Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jesse Jackson
For the past 6 years, Jesse Jackson has been talking to Bruce Springsteen fans from around the world. He believes that every Springsteen fan has a story to tell and it's his job to record as many as possible. At 800 episodes and counting, fans of Bruce (as well as fans of other musicians) have shared how the magic and power of music has helped them celebrate successes and mourn losses. Music has been part of births, deaths, birthdays, weddings and other major events in their lives.
Jon @jonalba joined me before the kick off of the new Springsteen tour and he sent me a direct message on twitter a few days before the show saying that the 1st song of the tour would be No Surrender. Since then, he's gone to multiple shows and he joined me to talk about the shows and his experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chris Collins @bedheadchicken has worked on multiple TV shows behind the scenes including The Sopranos as well as And Just Like That. He shares his Springsteen story and then we have a great discussion about the 2023 tour, the set list debate and how Chris felt after the first round of tickets and dynamic pricing was so controversial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tod Goldberg returns to the podcast to catch up and to promote the 4th volume of his Gangsterland Trilogy (that is right 4 books in a trilogy, but that is how he rolls). The new book is Gangsters don't Die is a great end to the series (maybe) and is available everywhere you purchase your books! We had a wonderful discussion about the book, his process and how he is still not seen Bruce perform live! Check out his books here - https://todgoldberg.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric Wickstrom and I had a wonderful discussion on X aka Twitter about Springsteen's set lists this tour. Fresh from the Sunday night show, he joined me to talk about his Springsteen fandom and his thoughts on the current tour. We had a wonderful time and I will be having Eric back on the show soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chris, Colin and Jesse are back to discuss the 2023 Dallas Cowboys season. What happens when a dad, talks to his two sons about the Dallas Cowboys each week, chaos! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay Franze has spent years working as a producer/engineer in the music industry. He and I had a wonderful discussion about this career, his love of music and about this podcast, The Jay Franze Show where he has guests from the music industry sharing inside stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Travis I. Sivart @TravisISivart is a prolific author of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Social DIY, and more. He and I had a wonderful discussion talking about his roots in D&D, creating stories early in his childhood and how he's created a shared universe that connects his cyberpunk, fantasy, and steampunk worlds by a shared thread. His goal is to write characters that readers connect with and who feel real. For more information check out his website https://www.travisisivart.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jimmy Buffett has passed from this life, I share a few memories, regrets and get on my soapbox (be warned) som songs NSFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rachel thought she was living the life she wanted even though she was miserable inside. She reached a point where she had to make a choice and once she did, she no longer looked back. Rachel and I had a wonderful conversation about her successfully changing careers (twice), successfully leaving a marriage and starting over. As she says, we only have this one life - don’t settle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tapping a multiracial family and prior careers on Broadway and in law, Stephanie Cotsirilos writes about injustice, humor, and resilience. In today's episode, she joined me to talk about her journey from the Arts, to Law School, to writing and how Joni Mitchell has kept her company during her journey. Find out more about Stephanie here and find her new book My Xanthi - https://www.stephaniecotsirilos.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few months ago, Lou, Karen and I discussed one of Lou's favorite bands, The Tragically Hip. We released the episode on our YouTube Channel but for some reason, we never released this on Set Lusting Bruce. here is our discussion of a band that never found much success in the US but is beloved by most Canadians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sarah Gregory lost her Grandmother in a violent death. This loss sent her down a path of unhealthy behavior and poor choices. She was able to find sobriety, however her remaining "but" was that she was not ready to offer forgiveness to the man who killed her Grandmother, till she was. The catalyst of this forgiveness story started in a Letter to You. Sarah joins me in a heart felt episode where she and I talk Forgiveness, Love, Acceptance and the healing power of music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After bouncing around the world, Gwen Tolios has settled in Chicago to write and coax her cat into cuddles. A magical ace unicorn, she writes short stories and novels for anyone who likes to read. In today's episode Gwen and I have a wonderful discussion about her different stories and her process of writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michelle Rene DeBellis is the author of the multiple award-winning novel, The Music We Make. Her vision is to deliver entertaining stories that help us make sense of our humanity. We talk about her novel and how music helped inspire her writing. https://michellerenedebellis.com/ https://open.spotify.com/track/77g8muDRsyxZf4EQDWCOWO?si=R7QRwHwtRL--pEejO0qGBQ&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric Holden is an Atlanta artist, comedian, and co-host of The Goblin's Corner, a tabletop and storytelling podcast on all your favorite podcasting platforms. We had a wonderful time visiting about different tabletop games and podcasting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the newest podcasts in the Pantheon family is the Metallica Report hosted by Renée Richardson and Steffan Chirazi Today they sit down with Jesse and discuss their background, their plans for the podcast and of course The Mary Question. Please go to your favorite podcast player and subscribe to The Metallica Report! https://megaphone.link/PAN8970693758 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nick DeMatteo is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music producer & recording engineer; a podcaster & podcast producer; a voice over artist & audio engineer; and a film & stage actor. In today's episode Nick and I talk about his musical journey, his love of the Bass and his podcast, Music is not a Genre. https://www.nickdematteo.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, I'm joined by Karin Freeland, Author and Life Coach. We talk about the band Weezer, we talk about changing your life's journey and about her Vagina. Karin's new book is The Ins and Outs of My Vagina: A Penetrating Memoir we discuss her life journey and how she stopped giving up on her dreams and now helps others make the same choices. https://www.karinfreeland.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer, author and TV and radio programme maker, and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books, including definitive, bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin (When Giants Walked the Earth), Metallica (Enter Night), AC/DC (Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be), Black Sabbath (Symptom of the Universe), Lou Reed, The Doors (Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre) and Foo Fighters. In today's episode Mick and I talk about his latest book Life in the Fast Lane: The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway. We cover a wide range of topics and have a wonderful time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andrea Morris @AMtoFMPromotion grew up in Ohio and was the one who got her brother into Bruce's Music. In today's episode, she and I talk about her seeing Bruce more than 50 times, how his music has had a major impact on her life. Andrea started AM to FM promotions after spending years in the radio business. She works with a group of talented artists helping them to build their fan base and reach their musical goals. https://amtofm.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the spirit of lighting a candle instead of cursing the darkness, Aaron, Matt and Tom decided to start their own Springsteen Podcast because they felt like there needed to be some additional positive energy out in the Springsteen world of fandom. https://www.youtube.com/@phishermanssecretgarden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jody Maberry used to play outside for a living as a Park Ranger, while he still spends a great deal of time outside, he works inside publishing his own podcasts and helping businesses develop their own podcasts to help present a clear and concise message to their clients and their teammates. Jody & I talked podcasting, changing careers and how his son helped him find and love the music of Twenty One Pilots. Check out Jody's website here - https://jodymaberry.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawn Poole's Springsteen fandom starting in the 80's. Through the years, he's attended multiple shows, been a frequent contributor to the Backstreets magazine and site sharing his thoughts on Bruce, his music and our fandom. He has started a new site https://www.letterstoyou.net/ to help fill some of the void left with Backstreets moving on. We had a wonderful discussion and I hope to have Shawn on often in the future. Please check out the episode and please go sign up for the website's mailing list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amy L Bernstein writes stories that let readers feel while making them think. In today's episode, Amy & I have a wonderful time talking Joni Mitchell, modern music and her work as a writer and as a writing coach. Please check out her site here - https://amywrites.live/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leah Elson loves science and she thinks the rest of us should love it as well. In her career as a science communicator she has developed "60 seconds of Science" and "Reel Science." Leah and I discussed a wide range of topics including Leah's love of depressing Russian Literature at a young age, why she quit as a sportscaster and decided to pursue science by attending Harvard and that taught her if you are unhappy with your life pivot. She recently published a book called There are (no) stupid questions in science. To learn more about my wonderful guest go here https://www.leahelson.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Diane Foy has had many work lives, a fashion photographer, a makeup artist and an arts and entertainment publicist. She now uses this background and works with musical artists to help then develop their brand purpose. She joins Jesse to share her story and to talk about her love of Janet Jackson's music. Check out Diane here https://dianefoy.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lorraine Mangione and Donna Luff join Jesse to share stories from their Springsteen fandom and talk about the origins of their amazing book Mary Climbs In: The Journeys of Bruce Springsteen's Women Fans. Mary Climbs In illuminates this once overlooked but increasingly important and multi-faceted conversation about female audiences for Springsteen’s music. Drawing on unique surveys of fans themselves, the study offers insight into women’s experiences in their own voices. Here is the Amazon Link https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Climbs-Journeys-Bruce-Springsteens/dp/1978827180 find the book where ever you get your books! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raquel Drosos is the author of Games of Chance, a novel about adoptive siblings growing up in an Italian-American family in New Jersey. She is a graduate of Princeton University and has been writing since childhood. In today's episode she joins Jesse to talk about writing, cooking Italian Food and of course Bruce Springsteen's music! Find out more about Raquel and her book here - https://raqueldrosos.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After getting her Masters in Marine Biology, Amy Brookes knew that music was her calling so rowed ashore (sorry for the bad pun) and started making music. She is the co-founder of the band Low Tide Levee, she plays drums, writes and handles lead vocals. Jesse and her have an amazing time discussing her journey, her love of Led Zeppelin (it brought her and her husband together) and the release of their first album Land of the Lotus Eaters. Find out more about the band and Amy's music here - https://www.lowtidelevee.com/
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Conner Cherland says he chose music over a tech career and has never looked back. He joins Jesse to talk about his musical journey, his love of Volleyball and the plans for a new album. Find more about Conner here = https://www.youtube.com/@itsconnercherland/featured And to learn how to support his album go here - https://www.connercherland.com/gofundme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jesse Adams @TheIvyExile recently wrote a piece that was titled Bruce Springsteen Crosses the Picket Line (not his choice of a title). Here is the piece https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bruce-springsteen-crosses-the-picket-line He joins Jesse to talk about his fandom, his disappointment with Bruce since Magic and other topics. They had a spirited yet polite discussion, how you will check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We have a new show joining our Pantheon Family. Keep up with all things Metallica by going straight to the source for your news. This weekly report is hosted by Steffan Chirazi, long-time rock scribe and editor of the band’s online mag, So What!, and Renée Richardson, a well-known Bay Area radio personality who now oversees the band’s foundation, All Within My Hands. Steffan and Renée will keep you in the loop each week with updates, features, and interviews. They’ll also get YOUR questions answered by those in the know. It’s your quick, weekly fix covering our most relevant topics of the day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ty Wilson has packed a lot of life experience into his young life thus far. Growing up in rural Ontario, music quickly became a life line for him. Ty’s Grandmother was a well-known Peterborough area country musician, opening for legends such as Johnny Cash in the early 60’s. She bought him his first guitar at 10 years old and he hasn’t slowed down since. In today's episode he sits down with Jesse to share his musical journey, his influences, his experiences with different producers and his plans for recording here in Texas. We also talk about his side gig, fronting the Ultimate Bob Seeger Entertainment Experience Please go check out his indigo campaign https://igg.me/at/ty-wilson/x/24687825 and listen to his music here - tywilsonmusic.com and here againstthewind.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Heroek and Jesse discuss a little bit of everything from the NBA Draft, Twenty One Pilots and Heroek's own creative work. You can find more about his music and his podcast here - Music Artist, Host of Hero's Journey podcast, Founder of Hero's Journey Records Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Twitch | Apple Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nancy Norbeck @fycuriositypod firmly believes that creativity is not the realm of the chosen few and that we are all creative. She discusses that with Jesse in today's episode and shares her love of the band a-ha. She discusses finding the band that many think of a one hit wonder and the hours of music enjoyment they have given her including seeing them live in Radio City Music Hall. They also talk about Nancy's podcast Follow Your Curiosity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Kristen Weiss @KirstenWeiss joins Jesse to talk about her writing in the "cozy mystery" genre, her time overseas and how spending time learning how to read a Tarot Deck helped to inflence one of her book series. They also talk about her Pie Town Baking Mysteries including the book - Pie Hard! For more information about https://www.kirstenweiss.