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One Sweet Dream provides a fresh take on the music, people, and narrative of the Beatles. This is the Beatles, through a new lens. The podcast includes 5 major series: (1) The Breakup Series: Revisiting the roots and causes of the Beatles' Breakup. (2) The Aftermath Series: Revisiting the events following the Beatles' Breakup. (3) The New Lens Series: Exploring key themes through..
One Sweet Dream Blog
5M ago
This is part 2 of the Cleave profile on Paul McCartney. In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver explore the second half of the interview.
Titled "How A Beatle Lives" these exceptional interviews provide us with a rare glimpse into the world of the Beatles in 1966. This fascinating interview with Paul vindicates McCartney's portrayal in the book Many Years From Now. It captures McCartney when he is on top of the world: razor-sharp, opinionated, witty, and fully immersed in the counterculture and Avant-grade scene.
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One Sweet Dream Blog
5M ago
This is part one of the Cleave profile on Paul McCartney. In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver explore the first half of the interview.
Titled "How A Beatle Lives" these exceptional interviews provide us with a rare glimpse into the world of the Beatles in 1966. This fascinating interview with Paul vindicates McCartney's portrayal in the book Many Years From Now. It captures McCartney when he is on top of the world: razor-sharp, opinionated, witty, and fully immersed in the counterculture and Avant-grade scene.
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One Sweet Dream Blog
5M ago
Diana is joined by brilliant singer/songwriter/ film and TV composer Michael Penn to discuss the songs that make his Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces list.
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Michael's List:
Anytime At All
Things We Said Today
She Said She Said
The Family Way (Soundtrack and Movie)
Within You Without You
Penny Lane
The End
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Jenny Wren
I Know I Know (Diana's selection)
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Michael Penn's songs referenced in the episode include: No Myth and A Revival
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5M ago
In this episode, Diana Erickson and Halle Ryan explore the Beatles' final masterpiece: "Now and Then." They unravel the intricate narrative of its path to public release and discuss how this stunning composition, alongside its anthology companions, "Real Love" and "Free As a Bird," elegantly rewrite the closing chapter of the iconic Beatles story.
Part One explores the path that led to the release of "Now and Then." and provides a deep exploration of the enchanting classic "Free As A Bird."
Part Two provides a comprehensive examination of the gorgeous masterwork "Real Love" and ..read more
One Sweet Dream Blog
5M ago
In this interview, Diana and Erin discuss the Fab 4 Myth—how it was constructed and how the Beatles tried to break free of it. They also discuss core ideas from Erin Torkelson Weber's book: Beatles and the Historians: An Analysis of Writings about the Fab Four. It also includes an all-new postscript at the end of the episode.
Please check out Erin's book and her blog:
https://beatlebioreview.wordpress.com/reviews-for-the-beatles-and-the-historians/
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In this episode, Diana and Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs, discuss the Lennon/McCartney partnership, and how they exemplify and light up many of the core tenets of creative pairings, which gives us new ways to think about their legendary partnership.
This reprised version includes a new intro and reflections on the episode upfront (30 mins). It was originally recorded in September 2020.
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5M ago
This is part two of the Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces Series with the hosts of Screw It We're Just Going To Talk About the Beatles. We go through the second half of their list!
The "SIWJGTTATB" group includes Will Hines, Joel Spence, Katie Plattner, and Brett Morris. Diana is a big fan of their podcast.
Check out the Screw It We're Just Going To Talk About the Beatles Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/screw-it-were-just-gonna-talk-about-the-beatles/id1192914201
Check out the Echoes ("In Liverpool") special, as discussed in the episode.
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One Sweet Dream Blog
5M ago
Diana and Chris Salewicz discuss Paul McCartney the man and the artist. They explore his defining traits and what people get wrong about him, and they also talk about Chris's epic 1986 interview with Paul — one of Paul's most candid interviews ever. Updated Audio!
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One Sweet Dream Blog
5M ago
In the next installment of the Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces Series, Diana is joined by the hosts of the brilliant podcast: Screw It We're Just Going To Talk About the Beatles. The "SIWJGTTATB" group includes Will Hines, Joel Spence, Katie Plattner, and Brett Morris. Diana is a big fan of this podcast.
Check out the Screw It We're Just Going To Talk About the Beatles Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/screw-it-were-just-gonna-talk-about-the-beatles/id1192914201
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5M ago
This is part two of the Maureen Cleave interview with John Lennon.
In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver dig into the second half of the Cleave interview: visiting John's library, exploring his Phantom V Rolls Royce, and accompanying him to the doctor. John, as always, is entertaining, opining on money, power, and his future.
Titled "How A Beatle Lives," these exceptional interviews provide a rare glimpse into the world of the Beatles in 1966.
Thanks to Dr. Duncan Driver! @drduncd
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