And we’re back! Back from the dead, it’s time for another episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is a guest, who as a part of a YouTube collective called TheBeatleScruffs influenced yours truly as a young fan. Making her first Beatle-y content appearance in many years, please welcome Elise H! In this episode we touch on a little bit of everything from our McCartney concert experiences, an endorsement of Barnes & Noble, the old days of YouTube “collab channels”, the joys of no longer ha...
Jul 05, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 93
It's time for another episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is another fellow young-er Beatle fan, musician/influencer Mary Devlin! (aka @beatledirt) We cover a lot, including making friends on The Beatles' Facebook page back in the day, posing out front of the Apple store with the Beatle standees when they went to iTunes, Ethan's "Now And Then" Abbey Road Studios story, the evolution of online Beatles fandom, Pattie Boyd's everlasting style, another round of praising "Revolver", the exis...
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 92
Welcome back to one of the Beatle podcasts of all time, Fans On The Run! Would it really be FoTR without an unexplained months-long episode delay? (School, that's the explanation) Joining me today is somebody who influenced me as a young(er) fan back when she was a part of the YouTube fan-collab-channel "The Beatle Submarine". She has come out of "retirement" to appear on this very show and talk with yours truly, give a big FoTR welcome to Karen Castro! We talk about nearly everything, including...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 91
Dear Beatle People, it's time for a very fab, gear, and overall special episode of Fans On The Run: The Podcast Made By, For, And About Beatles Fans! Today's episode has been a long time coming, but as they say, "good things come to those who wait". Our guest today was a member of The Beatles inner circle, in various roles for ten whole years, from 1962 to 1972. From the Cavern Club and the early days with Brian Epstein, to the Magical Mystery Tour of the days of Apple Corps. Please give a big F...
Aug 31, 2024•30 min•Ep. 90
It's time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is a true one-of-a-kind musical talent, sometimes he's under the alias of "Chissum Worthington", but today's he's just Mike Schnee! In a wide ranging chat, we talk The Lemon Twigs, One Hand Clapping, Mike's system of identifying Beatle albums before he could read, The White Album at Christmas '68, the genesis of Chissum Worthington, the similarities to some Beatle album-track-bookends, "The Beatles: An Illustrated Record", seeing t...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 89
It's time for new, vibrant, colourful (well, as colourful as an audio-only-podcast can be) episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me on today's show is Brooklyn artist, silent-film-enthusiast, Saturday Night Live graphic-design-alumni, counterculture Xerox artist and personal friend - Marlene Weisman! We talk "Sprockets", the first and only album from The Fool, Keith Haring, a private Paul McCartney concert at the Saturday Night Live studios, Mary Quant, Mary Quant knockoffs in the windows of New Y...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 88
It is in fact, time for the new episode of Fans On The Run! The show made by, for, and about Beatles fans - and today we lean into fandom as our guest today quite literally "wrote the book" on Beatles fandom. He's the author of "The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia", Dr. Richard Mills! Besides sex, death and progressive nostalgia, we talk about "The Grey Album" by Danger Mouse, applying Freudian psychological concepts to The Beatles Monthly, the hopes and fears around A.I...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 87
It’s time for another far-out, cosmic episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is the former co-host of fellow-pod Nothing Is Real, Steven Cockcroft! In this conversational trip around the astral planes, we talk about the booklet that came with the Magical Mystery Tour album, the good and bad of the Moog synthesizer on Abbey Road, the feeling of retribution when a favourite song becomes very popular, why the White Album should have been three discs, Mark Lewisohn, bending the rules of the “d...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 86
It’s time to spin a new episode of Fans On The Run! My guest for today is social-media content-creator, and fellow record-collector, Vinyl Benjy! We talk about export pressings, the “olden days” of buying CDs at Best Buy, the best deals we’ve found record shopping, the effect of certain YouTubers on record prices, whether to recommend Let It Be or Get Back to new Beatles fans, Freda Kelly, The Monkees, vinyl cuttings, why we collect so many copies of the same album, and the least effective game ...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 85
It's time for another episode of Fans On The Run, the "raccoon in the garbage bin" of Beatle podcasts! Joining me today (technically it was a while ago, but today is when it is posted!) is one of the co-hosts of fellow pod 'Another Kind Of Mind', Phoebe Lorde! In this wide-ranging chat we discuss the genesis of AKOM, the 1987 documentary "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today", A Beatle book neither of us know the name of, why the term "granny music" needs to die, The Beatles' covers of songs by the gir...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 84
It's once again time (about time!) for another episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is my friend, and the host of "Mixology: The Mono/Stereo Differences Podcast", Frederick French-Pounce! In what turned out to be the longest gap between recording a show, and posting it, this episode covers everything from the pros/cons of records made in the US/UK, Cilla Black's 1969 single "Surround Yourself With Sorrow", the YouTube videos on The Beatles that captured our imaginations, a Kinks album wi...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 83
We've re-arrived, and to prove it we're here - it's finally time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me for the first episode of the new run, is a New Orleans musician, and the co-host of the popular pod "Ranking The Beatles", Jonathan Pretus! We talk about the "Tomorrow Never Knows" segment of The Compleat Beatles, the curation of vault of Beatle outtakes, the brief coexistence of the UK and US configurations of the catalog on different formats, the good and bad sides of AI generated ...