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Earlier this year, Jaymes joined me on the podcast and somehow our recordings got misplaced. So after a much too long delay, here is my discussion with Toronto poet and musician - Jaymes Buckman Find out more here - https://linktr.ee/hotapollo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael @PreDadBod joins Jesse from North Carolina and shares stories of his Springsteen fandom. He talks about his love of Missouri Sports, his love of music. trying to meet Bruce over the years and then bringing his daughter to her first show and how Uncle Bruce waved at her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sean Tyler Foley (or STF as he's affectionately known) is an accomplished film and stage performer and has been acting in film and television since he was 6 years old. Jesse and Tyler discuss his career, his love of music and how his entertainment background is allowing him to help others confidently take the stage and impact an audience with their stories. He is currently the Managing Director of Total Buy In and author of the #1 best-selling book The Power to Speak Naked. https://www.seantylerfoley.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark Berman reached out and shared how much he loved the podcast and wanted to join me to share his story. We talk about Mark's journey and he has a unique answer to The Mary Question! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, we get off the Music Train and go into a wonderful discussion of Podcasting, Fatherhood and creativity. Mark Savant is passionate about entrepreneurship and helping others build cash flow. He runs a podcast agency, mastermind, and the After Hours Entrepreneur Podcast He and Jesse had a lovely time discussing a wide range of topics. If you have the podcast bug, stay tuned to the end for a wonderful offer https://marksavantmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clementine is the founding member of ZEPPARELLA. She tackles the best rock drumming ever written with her own emotionally powerful style, bringing the Motown influence of the Bonham groove to the forefront. In today's episode she shares her musical journey with Jesse and they discuss her book From Bonham to Buddha and Back: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer Clemthegreat.com Amazon: https://a.co/d/69wAIDh Facebook: ClementineDrum Instagram: Clemthegreat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve Preda @StevePredaCom built and sold an investment banking firm in Europe before moving to the United States. Since 2012, he has helped over 100 businesses grow their teams, revenues, and profits as a business coach, EOS Implementer, and Pinnacle Business Guide. In today’s episode Jesse and he discuss Steve’s love of Bruce Springsteen and also explore the “Why” of this podcast! Find out more about Steve’s books, his coaching and his podcast by going to https://stevepreda.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Ulrika Karlsson is an intuitive empath with an interesting background that resonates with, and fascinates many. Her expertise is stress management, sacred sexuality, yoga philosophy, feminine/masculine, inner leadership, Soul - and Karma clearings. In today's episode we discuss her work, her books including "Holy F*ck and Sacred Water-The Secret Connections to Everything and multiple other topics. To learn more about Ulrika - https://ulliskarlsson.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stuart Carlson is a gifted musician and a sought-after composer/arranger. He is also a autism advocate. He joins Jesse to talk about his musical influences, his journey as a musician and what is next in his career. To find out more about Stuart go here - https://stuartcarlson.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mick joins Jesse to share his love of Ian Hunter and talks about the many connections between Ian and the E Street Band, including how The core of the E Street Band: Garry Tallent (bass), Roy Bittan (keyboards), and drummer Max Weinberg, are the backing band on You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the fourth solo studio album by Ian Hunter. Contact TheDoctorOfDigital@proton.me, read his novel at Burning America https://www.amazon.com/Burning-America-Best-Interest-Children/dp/1956353259/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=, or join his community at Burning America Community on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/burningamericacommunity/ as well as for coaching, and your internet, voice, and social media needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fellow Spring-Nut, Jennie Burke @jennieburke joins Jesse to talk about her experience seeing Bruce with her daughter in Baltimore, where one of them received a harmonica from the man himself. They also discuss losing brothers and dealing with that grief. The episode had it all, laughter, tears, joy and sorrow. After listening to it, please share with someone else and go to Jennie's website for more data about her. https://www.jennieburke.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barry Lyga and Jesse Jackson go back to the early 90's when they were both part of a APA dedicated to the DC Comics The Teen Titans. Back then he was a student and an inspiring writer, he is now the author of 24 novels in various genres. He is also a dedicated Springsteen fan, in fact in one of his books, he has a character that only talks in Springsteen lyrics! Jesse and he catch up, talk comics, music and of course The Mary Question. https://barrylyga.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On August 5, 2015 Phil Barth has what was labeled at the time a "small" heart attack. As he said, if that was small, I'd hate to see medium. In today's episode, Phil and Jesse talk about better days, foucsing on the good in our lives and spreading joy. Find out more about Phil here https://philbarth.com/ including details about his book Great Things Happen Every Day: Finding joy with family, friends and banana milkshakes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This one is totally different. Josh is a self proclaimed Conservative Moderate. He and Jesse have a political discussion, with very little music discussed. If you are tired of politics, please skip but if you want to hear two reasonable people discuss growing up in a strong Christian home and finding their unique paths, enjoy. https://www.joshkelley.ink/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barbara believes that it is important to share our stories, even the difficult ones because they have the power to unite and inspire us. In today's episode, Jesse and Barbara discuss music fandom, grief, shares stories those we have lost and how to be there for people who need us. To learn more about Barbara Social, Podcasts, Articles: https://linktr.ee/BarbaraLegere925 For help and resources https://www.barbaralegere.com/resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bella Pori @bellapori returns to the podcast to share her thoughts on the latest Springsteen tour, the current political climate with women rights, the LGBTQ community and a ton of other topics. They get serious, they get silly, they have fun and we think you will do the same! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Philip returns to the podcast to share the origins of his podcast - Byte Sized Biographies - Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of…In Less Than An Hour. https://www.someveryfamouspeople.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Philip D. Gibbons @philipdgibbons joins Jesse over the next two days. In today's episode, Phil shares hisstory of going to a show at the Roxy in July, 1978, I wonder who was playing that night? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeremy Bryant is the host of multiple podcasts, Jeremy joins Jesse today to talk about Disco, Symphonic Metal, and how he still struggles to narrow down his favorite bands.
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In a special Father's Day and Pride Month episode, I'm joined by Vicki-Ann Bush. Vicki-Ann writes Young Adult Paranormal novels. She talks about her books, the inspiration for Alex, the 17 year old transgender boy who is the hero of her Alex McKenna series. We spend time talking about fathers and their influence in both our musical lives. We also spend some time at the start of the episode discussing our thoughts on the current political climate around the anger of those who are different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jen Hardy loves building community. She is the host of the "Fabulous Over 50" podcast and the "Medical Gaslighting" podcast. She and Jesse discuss her mission to help people take back their power, get creative, and tap into their inner wisdom. You can find more about her here https://jenhardy.net/
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Danielle M. Orsino is a fantasy novelist whose compelling word-weaving pays homage to a multitude of personal muses, from Chris Claremont and George Pérez (both famous comic book writers), to Anne Rice, Jim Henson and Wonder Woman. She joins Jesse today to talk her love of Wonder Woman, Nursing, how a chemo patient helped inspire her series and how her love of Cosplay lead to her being on the cover of her series in character. Find out more here! https://www.birthofthefae.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fascinated by nature since her earliest memories, Tigrilla Gardenia turned that passion into her vocation. In today's episode Jesse and Tigrilla go through her journey, how she almost worked for the FBI being a sound specialist, her work in IT and finally how she found a home in Damanhur, Italy. Find more about her work and to determine what is your spiritual plant go here https://tigrillagardenia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Himanish Goel returns to the podcast to talk about how graduating from College and living through a Pandemic Shut down changed how he has listened to music and what kind of music he is interested in. https://www.linkedin.com/in/himanish-goel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Ulmer joins me to share his Springsteen fandom journey. We discuss his love for Bruce and how he's taken the mantle of his family business and worked hard to be there for his family. We discuss how Letter to You helped us to define our thoughts on the afterlife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Musician and podcast patreon and great guy, Levi Petree returns to the podcast. In today's episode we catch up and Levi tries to summarize what Bruce means to him by picking out five song lyrics and sharing them. Which five would you pick? Find more about Levi here - http://www.levipetree.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robbie Phoenixx starts our discussion proclaiming he hatched and rose from the ashes of poverty to become a successful sales leader and now an expert in competitive intelligence and strategic marketing. We go from Business Talk, to arena/stadium business models as well as how Robbie has returned to one of his first loves making music with Sonic Octane @SonicBandFan. Find Robbie on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertzeas/ If you text Robbie to 33777, you will get a bundle of materials to help you with your goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tom Adams is an Executive Coach, Strategic Advisor and Thought Partner. Today we get off the business track and move to the bright side of the road as we discuss his love of the music of Van Morrison. Tom grew up in a household filled with gospel music and in the music Van Morrison he found a connection between the music of his youth and his love of Rock n Roll. You can find more about Tom here - https://tomadams.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Ton brings a unique perspective to technology, business and leadership. He is a sought-after Information Technology speaker, author and thought leader. Today he gets off the "business path" and takes an exile off Main Street so he can discuss his love of The Rolling Stones on today's episode of the podcast. Find out more about Jeff here https://jeffreyston.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jenn and Dave have been together going on 30 years. They host a wonderful podcast called In the Shadow of the Evening Tree (I wonder where they got that title?). Both of them are return guests. In this episode, we play a little catch up, in honor of Pride Month, we talk about the current political climate for the LGBTQIA+ community and talk about their trip to Dublin to see Bruce. Check out their podcast here - https://intheshadowoftheeveningtrees.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canadian Luke Rossmo helps parents to get unstuck. He is a mindset and performance coach, speaker, writer, musician and performer. He shares his redemption story and his love of the Dave Matthew's Band. (We didn't get into this but the next time Luke is on, we will talk about this great cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWc6Se4lsA) https://deeprootsmindsetperformance.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scott Shea joins Jesse to talk about working at SiriusXM, his musical fandom and his first book, All the Leaves Are Brown: How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart Available now https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C26RHQL9/ref=docs-os-doi_0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kevin Shannon @kevins2u loves Bruce Springsteen and U2. He joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW in today's episode talking live shows, his musical fandom and how a few years ago during The River Anniversary Tour his musical fandom came full circle.
Mark Dempsey @mkd1973 joins me fresh from his business trip to the US, shares stories of attending 3 shows and getting to break bread with me and some of my friends.
Craig Colby returns to the podcast to catch up on all things Springsteen and the tour. Craig had written a wonderful column named "YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME. HOW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ALIENATED HIS MOST RABID FANS AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING." https://www.colbyvision.net/theswissaccount/2023/2/14/youre-not-the-boss-of-me-how-bruce-springsteen-alienated-his-most-rabid-fans-and-why-thats-a-good-thing We discuss this and other fun topics!
Dan McInerney, one of the hosts of my newest podcast obsession, The Story Song Podcast @story_Song joined Jesse @jessejacksondfw a few weeks ago looking very dapper in his apricot scarf. (A reference to the song Your So Vain). Jesse and Dan share stories about podcasting, his early obsession with song lyrics and if they are ever going to cover a Bruce Springsteen song on the podcast. https://thestorysongpodcast.wordpress.com/
The Story Song Podcast is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network @pantheonpods
A few fans call in sharing their quick thoughts about stops during this leg of the E Street Band world wide tour! Let your voice be heard, call - 469-249-2442
A GRAMMY Award-winning music historian, producer, and educator, Santelli was the Founding Executive Director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and the author of more than a dozen books on American music, including the New York Times best-seller, Greetings from Asbury Park: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. In our countdown to our 1,000 episode, here is Jesse's discussion with Bob.
