Podcast Episodes featuring Rob Sheffield

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#88 MISSION OF BURMA! (ft. Rob Sheffield)

And Introducing - March 25, 2021 03:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 278 ratings
And introducing, WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Three: Mission of Burma! We’re joined by author Rob Sheffield to talk Boston excellenc...

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262. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield on new The Beatles White Album box set, why Paul won't stop, Taylor Swift and more

My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan - October 30, 2018 18:29 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 227 ratings
“People often dismiss [Paul] as soft and lazy and complacent. In so many ways, he’s the exact opposite of that, to a frightening extreme.” - Rob Sheffield Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield, author of Dreaming the Beatles, joins me to preview the new White Album box set and for a wide ranging discu...

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28: The Five-Albums Test With Rob Sheffield

Celebration Rock - October 16, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 355 ratings
In 2011, back when I was a writer for The A.V. Club, I invented a game called The Five-Albums Test, in which I listed artists and bands that have at least five consecutive very good-to-great albums. Over the years, readers kept bringing up this column, and I was eventually inspired to write a seq...

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The Secret History of the Beatles, with Rob Sheffield

Rolling Stone Music Now - May 15, 2017 23:53 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 875 ratings
Rob Sheffield, author of the new book Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World, joins host Brian Hiatt and Brittany Spanos to explain why the Fab Four will be relevant forever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Season 2 Episode 6: We Finally Talk About The Beatles with Rob Sheffield

Celebration Rock - May 01, 2017 18:48 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 355 ratings
This is a rock podcast, so it's about time we finally get around to talking about perhaps the greatest rock band of all-time, The Beatles. Our excuse is a great new book called "Dreaming The Beatles" by venerated rock critic (friend of the pod!) Rob Sheffield. The prospect of writing another Beat...

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Concert Security: Can Anything Be Done? + Rob Sheffield’s New David Bowie Book

Rolling Stone Music Now - June 27, 2016 20:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 875 ratings
How has the music world reacted to the Orlando mass shooting, the murder of Christina Grimmie, and the recent fatal shooting at a T.I. concert in New York? Is there anything that can be done to make shows safer? Rolling Stone writer Steve Knopper speaks to host Nathan Brackett about the steps tha...

Books written by Rob Sheffield

Love Is a Mix Tape
Rob Sheffield

2 Episodes - 224 pages - ★★★★ - 24.4K ratings