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 82
It’s time for a very, very special episode of Fans On The Run. Special guest co-host, Piers Hemmingsen, joins me in sitting down for a rare podcast interview with the celebrated, bestselling author behind the 1968 authorized biography of The Beatles, Hunter Davies OBE. This episode is not one you’ll want to miss! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard! Keep up with Piers: http://www.thebeatlesincanada.com/ https://twitter.com/beatlesincanada Follow us elsewhere: ...
Sep 22, 2023•43 min•Ep. 81
It's Friday, so once again, it's time for a new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is content-creator and the current holder of the title "CEO of Beatles TikTok", Brooke Bellamy! We covered a lot of ground, including "Beatles gossip", the Microsoft Zune, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis, an explanation and demonstration of a "hot take", the absolute chaos of Paul McCartney's life, and a possible connection between "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" and Fraggle Roc...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 80
It's time for my second "comeback show" of the year, which means it's time for a return to Fans On The Run! Joining me today is longtime member of tribute group Them Beatles, and the man behind The Poppermost, Joe Kane! Our conversation included, but was not limited to, poorly-copied cassettes dubbed from 45s, Brian Matthews impressions, Lucozade, Sgt. Pepper costumes, tribute bands, the naming of an album, drum microphones, Vox amps, the reign of King Charles III, and of course, those loveable ...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 79
Subtitle - "The Semi-Grand Return" What is this? It's the return of Fans On The Run! Joining me for this "grand return" are the four co-hosts of pod-friends-of-the-show Blotto Beatles! Crack open a cold one if you wish, as we talk about Anthology, the cultural re-evaulation of John Lennon, cheap books, blueberry cobbler, and of course, The Beatles. Keep up with Blotto Beatles: https://linktr.ee/blottobeatles Follow us elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/fansontherun Contact fansontherunpodcast@gmail.co...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 78
And now for the thrilling conclusion to this Fans On The Run episode with the man behind Pugwash and The Duckworth Lewis Method, Thomas Walsh! Will we talk about The Beatles? Yes! Will we talk about other bands? Also yes! What else will we talk about? You’ll just have to tune in and find out for yourself! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard! Keep up with Thomas: https://twitter.com/pugwashofficial https://www.facebook.com/thomaswalshsongwriter https://pugwasht...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 77
It’s once again time for Fans On The Run, the show by, for, and about Beatles fans! Joining me for the first of a two-parter show (first in almost two years!) that almost sticks to the show’s premise, is the man behind Pugwash and The Duckworth Lewis Method, Thomas Walsh! Will we talk about The Beatles? Yes! Will we talk about other bands? Also yes! What else will we talk about? You’ll just have to tune in and find out for yourself! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can ...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 77
After a bit of a break, Fans On The Run is back! Joining me on today’s show is the author of the new book “Take a Sad Song - The Emotional Currency of 'Hey Jude.'”, James Campion! We talk Warren Zevon, The Rolling Stones, the subconscious, McCartney, and of course the Fab Four and the song of the hour. All that and more, you’re not going to want to miss this! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard! Keep up with James: https://www.jamescampion.com/ https://twitter...