If death awaits all adventurers, then the salvation of resurrection is always the hope. But what about the waiting period? Stuck in the afterlife awaiting a cleric's blessing to return you from a critical failure–how do you bide your time? The composer of the soundtrack of a new Table Top Game - The Black Ballad, Drake Mefestta joins me for a great conversation about music, storytelling and gaming. Learn more about the game and the campaign here -
Here is the trailer for the Black Ballad if you want to check it out.
https://youtu.be/qMl18HCc_FI
Please use this link for people to go to the Black Ballad Backerkit.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/storytellers-forge-studios/the-black-ballad?ref=Southgate
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Russ Burlingame @russburlingame returns to the podcast to talk about the latest Springsteen tour and his plans to attend at least one show. We talk about the set list and his expectations. We also talk about his new Kickstarter. He is writing a new Book - Time to Be Heroes: A Totally Unofficial Oral History of DC Legends of Tomorrow. Legends of Tomorrow is one of the best CW Super-Hero shows and Russ has already tons of interviews recorded and is planning to get more. Please go to the link and check out the kickstarter.
www.theworstchris.com
Stephanie Myers & Stephanie Pena host the wonderful Stephanie & Stephanie Talk Tunes podcast part of the Pantheon Family of Podcasts. Stephanie and Stephanie met in college and bonded over velvet pants and a love of music. They share stories about Austin, New York and podcasting. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stephanie-stephanie-talk-tunes/id1561009536
If you host a podcast and need a promo, I'd love for you to share my latest promo for the podcast. If you have a promo for your podcast, let me know so I can help promote your podcast!
Amy Scruggs @amyscruggssd is a nationally known country music artist, a successful sales and media coach, the mother of 4 and a former TV host. She joins Jesse to talk about her passions, her latest album and green M&M's. Find out more about her music here - https://www.amyscruggsmusic.com/
Zack Morrison @zackmorrison18 is a comedy writer and filmmaker from New Jersey, currently living in Los Angeles. He is the writer and director of Everything's Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major, a 2019 Television Academy student Emmy winner. He joins Jesse to talk about his film making and his Springsteen fandom. Check out his work at https://www.zackmorrison.com/
A few voice mails from fans talking about the first few shows of the current Springsteen tour. Let you voice be heard - call 469-249-2442
Photo by Alec Solomita
Mike @mikecagley is a fellow DFW resident and in today's episode we get very Sportsy. We do talk a little music but we spend a great deal talking about covering Sports, his podcast and radio show and heaven help us the Dallas Cowboys.
https://illiniguys.com/
Erik Lin @MusingsForest joins Jesse on the podcast to discuss his thoughts on Bruce’s music and Springsteen’s influence on his creativity. As he said in the email to me, he thinks that Bruce’s relationship with nonwhite audiences is a nuanced, tricky and important topic. As a child of Taiwanese parents and a native New Jersians ,Erik had diverse influences growing up. Please check out Erik’s You Tube Page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGY71Ml4zRE
Steve Mahony @MahoneyReturns has played in a few bands, in Mahoney & The Moment with my wife who is from New York and we play Folk: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CYHwXYkHNSY2yn9IMjLDG… and The Milkshakes a very E Street style band that play Rock & Roll: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0CcMVf1ffagHQkNabCAbh8… He also does a monthly comedy podcast interviewing other grass roots artists called A Bev with Stev: https://pod.link/1165101919
Josh Mensch has a long and successful career as a TV Documentarian. His newest career is writing best selling histories that read like novels with his fellow writer Brad Meltzer. Their last book is The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill. We discuss their writing styles and get into his love of music including Bruce's early albums. The book can be fournd here - https://www.amazon.com/Nazi-Conspiracy-Secret-Roosevelt-Churchill/dp/1250777267
A self proclaimed "Old School" Springsteen fan takes over the Set Lusting Bruce Channel and shares his thoughts on the Austin Set List.
Alex Markham @byAlexmarkham joins me from Valencia Spain to tak about his writing and his Springsteen fandom. Check out his writing at https://byalexmarkham.medium.com/
Stefan Stevenson @StefanVersusTex Is a Former reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for 25 years and he continues to Freelance. He covered the Dallas stop of the new tour, here https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article272399133.html?taid=63e79159be05cf00017811d2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source= We have a great talk about a wide variety of subjects. We recorded this a few weeks before the Dallas show.
Bruce Springsteen and a short handed E Street Band played the American Airline's Center in Dallas Texas on Feb 10, 2023. They were missing Steve, Soozie and Patti. The band worked extra hard knowing that they were a little light in the line up. Here is my thoughts.
Randy Andrews loves to make people laugh. He uses his skills to motivate, entertain and to inspire. He has a new podcast where he uses music to explore his guest's life. Find it here
https://open.spotify.com/show/17FAGWMxBPLKRdNK5biKry?si=e0539bd6033245ae
Jen had reached out to the Spring-Nuts group sharing the story behind the Say Hi to Max book, after talking to Max's family, I knew I needed to hear Jen's story as well. She shares her long time Springsteen fandom and stories from shows and her favorite songs.
A few voices mails from fans sharing their thoughts on the opening night of the 2023 tour.
You can leave your thoughts by calling (469) 249-2442
We all wanted to be where the Bands were last night. It sounds like the fans in Tampa were treated to a great show (duh!). Here is my thoughts on the set list. If you want to be spoiler free of what might get played during upcoming stops on the tour, please skip this one.
Luis Viera @CouncilmanViera is the Tampa City Councilman for District 7. He wrote a guest editorial in the local Tampa paper talking about why Bruce Springsteen matters and who him touring again is a big deal. The Councilman joins me to talk about his love Bruce's music and how Born in the USA speaks to him as a Cuban American.
https://www.cltampa.com/music/ahead-of-bruce-springsteens-tour-launch-in-tampa-city-councilman-luis-viera-reflects-on-the-importance-of-the-boss-14997987
Aron @aronkozin returns to the podcast after too long of an absence. We catch up on his youtube channel, discuss our plans for the 2023 tour and make plans to do a Springsteen Heardle Live! https://www.youtube.com/live/TcqlBuIVwhs?feature=share
Eden Levin joins me from Germany via Israel. She is an entrepreneur, Female entrepreneurs meetup organizer and the lead singer for the Swing Metal Band Shoo Bee Doom. She joins me to talk about her musical journey, how she misses the food from her home in Jerusalem and we discuss the inspiration of their new single Old School Medicine. Find more about the band here = https://linktr.ee/shoobeedoom check out the single here - https://youtu.be/PwOgPUN-3c4
Jon Alba @jonalba returns to give Jesse and them a chance to catch up. They talk Letter to You, Only the Strong and the 2023 Tour! https://www.patreon.com/WrestlingAccordingToAlba
In a cross over episode with Perfectly Good Podcast, John Fox joins Sylvan @sylvangreeneyes and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW to discuss @johnhiattmusic 6th album Riding with the King
Jeff Matthews joins me to catch up and to discuss the introduction of a brand new Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast "E Street Cafe" https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-e-street-cafe-podcast/id1667108880 please go subscribe and rate and review the new podcast!
Jake Berry @jakeberrynh returns to pick his Songs of your Life choices. 11 questions, 11 different songs, no repeats!
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Song I hate (I don’t get)
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Song that I think is overrated
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Song that is under appreciated
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Song that I love
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Song that you can listen to over and over again
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Song that made me fall in love with Bruce
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Song that changed my life
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Song that surprised me
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song that is a Guilty Pleasure
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Song I wish I had seen live
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Great Song to see live
Fresh from the release of her new Album Lotus, Molly Healey joins me on the podcast to talk about her music, her discovery of looping and touring and performing with The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. You can find her music and more information about her at www.mollyhealey.com listen to her cover of Dancing in the Dark here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz4yH_pqVfM
Chris, Colin and Jesse are back to wrap up the regular season and give their predictions for the Dallas/Tampa playoff game on Monday 1/16/23.
Scott Greene @Scotty_Ballgame returns to the podcast to pick the songs of his life. Eleven questions, eleven #Springsteen songs, no repeats!
Matt DeMello @Marionmarooned the self proclaimed snarky singer-songcyclist joins me to talk about his music and his admiration of Bruce's music and Bruce's live performances.
https://www.mattdemello.com/
David Lizerbram @davidlizerbram joined me last October and I somehow misplaced the recording. So after too long of a delay, here is my discussion with the cohost of the Rock Doc Podcast @RockDocsPod. We discuss his love of Documentaries, his podcast and his musical fandom.
https://linktr.ee/rockdocspod
Matthew Gray has been working behind the scenes cooking for acts like Eagles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. He is the creater of one of the best cookie recipe in the world. He and I had a wonderful time talking food, music and writing. https://www.hawaiifoodtours.com/
Drew Plotkin believes that tattoos and beards are not only part of us but also who we are. He is The founder of Dermdude (www.dermdude.com) a website devoted to personal hygiene products for men and for those who love them. They have products for hair, tattoos, skin and yes for your balls (he makes me say it in the podcast). Drew is a long time Springsteen fan and he and I had a great time sharing stories and hope to meet up in Dallas on 2/10/23.
Steve Vansak @stevevansak Father dropped him off to his first Bruce show in Chicago in 1981 as Steve wasn’t old enough to drive. Neither Steve or his Dad had any idea how much that would change the course of my life. He joins Jesse to talk his life as a working musician, the new Cover's album and Steve's Photography business.
Instagram - @regionweddings
David Miller @blindnello is one of my Ted Lasso co-hosts, an occasional guest on How Many and a fellow fan of Dallas Sports teams. He sent me a message asking for me to send him some suggestions about Bruce Springsteen music he might enjoy. Me and a few of my listeners sent him a play list and after spending some time listening to lots of Bruce, he joins me to discuss. Did we convert him?
Michele Blood @themysticalexp1is a successful, multi-talented lady. Michele was a rock singer in Australia and after a near fatal car accident, she created positive Affirmation Songs which not only healed her body but also took her to worldwide success. She joined Jesse earlier in the year to talk about her jourey.
Michele is offering you listeners a free copy of her ebook, The Magic Of Affirmation Power, and her video, The Power Of Meditation. Included in these products are even more affirmation products from Michele. Your listeners can download these free gifts at: https://www.MicheleBlood.com/SetLustingBruce
Happy Holidays! I hope that this season is one filled with joy, love, good food, good drinks, good friends and lots of laughter.
Fueled by a lot of great bourbon and feeling disappointed in the Dallas Cowboy's performance on Sunday 12/18/22.
Recorded live in the car on the way home from our annual Bourbon Bowl. There may be a few curse words in this one. There may be a few random comments about the local restaurant chain Snuffers.
Mike Blanchard, @TFG1Mike, one of the founders of The GeekCast Radio Network and one of Jesse's frequent cohosts when talking comics and other pop culture topics joins the podcast again to share his Springsteen stories and other fun music topics. https://linktr.ee/tfg1mike
Caitlin Mahoney @cmahoneymusic and Jesse spend over 90 minutes sharing stories about her music, her life and she brought along her guitar and plays a few songs, stick to the end for a special treat. Learn more about this talented artist on her website http://www.caitlinmahoney.com/
Judy Rodman won the Academy of Country Music Top New Female Vocalist in 1985. Her credits include top 10 Billboard single "She Thinks That She'll Marry", BMI Millionaire award for the #1 hit “One Way Ticket (Because I Can) cut by LeAnn Rimes. She continues to write and record her own music and works as a vocal coach for multiple musicians and speakers. Her latest video course is called Speaking Voice Technique. Find out more here –
https://judyrodman.com/
Taylor Paulson joins me to share stories about his love of all things Metal and his podcast "You are The Host Podcast."
