored her interview.

Tori Amos censored and silenced by The Irish Times in 1994. Tori responds to Joe Jackson telling her during a phone call that The Irish Times censored her interview.

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