Jul 16, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 76
It’s time for a new episode of Fans On The Run, the Beatle podcast that tries it’s hardest to remember to talk about The Beatles! It’s a very special show today, as I’m joined by fellow Rickenbacker enthusiast, and member of the legendary XTC, Dave Gregory! We talk about radios, winter, home recording, “My White Bicycle” by Tomorrow, Rose Morris Rickenbackers, and (of course) The Beatles. All that and more? You’re not going to want to miss this one! This episode is available to stream wherever g...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 75
It’s time for another episode of Fans On The Run, and much like last episode, this was recorded on location! For the first time in FoTR history, I got the chance to talk with TWO people at the same time; a sort of Beatles TikTok (BeatleTok) Mount Rushmore if you will. Joining me today are Skylar Moody and Jamie Ortiz! In what may be the most “Gen Z” episode of the show yet we talk about impulse purchases, Beatle fashion inspiration, a friendship forged through TikTok, heated debate, Yellow Subma...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 74
It’s been a while, but it’s time for another episode of FoTR. There are few people who I have wanted to have on my show as much as our guest today, so in a way, one of my dreams has come true! Join me on location in Jersey City at The Fest For Beatles Fans to speak to the world’s foremost Beatle historian, Mark Lewisohn! You’re not going to want to miss this one. This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard! Keep up with Mark: https://www.marklewisohn.net/ https://twit...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 73
Hey-hey it’s Fans On The Run! And people say we… Fans-On-The-Run around? Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, does it? In this episode, I’m joined by musician, Grammy nominee, music historian, king of the reissues, host of ‘Come To The Sunshine’ on WFMU, and author of 'The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story', Andrew Sandoval! We talk Monkees, Bee Gees, Zombies, Madness, Nuggets, Kinks, and of course, Beatles. Tune in, you’re not gonna want to miss it! This episode is available to stream wherever g...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 72
Surprise! After spending four months in a cryogenic freezer, I have returned to make new episodes of Fans On The Run! Anything interesting happen when I was gone? In this very special “back from the dead” show, I am joined by author, music reviewer, and Beatles fan Eoghan Lyng! We go all over the place, but don’t worry, we still do talk about The Beatles! If you want specifics, you’re just going to have to listen to the episode! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be h...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 71
Groovy baby! It’s time for another episode of Fans On The Run, the thinking man’s Beatles podcast (please do NOT fact check that) Joining me today for a conversation covering more areas of music than I can even remember writing this summary, is Matt Williamson of the wonderful ‘Pop Goes The 60s’ channel over on YouTube! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard! Check out Matt’s channel if you haven’t already: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvo1Jlu5WD67tgDaaUVLlgg...
Aug 28, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 70
Beware of darkness, because it’s time for another new episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is a writer/photographer, he’s the brains behind the ‘Producing The Beatles’ pod, and he and friend of the show Ken Womack recently co-wrote ‘All Things Must Pass Away – Harrison, Clapton and Other Assorted Love Songs’, Jason Kruppa! We talk about big misconceptions about ATMP, old music trade papers, deconstructing Beatles orchestral arrangements, a trip to Abbey Road Studio 2, bootlegs, love tria...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 69
Welcome back to another fab, gear and [insert hyperbole heree] episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is music journalist, internet personality, "CD Junkie" and my friend, Steve Schnee! We cover so much ground in this episode that I don't think I'd even be able to do my usual recap blurb here. Just listen to the show, it's a good one! This episode is available to stream wherever good podcasts can be heard! Keep up with Steve: https://www.youtube.com/c/StephenSchnee/ https://www.mixcloud.co...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 68
It’s time for another mysterious episode of Fans On The Run! Joining me today is the “Rock And Roll Detective” and author of books like ‘Black Market Beatles’ and the instant-classic ‘The Beatle Who Vanished’, Jim Berkenstadt! We talk about intriguing research around the 1964 Toronto concert, being recommended by George to the rest of the surviving Beatles at one of his last Apple meetings, a nickname christened by Neil Aspinall, the experience of the premiere of the Love show, work on the last ...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 67
Pardon the week-and-a-day delay, but Fans On The Run is here once more! Joining me today is the Associate Editor at the ‘Octopus’ Garden’ fanzine, and who has contributed to many great Beatle books with her “red pen”, Janet Davis! We talk about 1970s New York radio, cheap little Beatle books as gateway drugs, the Beatlefest of old compared to the Fest of new, a big rambling rant about the construction of the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ album jacket, going to Formula 1 races to try and see George, a l...
Jul 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 66
It’s time for another fab episode of Fans On The Run! This episode is a bit of a reunion of sorts, with special guest Lonnie Peña! We talk Beatles promotional items, the lost joys of Beatle flea-market hunting, working on new music, working in his dad’s car shop to buy 45s, paying tons for bootlegs before somebody else can buy ‘em, Lonnie’s poster collection, an interpretation of my theme song, buying (some) butcher cover(s), and much more! This episode is available to stream wherever good podca...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 65