He had me on his podcast - find that link here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/02ceMTE5wCn1991mp1dI47?si=CDPyZVYmROesNXKdthB2uw
Find Taylor's books here -
First in series of poetry books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0841RLHVR?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ts_0GCAVZR5G1YRT5K5FBH1
First in series of novels: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08257L8Z3?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ts_FZRM5CWCE4FSS7MZH9EZ
https://www.facebook.com/youarethehostpod
https://youtube.com/channel/UCcfXSzgWYQgnIpb1lBPX_Tg
Chuck Morgan @TEXPAMAN is EVP for the Texas Rangers in charge of Ballpark Entertainment, Promotions and Productions. He is the creator of the Dot Race, a former announcer for the Grand Ole Opry and a member of the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. He joined Jesse last month to talk about his career, his music fandom and the evolutions of walk up music in Major League Baseball.
A few years ago, I put together a list of holiday songs for a game we were playing at work. I released this back in December 2020, I thought it would be fun to share again.
Send me an email if you want the answer sheet!
The Story Song Podcast @story_Song is an amazing podcast where Michael, Rachel and Dan break down "story songs" discussing the lyrics in an off beat and humorus way. They give the story behind the song, lessons learned and connect all the songs in a shared universe. They release new episodes every two weeks and they have a large backlog of episodes to enjoy.
In a tribute to their podcast, I've listed multiple Springsteen story songs that I wish they will cover. I'm also throwing out a plea for them to join me on Set Lusting Bruce some day to share some behind the scenes story of their friendship, the podcast and their love of music.
The podcast can be found at www.Storysongpodcast.com
Noven Jaisa is a a Writer. Producer. Entrepreneur. Director. Philanthropist. Noven Jaisi has worn many hats in his decade long career. He joins Jesse to talk about his career including working with Mike Love and John Stamos. https://www.novenjaisi.com/
Daniel helps business owners leverage their LinkedIn presence to get leads. He is the author of “Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success. Jesse and he discuss music, social media and helping each other. https://www.danielalfon.com/
A few weeks ago, I shared my ranking of all the Springsteen studio albums. Today it is my listener's turn.
Thank you for all you do to support the podcast and my family. I love you all and can't wait to see you next year before E Street Shows. Please go to iTunes and rate & review the podcast. Reach out and schedule time to visit with my for the podcast. Be kind to each other, be safe and remember that love only grows when you share it.
They boys are back to talk about an almost perfect game in Minnesota and how they are feeling going into a big Thanksgiving Game at Jerry World.
Skip Sams @SkipSams is an award-winning composer, performing artist, multimedia producer, and sober coach. In today's episode we break down his journey to sobriety and how music helped him during that time and continues to help him as he helps others find their higher source of creativity. For more information about Sam, his music and his coaching services http://skipsams.com/
Jake Berry @jakeberrynh joins Jesse on the podcast to talk about his @springsteen journey, raising twin boys and some of his favorite concert memories.
Chris, Jesse and Colin are not feeling the love with their Dallas Cowboys this week. Hoping to see better results this week.
Today’s episode of the podcast is all about kindness. Malena was concerned about the way people stared at her little brother Max, who has cerebral palsy. She wants to change the way that they interact with him so she wrote a book advocating people to just say “Hi, Max.” Malena with her Mom, Megan joins me today to talk about her book, her two brothers and her love of WWE wrestling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PWwP7jC08Q
https://a.co/d/ePjjIXA
Christy Alexander Hallberg @ChristyHallberg is the author of the award-winning novel ‘Searching For Jimmy Page’, from Livingston Press. She is also the host of Rock is Lit: A Podcast About Rock Novels, from Pantheon Podcast Network. She joins Jesse today to discuss her music fandom, her book and her podcast.
Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden recently released a new column ranking Bruce Springsteen's album @springsteen. His column made me think and a few listeners asked how I would rank the albums. I took each album, counted the number of songs that I loved on each release and figured out the percentages of loved songs per album. Once I did that, I sorted the list. There are some surprising numbers. This is a personal list based on my personal feelings about the songs I love. I know that some of you will be shocked by my results.
This year, many of Bruce's iconic albums hit an anniversary year this year. The Springsteen blogger @blogness and Chris Gavin @chris_m_gavin joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW to talk about Springsteen albums that had anniversarys this year.
After recording their Green Bay picks, the 3rd and 7 boys decided to have a little fun and talk their picks for the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling. Hope you enjoy our picks.
On the day after the release of Bruce Springsteen's latest album Only Strong Survive a group of fans joined me to discuss the album. thank you @crissykentucky @flickris @negrilmark for joining me.
It's always 3rd and 7 boys are back after the bye week ready to talk Dallas at Green Bay. The break down the non action of the Cowboys at the Trade Deadline, TP running situation, CJ reviews the Green Bay and Dallas rivary and their predictions on Sunday's game
Terry Smith @musictalks and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW stay up all night and give you their hot takes on the new Bruce Springsteen @springsteen release - Only the Strong Survive. We give our top 3/bottom 3 picks and discuss if these songs will make the set list in 2023!
In the 2nd part of our interview with David Leaf, we discuss how Brian Wilson's journey wasn't always Fun, Fun, Fun but he was, is and will continue to be a Beautiful Dreamer. Find David's updated book here - https://www.amazon.com/God-Only-Knows-Wilson-California-ebook/dp/B0B5FNTMN3
In the first of a two part interview, writer David Leaf joins Jesse on the podcast to talk about his musical upbringing and his Springsteen fandom. He shares stories of staying overnight to get tickets, to listening to a homemade bootleg tape on the drive to California and his reaction to the first time he heard "the new Dylan."
Scott Greene @Scotty_Ballgame loves baseball, his family and Bruce Springsteen. He is the President of Prospects1500 the site for all things minor league baseball. We talk Summer Camps, Texas Rangers Baseball and of course Springsteen's music https://www.prospects1500.com/
Gilulia @brucetournews joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW calls in from Italy to talk about her Springsteen fandom.
In another episode inspired by Skip and Josh of the Skip and Josh Podcast, here is my top 7 song introductions that don't include any Springsteen songs.
Skip and Josh on their podcast just did an episode where they listed their top 7 favorite song intros. They inspired me to release my top 7 Springsteen intros. What do you think? Besides Jungleland, what did I miss?
A few weeks ago during a family trip to Arkansas, Jesse sat down with his Brother-in-law Ralph Carroll to talk about Ralph's experiances playing the Garage Band Circuit in Southwest Louisiana in the late 60's and early 70's.
The Cowboys are headed to the bye week with a big win over the Chicago Bears. CJ, Collo and Pappa J discuss the team's performance, the season so far and do back of the napkin predictions for the rest of the season. And as a bonus, fueled by Frosty Factory beverages, CJ and his Mom, LJ send in a talk from Jesse's childhood home in Lake Charles LA
Jessie and Jesse start their talk discussing their mutual first names & the different spellings, then they quickly move to storm chasing, weather talk and Death Metal.
Find Jessie on Twitter at @JesseHawila (he explains in the episode why no i in his Professional name)
https://www.wfaa.com/amp/article/about-us/team-bios/jesse-hawila/287-422769090
The boys (Chris and Collo) take a break during halftime on Sunday giving their thoughts on the first half of the Bears and Cowboy game on 10/30/22.
I'm taking the #NaPodPoMo challenge! National Podcast Post Month is celebrating 13 years! Join the 30 days of podcasting fun starting on November 1st! Learn more at www.napodpomo.org
Jeff Pearlman @jeffpearlman joins me to talk about the 90's Dallas Cowboys, the showtime lakers (the book & the Showtime series, his lovely bride's book "First Phone" his love of Hip-Hop, Hall and Oates as well as his newest book on Bo Jackson. https://jeffpearlman.com/the-last-folk-hero/
Asher Laub @asherlaub started violin training at the tender age of 2—leading to his first formal concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic at 13. His current performances merge hip hop, pop, EDM, rock, and other genres with breakdancing and acrobatic choreography. We discuss his musical journey and Asher & I had a wonderful discussion Go to www.asherlaub.com for more information.
There is a little controversy in the film room between two of our co-hosts but we get through it via the miracle of editing. CJ @KayfabeCJ, Jesse @jessejacksonDFW and Collo (@nosocialmedia) talk about the Lions game and make predictions about ‘da Bears.
Fellow Dallas resident and local DJ Bill @Bucolic_Bill joins Jesse talking about growing up in Dallas, listening to KLIF, going to shows and his current radio show on KNON 89.3 on Tuesdays from 4:00 pm to 6:00pm central time.
Fueled by @MakersMark & @DietCoke CJ, Colo & JW review the Philly Game, talk about the upcoming Detroit game as well as quick hits on the @Rangers new Manager and our hopes for the @dallasmavs season. #DetvsDal
In the 2nd part of our discussion with Stephen Pitalo we discuss Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA video trilogy among other stories about the golden age of Music Videos. He will be hosting a 90’s Halloween Dance Party on Friday October 28, 2022 at 10pm at the The Bell House 149 7th Street Brooklyn NYC. You can find more information at this link https://musicvideotimemachine.com/event/mvtm-presents-creepin-in-real-your-90s-halloween-dance-party/
In the 1st of a 2 part interview Musician, writer, and music historian Stephen Pitalo joins Jesse to discuss a wide range of subjects including rock videos, his writing and musical fandom. He will be hosting a 90’s Halloween Dance Party on Friday October 28, 2022 at 10pm at the The Bell House 149 7th Street Brooklyn NYC. You can find more information at this link https://musicvideotimemachine.com/event/mvtm-presents-creepin-in-real-your-90s-halloween-dance-party/
Jaclyn Johnston @JaclynNJohnston is the author of the #1 Best-selling “Don’t Feel Stuck!” books and host of the “Manifest It! Podcast. She joins me to share stories about her writing, her musical fandom, why she is drawn to artists who are a certain astrology sign plus her time on stage with Bruce.
https://themanifestit.com/manifest/
Jesse sits down with his son Chris Jackson and his son's best friend since High School Colin. We talk a little Cowboys the day before the big early season NFC East Showdown!
The SLB family has a new podcast! Perfectly Good Podcast - John Hiatt A to Z, where Sylvan Groth and I will be talking about every John Hiatt song in alphabetical order. Look for more details soon but for now, please listen and share our promo.
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7JDGFbLkbsvlI9ymnuuWpF?si=2206fd50918c4164
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Good-Podcast-John-Hiatt/dp/B0BHH5HTX1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RPV198R8JK2S&keywords=perfectly+good+podcast&qid=1665778805&sprefix=perfectly+good+podcast%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1
Christine @crissykentucky joins me to share her Springsteen journey and how seeing Springsteen on Broadway on Netflix converted her from casual to passionate fan.
Sandy Kaye @sandykpresents is the host of the A Breath of Fresh Air podcast and radio show. She has talked to musicians from the 60's, 70's & 80's sharing stories from their careers and lives. We had a wonderful discussion back in August and talked about a wide variety of topics.
https://abreathoffreshair.com.au/
Vince Saguto joins Jesse to talk about music, whiskey, seeing Bruce live and his favorite person, his daughter Vivienne. Instagram @vinwhiskey62
Abril Ebeling @aprilsingsalot is a military veteran, a musician and a Mom working to bring calm to our hectic lives. She and I had a lonvely convesation about her musical journey. For more information and to sign up for her newsletter go here https://linktr.ee/aprilsingsalot
Mark Hornok @markhornok and I spend some time talking about Bruce's sixth studio album, Nebraska. We go track by track discussing them and we review them from a perspective of what we know now about his mental state writing the songs.
Mark Hornok @markhornok and I spend some time talking about Bruce's sixth studio album, Nebraska. We go track by track discussing them and we review them from a perspective of what we know now about his mental state writing the songs.
Dr. Ariel Zinder joins me from Israel. We talk about growing up in Israel, spending time in the US, learning Born to Run on a homemade cassette (backwards) and trying to convince his parents that he should go to see Bruce in concert instead of them because the music would be too 'loud."
Dr. Ariel Zinder joins me from Israel. We talk about growing up in Israel, spending time in the US, learning Born to Run on a homemade cassette (backwards) and trying to convince his parents that he should go to see Bruce in concert instead of them because the music would be too 'loud."
Jason @VelvetRebel1984 spends his day working with Rock Memorabilia for the Hard Rock Café, he joins me to visit about how his love of music was born via MTV, his love of live music and some of his favorite stories about following the Cowboy Junkies. http://velvetrebelmusic.com//
Jason @VelvetRebel1984 spends his day working with Rock Memorabilia for the Hard Rock Café, he joins me to visit about how his love of music was born via MTV, his love of live music and some of his favorite stories about following the Cowboy Junkies. http://velvetrebelmusic.com//
Paul Sokol drums in a heavy metal band, he supports small businesses with marketing advice, he has a charity that provides musical equipment to local music programs called Keep Children Rockin https://keepchildrenrockin.org/ He & I had a great conversation about music, caring for others and marketing.
Paul Sokol drums in a heavy metal band, he supports small businesses with marketing advice, he has a charity that provides musical equipment to local music programs called Keep Children Rockin https://keepchildrenrockin.org/ He & I had a great conversation about music, caring for others and marketing.
Ryan Pak @soundtrack_your and I joined forces and we recorded a crossover episode where he and I talked about the 2019 film Blinded by the Light and it's soundtrack. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soundtrack-your-life/id1524320803 #iTunes
Ryan Pak @soundtrack_your and I joined forces and we recorded a crossover episode where he and I talked about the 2019 film Blinded by the Light and it's soundtrack. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soundtrack-your-life/id1524320803 #iTunes
Our guy turns 73 today. A few years ago, I collected over 70 voice mails from fans wishing him a happy 70th birthday. In honor of Bruce's latest birthday, here is a montage of fans sharing their love and best wishes to our muse, our musical companion, our Boss, Bruce Springsteen.
Our guy turns 73 today. A few years ago, I collected over 70 voice mails from fans wishing him a happy 70th birthday. In honor of Bruce's latest birthday, here is a montage of fans sharing their love and best wishes to our muse, our musical companion, our Boss, Bruce Springsteen.
Holly McMiller @hollymac_79 from the FiveishFangirls Podcast returns to talk about her love of Jon Bon Jovi. Listen to Holly & her fellow fan girls on their podcast here https://fiveishfangirlspodcast.libsyn.com/
Holly McMiller @hollymac_79 from the FiveishFangirls Podcast returns to talk about her love of Jon Bon Jovi. Listen to Holly & her fellow fan girls on their podcast here https://fiveishfangirlspodcast.libsyn.com/
In a special cross over episode with Geek Cast Radio, TFG1Mike is and I discuss Daryl Hall and John Oates’s 1982 album H2O, which is 40 years old this year! We tell you our history with the album, and then we go track by track giving our opinions on each song. We hope you enjoy it.
In a special cross over episode with Geek Cast Radio, TFG1Mike is and I discuss Daryl Hall and John Oates’s 1982 album H2O, which is 40 years old this year! We tell you our history with the album, and then we go track by track giving our opinions on each song. We hope you enjoy it.
We gathered together Laura, Rachel @rachel_berc, and Kayla @kaylacp_ to disucss the upcoming Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour. None of them have attended a E Street Band show and they share their hopes, dreams, wishes and song lists. The next generation of Springsteen fandom is in good shape!
We gathered together Laura, Rachel @rachel_berc, and Kayla @kaylacp_ to disucss the upcoming Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour. None of them have attended a E Street Band show and they share their hopes, dreams, wishes and song lists. The next generation of Springsteen fandom is in good shape!
Fans send us feedback on the 5 songs that they are tired of hearing live and the 5 that the would want to hear every show if they could. Send me your feedback to setlustingbruce at Gmail dot com.
Fans send us feedback on the 5 songs that they are tired of hearing live and the 5 that the would want to hear every show if they could. Send me your feedback to setlustingbruce at Gmail dot com.
In the 900th episode of the podcast, Matt Donnelly @sweetmattyD joins Jesse to share his magical journey, going from an intern to sharing a stage with Penn & Teller and opening for Piff the Magic Dragon. Matt also cohosts multiple podcasts including Matt and Mattingly's Ice Cream Social, Abracababble and Penn's Sunday School. Find out more about Matt here - https://www.mindnoodler.com/
In the 900th episode of the podcast, Matt Donnelly @sweetmattyD joins Jesse to share his magical journey, going from an intern to sharing a stage with Penn & Teller and opening for Piff the Magic Dragon. Matt also cohosts multiple podcasts including Matt and Mattingly's Ice Cream Social, Abracababble and Penn's Sunday School. Find out more about Matt here - https://www.mindnoodler.com/
As is our tradition every September I reissue my discussion with Jeannie Fino @JeannieFino breaking down the Bruce Springsteen classic The Rising.
As is our tradition every September I reissue my discussion with Jeannie Fino @JeannieFino breaking down the Bruce Springsteen classic The Rising.
One of the traditions of this podcast is that I reissue two episodes each year in honor of the anniversary of 9/11. Here is Colleen McNamara @cmcubfan & I discussing that special album.
One of the traditions of this podcast is that I reissue two episodes each year in honor of the anniversary of 9/11. Here is Colleen McNamara @cmcubfan & I discussing that special album.
Bill Fraser & Tony Sarthou from the podcast Bill & Tony's Excellent Adventure in Music joined me earlier this summer. We had a great talk about about Born to Run among other albums. They also shared about their podcast and their musical journey through some of the best albums of all time Twitter: @billandtonypod FaceBook: @bntexcellent
Bill Fraser & Tony Sarthou from the podcast Bill & Tony's Excellent Adventure in Music joined me earlier this summer. We had a great talk about about Born to Run among other albums. They also shared about their podcast and their musical journey through some of the best albums of all time Twitter: @billandtonypod FaceBook: @bntexcellent
As is my tradition, on the anniversary of the first episode of the podcast, here is the initial episode of the podcast, first heard on September 8, 2015
As is my tradition, on the anniversary of the first episode of the podcast, here is the initial episode of the podcast, first heard on September 8, 2015
Bryan Behar @bryanbeharis a producer and writer known for Fuller House, I"m with Her and The New Adventures of Old Christine and Last Man Standing among others. He joins Jesse to talk about his writing carrer, a little sports and his music fandom including his love of Bruce Springsteen. We has so much fun that we had to split the episode in two parts. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066864/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Bryan Behar @bryanbeharis a producer and writer known for Fuller House, I"m with Her and The New Adventures of Old Christine and Last Man Standing among others. He joins Jesse to talk about his writing carrer, a little sports and his music fandom including his love of Bruce Springsteen. We has so much fun that we had to split the episode in two parts. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066864/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Bryan Behar @bryanbeharis a producer and writer known for Fuller House, I"m with Her and The New Adventures of Old Christine and Last Man Standing among others. He joins Jesse to talk about his writing carrer, a little sports and his music fandom including his love of Bruce Springsteen. We has so much fun that we had to split the episode in two parts. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066864/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Bryan Behar @bryanbeharis a producer and writer known for Fuller House, I"m with Her and The New Adventures of Old Christine and Last Man Standing among others. He joins Jesse to talk about his writing carrer, a little sports and his music fandom including his love of Bruce Springsteen. We has so much fun that we had to split the episode in two parts. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066864/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
JM @oliveoilgemini is a Springsteen fan, a reporter and a musician. JM joined me earlier this summer and due to my backlog, we are just releasing our talk this month. Here is a link JM's bandlab page https://www.bandlab.com/lemonolive
Sylvan Groth @sylvangreeneyes started Slow Turning: John Hiatt Fanzine in 1996. She has remained active in the @JohnHiattmusic fan community and has seen John perform nearly every year since she was sixteen. She joins Jesse @JessejacksondFW to share her Hiatt story and shares an often overlooked piece of the Hiatt canon. Listen to hear the connection between one of the most revered songwriters and Disney's animatronic Country Bear Jamboree!
Ther's a full moon over Daytona Beach and we start out the episode with a couple of voice mails from listeners sharing their @johnhiattmusic thoughts. Then Mark Stephens and I talk John's The Tiki Bar is Open. Check out Mark's internet radio https://live365.com/station/KLGD-The-Legend-a56317
John Fox and Jesse JesseJacksonDFW will have The Usual as they are living a little and laughing a little as they talk @johnhiattmusic 1985 album Warming up to the Ice Age.
Kyle Gordon returns to the podcast to talk about the next year's tour and his experiances buying tickets. That's right listeners it's the story that continues to be brought up. Just kidding, Kyle shares some great insight and we have a wonderful conversation. #Springsteentour2023
Kayla Padilla @kaylacp_is an Ivy League Basketball star, Founder & Editor-In-Chief for The Sideline Post, creator of a video essay using Springsteen's music (specifically Growing up) and oh yea, she created Springsteen Heardle!
Her Essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA14rdAy3B4
Kayla’s Penn bio page https://pennathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/kayla-padilla/18582
Springsteen Heardle https://springsteen-heardle.glitch.me/
Skip Sherman from the Skip and Josh Podcast returns to the podcast to talk about the passing of Vin Scully and then turn the conversation due south to discuss John Hiatt's album Slow Turning. Check out Skip's podcast here https://skipandjosh.com/
Skip Sherman from the Skip and Josh podcast joins Jesse to talk about John Hiatt's @johnhiattmusic break out album, Bring the Family while they try to clean up the oatmeal dumped on our sons.
Terry Smith, the host of the amazing prodcast Music Talks and my Springsteen brother joins me to give his perspective on the latest Springsteen tour and the trials of ticket purchasing. I know, you are probably tired of hearing about this no matter what side of the debate you are on but Terry's insight and feelings are both informative and entertaining so check it out. And then go listen to Music Talks! https://www.musictalkspod.com/
Today John Hiatt's biographer Michael Elliott returns to the podcast to talk about @johnhiattmusic 1993 release Perfectly Good Guitar, his 11th studio album featuring not only the title track but Buffalo River Home, Angel and The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari! Please check out Michael's writings (and buy his book) links are at https://michael-elliott.com/
Springsteen ticketgate continues to be a hot topic on social media, on Monday 8/1, Mark Dempsey & I had a discussion about his thoughts on the ticket process. I also had a few fans leave me voice mails about their thoughts. Keep the thoughts and opinions coming at (469) 249-2442 or send me your thoughts at setlustingbruce@gmail.com
In December 2021, Michael Elliot @mikejelliott joined me to discuss his John Hiatt biography Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story. We talked about the book's beginnings, Michael's fandom and John's music. It wouldn't be John Hiatt month without me resharing this episode. Michael is joining me again later this month for another episode.
As @johnhiattmusic month continues on @setlustingbruce, frequent guest Mark Hornok @markhornok joins me to discuss John's first live album Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? We go through our favorite tracks and find the connection between Springsteen's The Wish and John's Perfectly Good Guitar
As John Hiatt Month continues, Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges joins Jesse to talk Stolen Moments, John's 10th album. Highlights from the album includ Real Fine Live, The Rest of the Dream and the very spiritual Through Your Hands. Learn more about Betsy's work on her webpage https://betsyhodges.com/
Back in July 2018, my buddy Scott Isom @the_icepoet joined me to talk about our mutual love of the musician John Hiatt. August in going to be John Hiatt Month, where all my episodes are going to have John Hiatt discussions, I hope you enjoy the ride. If you want to share your John Hiatt memories call 469-249-2442 and leave a voice mail.
On July 30, 2022 20 or so Springsteen fans joined me in a round table zoom call to share their thoughts on the latest ticket purchasing experience for the upcoming 2023 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour. The only guidelines I put in place were no personal attacks, no cursing and for everyone to be kind to each other. In about 2 hours, we got fans from around the world joining the call to share the good, the bad and the ugly about their experiences. If you want to comment and share your thoughts, please call the SLB Request Line (469) 249-2442 and leave a message.
Gab Nieporent and her husband Devin host a Taylor Swift podcast called Tay to Z: A Taylor Swift Podcast. Gab loves her some Taylor Swift but her first love was The Boss. She joins Jesse to talk podcasting, seeing Bruce live at 7, a story about a signed album & a guitar pick and lots of information about the podcast. https://www.instagram.com/taytozpodcast We also give a shout out to my buddies at Bruce Springsteen sings the alphabet!
Rob Barnett @RobBarnettMedia joins me to share his story, he talks about how much his Mom loved him (she let him practice his drums in their apartment) how a DJ & his Step-Mom helped him find Bruce, his book Next Job Best Job and his work with Why Hunger https://robbarnettmedia.com/
Zek joins Jesse to talk about art, winemaking and his many musical projects. He records under the name Radagast the Brown and with the band Skylight Motion Picture.
linktr.ee/83z
Live from his car outside a Laundry Mat, Freddie Fisher one of the hosts of the Bracket Bastards Podcast @bracketbastards Joins me to discuss his podcast where he & his cohosts use a traditional 64 team bracket filled with pop culture, movies, games and surprises to come. The three hosts breakdown and vote for a winner https://open.spotify.com/show/5EJutXxqlUisqm9YWMJdrl?si=61cc2b7d7985423c
CJ @MusicGodCJPlain is a musician, a former Radio host and a podcaster. He and Jesse talk about the CJ's journey and the healing power of music. https://riotonthesetmedia.rocks/
Gary Frost @garyfrost03 is a young singer songwriter who joined me to talk about his music and specifically his new single, Shut Up Springsteen. He is performing at The Stone Pony doing the Jake Owen Pre-Party on July 24th. If you go, tell him that Set Lusting Bruce sent you!
www.garyfrostcountry.com
Katherine Byrd @katherinebyrd grew up watching American Bandstand, loving music and has made connections from all over the world via Backstreets & Bruce's music. She shares her Jungleland story to Jesse @jessejacksonDFW & shares stories of drinking with Tinker and Mad Dog. Please download and share!
Terry Wolfisch Cole @tell_me_another is the founder and host of Tell Me Another. She is a Moth GrandSLAM champion. She is a writer, Jeopardy! alum, cookie baker, mah jongg expert, a passionate Bruce Springsteen fan and an amazing guest. She and Jesse had an amazing time swapping stories.
https://www.tellmeanotherstories.com/home
Randy Brown is known for his undying pursuit of excellence, organization, creativeness, and ability to get the best out of people. In his post-coaching career, he is using his skills to mentor coaches to attain jobs in NCAA basketball. In our talk, we focused on his love of music and how it has helped him through the many challenges in his personal and professional life.
https://randybrown.coach/
Jamie Seh (pronounced Say) @jamieseh is a Albany NY native now living in Orlando Florida. She is the Sports Director at WKMG TV and she joins Jesse to talk a little sports and a lot of Springsteen.
https://www.facebook.com/JamieSehSports
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In the theaters now is a new movie based on the life of Elvis Presley, never one to waste a chance to jump on a bandwagon, in a Throwback Thursday episode, we take the TARDIS all the way to September 29, 2015, when I first visited with Nick Ferraro aka The Philly Elvis. We discuss his musical journey and of course that magical night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-szVH2yl8
Naomi Schoenfeld and Mary Kay Holmes have been friends since elementary school. They join Jesse to discuss their long friendship, their love for the music of Daryl Hall and John Oates plust their Out of Touch Podcast @hallandoatespod.
Corey Nathan @coreysnathan hosts the podcast Talkin' Politics & Religion @TPandRPod. He grew up in the Freehold area and as he shared, Bruce wrote the mythlogy of Corey's youth. We talk about growing up, his podcast and his recent love of Jazz music.
Natalie runs the site Les Cantons de lettres, the site for lovers of literature and creative writing devoted to the pleasure of writing and reading as a hobby. Her podcast (in French) can be found here https://open.spotify.com/show/1d9ibtUZvcGlwqr2Kh3l2X She joins Jesse to discuss her love of music and literature.
Mike Derrico is a freelance writer, rock and pop culture historian & host of the Rock Under Fire podcast. His second book and first novel The Locker Notes is now available. We discuss podcasting, his writing and music of course. https://www.amazon.com/Mike-Derrico/e/B08MZQ2PZX/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
Miranda Young (Ghost Biker) has always been interested in the paranormal and loves to explore the world from her motorcycle. She has merged her two loves, with her business partner she runs a true crime museum & paranormal research center in a haunted jail in East Tennessee. Music is her other passion, especially hair rock bands.
https://ghostbikerexp.wixsite.com/ghostbiker
Syya Yasotornrat @IamSYaso is a Podcast Strategist, Producer and overall Podcast Fanatic. She is a life long fan of indie bands and has a collection of over 300 concert T-Shirts. She and Jesse had a great conversation about almost a wide variety of topics! She also shares a unique answer to the Mary Question.
Bethanne Tarpley & Leah Jones are friends, music fans and hosts of the She will Rock You Podcast @shewillrockupod. In today’s episode they share their origin story both as friends and as podcast partners. https://shewillrockyou.com/
Last summer @smgpods Rob Southgate was asking different hosts from the network 3 questions to use as a promo. Jesse's @jessejacksondfw answers were not released, till now!
In part two of Jesse's discussion with Mike Appel, they continue their journey though Mike's musical history. https://www.mikeappel.com/index.html
Mike Appel is one of the founder fathers of the E Street Nation. In a candid discussion of his life pre and post Bruce, Mike shares his journey with Jesse over the next two episodes. https://www.mikeappel.com/index.html
Sean Rowley @GuiltyPleasures joins Jesse to share his story & to discuss the new release from Ace Records Ladies Sing the Boss, a collection of Springsteen covers performed by femaly artists including Darlene Love, Deana Carter, Lucinda WilliamsBettye Lavette & many more.
https://acerecords.co.uk/ladies-sing-the-boss
Kyle Gordon @gdiggitydog8989 is a husband, father and he shares how #BruceSpringsteen’s music helped him as a new father especially during the pandemic.
Barbara Esmonde @basontheb joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW to share her musical story. She shares stories about different shows she's attended, her experiance running a restaurant during the pandemic and her experiance on Chopped!
Val Carroll @C00LR0CKIND4DDY is a former Navy Corpsman, a current nurse and a self-proclaimed lifetime member of the E Street Nation. He joins Jesse to share his musical journey!
Bob is a 32 year public school teacher, who taught English/ American history & Bruce Springsteen. His novel ‘Meetings at the Metaphor Cafe’ introduces four teens to the fictional version of Pacilio who is teaching literature and the events that shape those stories along with various Springsteen songs.
https://www.robertpacilio.net/
Julia Sanders is a singer-songwriter living in Ashville, NC. She performs her original songs throughout the south. She also recorded an EP of Springsteen cover songs available as a CD or as a download on her Bandcamp site. https://juliasandersmusic.bandcamp.com/ She joins Jesse to share her musical journey and how Bruce has influenced her song writing.
https://www.facebook.com/JuliaSandersBand/?ref=page_internal
Zack Heydorn @zheydorntorch is a pro wresting journalist, a podcaster and a passionate Springsteen fan. We talk a little wrestling, a little music and lots of other fun stories. https://www.pwtorch.com
Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley is a writer, basssist, bandleader and podcaster. He has performed with over 50 members of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. He shares his musical journey with Jesse, his podcast and his book Am I Famous Yet? Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star https://funkboynyc.wixsite.com/funkboy
WW the host of The Western Reviews Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-western-reviews-podcast/id1518427024 #iTunes Joins Jesse to talk about his podcast journey and the upcoming Indie Podcast Unite program happening on Saturday May 7th.
John Lovick aka Handsome Jack @handsomerjack is a writer, director & magician. Winner of the 2016 Parlor Magician of the Year, from the Academy of Magical Arts & of a Penn & Teller Fool us Trophy, joins Jesse to talk about Elton John, Tom Waits & The Shaggs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lovick
UK Mark @mkd1973 returns to pick the Songs of Your Life, 11 questions, 11 Springsteen songs, no duplicates, we also talk about his & @travel_Cowboy new podcast Fix this Sh!t Rich https://open.spotify.com/show/38XqRDd5PxTN83mZb8bCEa
Sarah Hepola @sarahhepola is the author of the bestselling memoir, Blackout, in this episode we talk about her book and her love of music especially the soundtrack to Xanadu! Her website is https://sarahhepola.com/
Sarah Hepola @sarahheopla is the host of the amazing & fascinating America’s Girls podcast, the behind the scene look at the Dallas Cowboy’s cheerleaders and so much more. The Podcast can be found here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-girls/id1597678826
In a very special 850 episode of the podcast, award winning Director Gurinder Chadha joins Jesse to visit about her Springsteen fandom, her artistic journey & her brilliant film Blinded By the Light
Sophie Sparham @sophieSparham is a poet and writer from Derby. She has written commissions for BBC Radio 4, The V&A and The People's History Museum. She co-hosts the night Word Wise which won best spoken word night at the 2019 Saboteur Awards. Her latest collection 'The Man Who Ate 50,000 Weetabix' came out in April 2021 via Verve Poetry Press.
Sophie's work has been published in Orbis, Under the Radar and The Morning Star. Her poem Sunrise Over Aldi won third place in the 2020 Charles Causley International Poetry Competition.
Colby Crossley @colby_crossley joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW from Canada to talk about parenthood, music and his Springsteen journey
In part two of our conversation with the cohosts of “In the Shadow of the Evening Tree” today Jennifer Von Ebers joins Jesse to share her musical journey. In addition to podcasting, she is a blogger WWW.Jenn-Cooks.com and on Instagram @jenncooks
The next two episodes feature cohosts of In the Shadow of the Evening Trees podcasts, they are also parents and partners. First up Dave von Ebers @davefromtr1 who shares his life journey & how The Clash and Springsteen kept him company.
Mitch Slater @mpslater returns to the podcast after way too long. He and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW catch up on all things Springsteen, Mitch's own podcast and our thoughts on what comes next for the Band!
Ethan I Fisher @fisherprotocol joins Jesse @jessejacksondfw on the podcast to talk about The Who, Bruce Springsteen and his podcast The Fisher Protocol https://t.co/2BxfzCf6Jd
Amber Schultz and Vinnie Vineyard from Big and Funky Productions @Funkmaster__V joins Jesse to talk about filmmaking and music. Check out their website here https://www.funkmasterv.com/ from there you can find their music and other appearances.
In a very candid and personal interview, fellow podcaster Emma Rose joins Jesse to share her personal journey and to talk a little about Screwing up the podcast @screwupthepod https://www.emmaredmarchrose.com/
Former guest Laura returns to catch up now that she is back in school & discusses the recent Blogness column Springsteen never ever have I.
Matthew Aucoin @matthew_Aucoinn returns to the podcast to give us an update on his musical journey and all that has happened after that magic night in Philly! Please check out Matthew’s YouTube channel and his new original music.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp-roEyBSfm-bU-9n9eNC3w
Josh Meany @bossnocontext, joins Jesse to talk about his love of Bruce and how he has been able to pick up a couple of special souvenirs. (The connection between Texas and Ireland was a little rough during recording, so the sound quality is not the best, but I wanted to share Josh’s story anyway)
Scott Pattison @tilldecember from the band December joins Jesse to talk about the band and how Bruce and U2 helped inspire their musical journey. They have released an amazing cover of the Springsteen classic No Surrender. Find that here https://youtu.be/AckPcOAkhjk
Found out more about the band here - https://www.decemberband.com
If you enjoy their version of No Surrender & can afford it, please go here and support World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
Mackensi Crenshaw @mac_attack8881 is a very popular contributor on the Rockin' the Suburbs podcast. Jesse borrows her on today's episode & Mackensi discusses her Springsteen fandom.
Jimmy Clare is an Autism Advocate, motivational speaker, author, and founder of crazyfitnessguy.com joins Jesse to talk about his podcast which that explores healthy living through Autistic eyes.
Joe Carbonara @1bossfan returns to discuss his songs of his life. Eleven questions, eleven songs but no song can be repeated.
Joe Carbonara @1bossfan has been a fan of Bruce Springsteen & his music since he’s 10 years old. He is a father of 3 and his youngest devourers everything #springsteen much to the dismay of Joe’s lovely bride.
Soren Kitaj @SorenKitaj & Knud Jonsson love Bruce's music so much that they have created not only a board game based on his early career but they have created an easy to play free card game as well. They join Jesse today to share how with their game you can Become the Boss. More details can be found at http://becomingtheboss.dk
Rachel Frend @beatlesblonde returns to discuss her and her husband’s trip to that city by the bay & a celebration of all things Metallica as the band celebrates 40 years.
Eileen Chapman Director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives Director & Center for American Music at Monmouth University joins Jesse to talk a little about her musical journey and the archives. She also shares details about the new Bruce Springsteen Live exhibit in Tulsa, OK.
“Bruce Springsteen Live!” opens at the Woody Guthrie Center® on Saturday, April 16, running through Sunday, Sept. 25. More information can be found at Woodyguthriecenter.org.
In a first for the podcast Jesse is joined by Jeff Smith @JeffSmithetc who is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington since 2015,. He is also the Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music since 4 December 2021. Jesse & Jeff talk a little music, a little sports, a little politics and a great deal of Bruce.
Bruce Kramer is one of the hosts of the Prisoners of Rock and Roll podcast @PrisonersofRock. (Guess where that name came from?) They cover all kinds of different music topics -- everything from Slayer to Sinatra. He joins Jesse today to talk his podcast and his love of music.
Super Bitfest is a San Antonio gathering geared towards gaming music and all its complimentary culture. Festival Director Joey Devine joins me to talk about the Festival. Attendees will find live music, gaming, art, tourneys, and much more! Event Location: San Antonio TX Date: March 5th, 2022 Doors: 3pm For more information - https://www.superbitfest.com/
Today the Warden returns to the podcast. That's right, you know him, you love him, we can't go through a day on twitter with out him Howie Chaz @SpringNuts_ We had a blast. If you are not part of the Spring-Nuts Facebook group, go over and join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpringNuts
Ruth Badley returns to the podcast for a 3rd time to discuss with Jesse the latest in Springsteen news, how they both are eager to see what Bruce gives us in 2022 & to discuss her new book, Bite-Sized World. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MGG5F59/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
Mark Winters @markwintersband is a Texas-based musician, who is also a poet, entrepreneur, optimist, family man, and a rocket scientist. He joins Jesse to talk about his music, his work with start ups and why he is involved with the Music Beats Cancer organization. Please donate here - https://musicbeatscancer.org/artist/mark-winters/
You can find out more about Mark's music at https://markwintersmusic.com/
Jude Gold @jude_Gold is a guitarist who has toured with Jefferson Starship since 2012, he has been the LA editor of Guitar Player magazine since 2001 and the host of No Guitar Is Safe podcast. He joins Jesse to share his musical journey. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-guitar-is-safe/id1020669587
Ron David @RDavidOnTheWire returns to the podcast twice this week. In today’s episode he and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW break down a list of their choices for Bruce’s underappreciated songs. This list is very objective and I sure that everyone has their own opinions. We would love to hear your list, reach out via twitter, facebook or email.
Ron David @RDavidOnTheWire returns to the podcast twice this week. In today’s episode he and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW list their favorite songs of the last Springsteen decade. Starting with The Promise and ending with Letter to You. What are their favorite songs of that decade. This list is very objective and I sure that everyone has their own opinions. We would love to hear your list, reach out via twitter, facebook or email.
One would not think that there is a connection between Homer's Iliad and Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show. My guest Dr. Stephen Maiullo joins Jesse to share those connections in a very entertaining discussion.
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Ed Bark @unclebarky returns to the podcast. He and Jesse talk a little NFL, Super bowl halftime shows and the shrinking influence of Broadcast TV.
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Come on and get happy as Louise Poynton @LouisePoynton an Award-winning journalist & Sports Editor, a Finalist 2020 Best Book Awards & the host of The David Cassidy Connections podcast joins Jesse. Jump on the old school bus & enjoy the discussion
Dominic Scarano @DOM_SCARANO45 has been a fan of Bruce Springsteen since the High Hopes tour. He's 23 years old, lives in Philly and shares stories of his @springsteen fandom.
Emmy Award winner Brian Koppelman @briankoppelman joins Jesse to talk Billions, Tilt, Rounders, his podcast and his long term Springsteen fandom.
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James Schofield @springsteenguit hosts a dedicated Bruce Springsteen Guitar Lesson Channel on Youtube. He joins Jesse to talk about seeing Bruce in 11 different countries and what inspired him to create his own You Tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA-ZCBg7CscD0tXM6O2rkEg
Peter Chianca @blogness returns to the podcast to catch up with @jessejacksonDFW & to discuss the Never Have I Ever - #Springsteen edition @springsteen
https://www.blogness-brucespringsteen.net/
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Michelle Sandoval joins Jesse to talk about her Springsteen fandom, she is the Mayor of Port Townsend as well as a full time Real Estate Agent. She shares stories about seeing Bruce at the Roxy, meeting the band during the Darkness tour and how she set the expectations with her husband that Bruce tickets weren’t a luxury, there were a necessity. (BTW, Michelle & I do express ourselves using some colorful language in this episode) #explicit #nsfw
Joe Nicoletti @jj_nicol is a Husband, Father, avid Yankees, Jets, and Springsteen fan. In today's episode he and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW talk a little baseball and a lot of Bruce Springsteen. #springsteen #indiepodcast
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An updated Promotional Trailer for the podcast for 2022
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Jon Hallett grew up next to Bruce's home town listening to Bruce's music. He is one of the cohosts of The Count Rockula Podcast, @TheCountRockula In the 2nd of 2 episodes he talks about the podcast and answers the Mary Question.
Jon Hallett is one of the cohosts of The Count Rockula Podcast, @TheCountRockula where he & two of his friends argue about music from before they were born! In the 1st of 2 episodes he shares his love of classic rock & especially Bruce Springsteen.
Troy McFadden’s mother says his first words were “see the light?Luckily he wasn’t blinded by the light instead he has spent his life with the philosophy of shine brightly so that other may brightly shine. He joins Jesse to talk about his travels, his passion for helping others and of course his love of Bruce’s music.
https://www.wisdomwarriorcoaching.com/
Frank Luna @FrankLunaNJ is a former political staffer, a current member of the Army National Guard & a consumer advocate for JCP&L & a fan of Bruce Springsteen music. He joins me to discuss a wide range of topics including Bruce’s music & asking us to remember it’s a good day for a good day.
Carlo Motta @cmotta84 is a Springsteen fan from Italy and he joins Jesse to discuss his Springsteen fandom. He shares how the Ghost of Tom Joad was the album that first hooked him on Bruce and from his young perspective, he thought Bruce was a Country singer. The connection between Italy and Dallas Texas was a little rough so please excuse the sound quality.
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Dave Bahr @dcbahr is an author, speaker, podcaster & comedian focused on demystifying the public’s perception of how to interact with people with disabilities. He & I had a great time visiting in September. Somehow his episode got lost on my hard drive & was delayed getting released. Apologizes to a wonderful guest. Check out Dave’s website https://in-sightfulliving.com/ & his book https://www.amazon.com/PRAVE-Adventures-Brittle-Dave-Bahr/dp/0692149546/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
2021 was another strange one but a very productive one for Bruce Springsteen. Jesse is joined by @BetsyHodges, @Krosen, @rachel_berc , @Jon_A_Munson & #stephenmaiullo to breakdown the year. We talk Superbowl ad to the business deal with Sony! Plus Sways vs Waves one last time!
Sherry Thomas @sherryt1970 is a writer, a podcaster and a wonderful @springsteenfan, she joins Jesse @jessejacksondfw to discuss @stevievanzandt #unrequitedinfatuations and her love of Clarence @clarenceclemons
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Simon Ryde is a traveling man, made a lot of stops all over this land. In today's episode he calls in from Spain sharing stories about his travels, hitch hiking to gigs and of course the Mary Question.
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Dale Hosack joins Jesse on the podcast to share stories of his trip to NYC a few weeks ago including watching a short but powerful set from the Man himself at the 7th Annual John Henry's Friends Benefit
Chris Haase @ChrisHaaseMN joins Jesse today to talk about seeing Bruce at the Vote For Change show several years ago and seeing him on Broadway this past summer. They also talk a little football & of course The Mary Question
Terry Smith @musictalks and Jesse @jessejacksonDFW meet up and talk about the latest release from Bruce Springsteen. They talk the good and the bad about this release of "The 1979 Legendary No Nukes Concerts." Spoilers, we find very, very, very little bad about this Film!
George Sirois @georgesirois is a podcaster and a writer, who joins Jesse to talk about National Podcast Posting Month. His podcasts are Excelsior Journey and From Duck till Dark: Outside the Marvel Studios #NaPodPoMo
Ed Bark @unclebarkycom the long time DFW TV critic joins Jesse to talk about Holiday Specials, Streaming services, Hallmark Movies and the current state of TV news.
The podcast has hit 800 episodes! To celebrate Rob @rsouthgate and Martha Southgate @broken2brave Jesse's Podcast leaders join him to discuss Bruce Springsteen's film Western Stars.
http://brokentobrave.com/
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We get off the Bruce Train in today's episode and we are leaving Indiana in the back of a pick up truck headed to Memphis in the meantime. Michael Elliot author of the new John Hiatt biography - Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story. We talk about the book and John's music.
Jake Ziegler a Midwest Guy, who is a father, a husband and loves Bruce Springsteen. He shares his musical story, his love for movies & of course the Mary Question.
John Giacomo @johnnygsf is a New York native currently covering sports for the NBC affiliate in the San Francisco area. We talk a little about sports, traveling and of course Bruce.
Jay Armstrong @writeonfighton is best known to this audience as the originator of "the Mary Question>” He joins Jesse @jessejacksondfw to talk about his new book, Bedtime Stories for the Living https://www.amazon.com/Bedtime-Stories-Living-Jay-Armstrong/dp/B09L52B3LL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=363LHAIQPLN3W&keywords=jay+armstrong&qid=1638385844&s=books&sprefix=jay+armstrong%2Caps%2C168&sr=1-1
November was National Podcast Posting Month where podcasters are challenged to publish 30 episodes in 30 days. Challenge completed! Jesse discusses the challenge & shares plans for December.
Dennis Eighteen @eighteendennis joins me from Berlin to discuss seeing Bruce on the Tom Joad tour, how Bruce has influenced his work and creative life. We also talk about his podcasts & photography. Here is the link to his new book: https://amzn.to/3Be7ViK His webpage is at www.denniseighteen.de
#NaPodPoMo
Dennis Eighteen @eighteendennis joins me from Berlin to discuss seeing Bruce on the Tom Joad tour, how Bruce has influenced his work and creative life. We also talk about his podcasts & photography. Here is the link to his new book: https://amzn.to/3Be7ViK His webpage is at www.denniseighteen.de
#NaPodPoMo
Ron David @RDavidOnTheWire a midwestern guy who became hooked on Bruce through 10th Avenue Freeze out and shares a story about the song Living Proof and Ron’s daughter. Ron also shares some stories about his love of movies. #NaPodPoMo
Mike Throne @miggyt joins Jesse to share his Springsteen story as well as talk about his podcast Feels Like Home @feelspod
Laura and Pete Maimone are ticket angels, they return in part two of our conversation talking about helping fans get tickets for shows. @OutlawPeteNJ & @outlawjerseygrl
Pete and Laura Maimome have a love story with the music of Bruce Springsteen as the soundtrack. In part 1 of a 2 part episode, we hear that love story. Pete @OutlawPeteNJ @outlawjerseygrl
Thom Zahler, David Miller, and I are back to talk about the final two episodes of Ted Lasso season two and talk about what we are expecting for season three.
David - @blindnello
Thom Zahler @ThomZahler
Jesse @jessejacksonDFW
Dan Levinsohn joined me in October and at the time he was sharing stories of his Springsteen fandom & talked about his plans to run in the 2021 New York City Marathon. I had meant to send the episode in time to get some donations for his race. Here is the link and donations are still appreciated. Dan did all of us proud by finishing the race and raising over $1800 dollars to fight brain cancer.
https://nbtsevents.braintumor.org/fundraiser/3376926
Amber Rose Washington @AmberRoseWash is an author, songwriter, musician, producer, public speaker, and advocate for the transgender community. In part two of our talk, she talks about her Podcast "THE JOURNEY, Unscripted" and her book Hiding from Myself and shares her journey of rebirth.
Amber Rose Washington @AmberRoseWash is an author, songwriter, musician, producer, public speaker, and advocate for the transgender community. In part 1 of our talk, she shares stories from her time in the music industry
David and Bryan Cichon have a special relationship with Bruce’s song The Wall. They share their story & the experience of hearing Bruce discuss their father extensively during SOB 2.0
Bryan - @Bryan_Cichon
David - @TheBeerSamurai
Rachel Frend @beatlesblonde is cohost of multiple podcasts including The Five(ish) Fangirls podcast @fivishfangirls as well as The Gold Standard podcast @oscarsgold. She joins Jesse to talk about fandom, her podcasts & her Metallica journey @metallica
Thom Zahler, David Miller, and I talk about how Coach Beard's night was odd and we are worried about Nate the Great. #napodpomo
David - @blindnello
Thom Zahler @ThomZahler
Jesse @jessejacksonDFW
Robbie Spicer is a 19 year old fan who missed out seeing Bruce live during The River tour because his father was worried about Robbie missing an exam the next day but he father made it up to him by taking them both to Broadway!
Dan Bublitz @dbublitzcomedy is a podcast host and a stand up comedian. He is the host of the Art of Bombing Podcast. He joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW to talk about his upcoming Comedy Album and his love of @tompetty Wildflowers album. #napodpomo
Mark Dempsey @mkd1973 returns to share more @springsteen fandom stories, including traveling to New Jersey as a Student and a very unique experience of hearing the Band perform Incident on 57th street because of interesting circumstances #NaPodPoMo
Mark Dempsey @mkd1973 loves the Dallas Cowboys @dallascowboys, Danny White, Bruce Springsteen @springsteen and traveling. He joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW sharing stories about his fandom including meeting Ian McLagan @Ian_McLagan #napodpomo
Brad Rouse @cwarrior_author has a new career partly inspired by Bruce & his music. He is focusing on climate activism. In the words of Springsteen, "Talk about a dream, try to make it real." Information about his book can be found here" #napodpomo
Website: www.climatewarriorbook.com (coming soon) Email: climatewarriorbook@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/brad.rouse.5
https://www.facebook.com/climatewarriorbook,
www.linkedin.com/in/brad-rouse-9291284
Mark Stephens @gonzo1978 is a DFW @springsteen fan, he joins Jesse to talk about seeing Bruce in Dallas, running his own internet radio station and other fun topics. #napodpomo
https://thelegend.radiowebsite.co/
Here is our 2nd discussion of the latest season of Ted Lasso Thom Zahler, David Miller and I talk about how Football is Life and maybe Nate the Great isn't so great.
David - @blindnello
Thom Zahler @ThomZahler
Jesse @jessejacksonDFW
NJ native and Asbury Park resident Vinnie Tripodi @tripvin shares stories of his 40 year/150 show love affair with Bruce and his music. #napodpomo
Kimba Wiggins @Kimba_Maria_NJ is a blogger, writer, spiritualist, as well as a Lifelong Bruce Springsteen @springsteen fan. She joins Jesse @jessejacksonDFW to share her story and how Bruce's music was there for her when she needed it the most. #NaPodPoMo
Alec Solomita @alec_Solomita returns to pick the Songs of Your Life. 11 questions, 11 Springsteen songs, no duplicates #NaPodPoMo
Song I hate (or I don’t get)
Song that I think is overrated
Song that is under appreciated
Song that I love
Song that you can listen to over and over again
Song that made me fall in love with Bruce
Song that changed my life
Song that surprised me
Song that is a Guilty Pleasure
Song I wish I had seen live
Great Song to see live
Chris Bloom @flickris returns to the podcast to share his choices of Songs of Your Life, 11 questions, 11 @springsteen songs, no duplicates! #NaPodPoMo
| Song I hate (or I don’t get) | | Song that I think is overrated | | Song that is under appreciated | | Song that I love | | Song that you can listen to over and over again | | Song that made me fall in love with Bruce | | Song that changed my life | | Song that surprised me | | Song that is a Guilty Pleasure | | Song I wish I had seen live | | Great Song to see live |
Paula Scheider @PaulaInTulsaOK & Christopher Stucky @choppernewt are Bruce Springsteen fans who appeared on Jeopardy together this fall. They both join Jesse in today's episode to share some behind-the-scenes stories. #napodpomo
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Pete Abraham @PeteAbe writer for the Boston Globe covering the Red Sox joins Jesse to talk travel during the Pandemic, a little baseball and a lot of @springsteen stories. #NaPodPoMo
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A few months ago, I released a series of episodes for my patron page where Thom Zahler, David Miller and I got together to talk about the first 3 episodes of the 2nd season of Ted Lasso. Here is that episode.
David - @blindnello
Thom Zahler @ThomZahler
Jesse @jessejacksonDFW
Mark Tonoff @negrilmark first saw Bruce at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr in 1974 and has been to over 100 Springsteen concerts since. He and two friends were the first people to produce and sell Springsteen t-shirts outside of his concerts in 1974-1975. #napodpomo
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November is National Podcast Post Month which is world wide podcaster challenge. Post 30 new episodes of your podcast in November. 30 days, 30 episodes. I'm going to try and meet that challenge. http://napodpomo.org/?fbclid=IwAR2EdAOmkAMfzq3wNU5Pjxf6cjeVw5xwtGY3EHTd7cvrD_orCrnrMRbiXNs #NaPodPoMo
April Bielefeldt is a podcaster, a photographer, and a travel expert. She joins Jesse to talk about travel tips, her love of music, and some of her favorite photos. April's website and Instagram links are below.
https://www.yourphototravelguide.com/
https://www.instagram.com/fallphototrips/
Adam and Nicchia are hosts of a Doctor Who podcast. They both live in Australia. They invited me to join them on their podcast and I had them join me on mine. We talk music, The Doctor & podcasting. https://thenerdinfinite.podbean.com/
Brian Pianalto @scryber is one of my podcast mentors. He was one of the hosts of Galactica Quorum Podcast & one of the first podcasts that thought I had something interesting to share. We talk about podcasting, talking TV & overall catch up.
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Mark D’Alessio @emdalessio22 grew up in New Jersey but now lives in the Houston area. He joins Jesse to share stories of his Springsteen journey, both being at the 2014 Woodland show, missing his father’s birthday to see his first show, and his theory on what kind of show we might get in 2022.
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Stephen Drew joins Jesse to talk about his @springsteen journey & to discuss his book Into the Thin, A Pilgrimage Walk Across Northern Spain
https://www.authorstephendrew.com/
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Bobby Mahoney @BobbyMahoney is a New Jersey musician who grew up listening to a wide range of music & decided early that he “got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk” He is now performing all around the country with his band The Seventh Son.
https://www.bobbymahoneymusic.com/
Adeena Mignogna @adeena is a physicist working in #aerospace and a writer who loves all things #geek, #frankzappa, and explaining complicated scientific stuff in a way that makes it much easier to understand. I loved visiting with her and can’t wait to have her on when her 2nd book is published.
https://adeenamignogna.com/
Nigel Gray @nigelxgray joins Jesse on the podcast to talk about his love of Bruce Springsteen and he shares his own adventures he and his lovely bride discovering America during multiple visits.
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Joanna Arlow @joarlow shares her @springsteen stories in today’s episode. She talks about changing careers, her photography & how Bruce’s music has helped her through some difficult times. Please download & enjoy her story.
https://joarlowphoto.exposure.co/
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Trevor Shane Rogers one of the hosts of the Midnight Facts for Insomniacs joins Jesse to share about his podcast his musical journey & how Bruce helped him to bond with his Mom’s new love. instagram.com/midnightfactsforinsomniacs
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Himanish Goel returns to the podcast to share more thoughts and insights on music and hs fandom.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/himanish-goel/
Sara Hickman @sarahickman is a singer, songwriter, artist, producer, political advocate, wife, Mom & former official state musician of Texas. She is also one of Linda & Jesse’s dearest friends. She joins him in the 2nd of two episodes talking about asking Willie Nelson to sing one of her songs, the bond she feels with fellow female musicians & other stories from her career.
https://www.sarahickman.com/
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Sara Hickman @sarahickman is a singer, songwriter, artist, producer, political advocate, wife, Mom & former official state musician of Texas. She is also one of Linda & Jesse’s dearest friends. She joins him in the first of two episodes talking about meeting George Burns, being on the tonight show & other stories from her career.
https://www.sarahickman.com/
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Our Set Lusting Bruce anniversary month ends with Donna @brucefunds with Bruce Funds joining Jesse to catch up and talk about how Springsteen fans do take care of their own.
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The second of two episodes featuring returning guests who got the chance to see Bruce for the first time during this summer's Springsteen on Broadway run. Next up, Laurel shares her Broadway journey.
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The first of two episodes featuring returning guests who got the chance to see Bruce for the first time during this summer's Springsteen on Broadway run. First up, Rachel @rachel_berc shares her Broadway journey.
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JB Clark @lettersclark the cohost of Bruce Springsteen sings the alphabet joins Jesse and they talk a little bit of everything. The new Ranger's ballpark, Ted Lasso & JB picks the songs of his life.
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Skip Sherman and Josh Oubadia are the hosts of the Skip and Josh podcast @SKIPANDJOSH. They guys have a fun and entertaining podcast. They were kind enough to join me in a cross-over episode where the 3 of us pick our top 7 cover songs. Hope you enjoy our banter.
Jesse and Linda put on their masks, brought their proof of vaccination and went to Hotel Califonia. It wasn't Wasted Time. In fact they were living life in the fast lane while taking it easy.
Sarah Price @LADreamr is a long time Aaron Sorkin fan who joins Jesse so that they an pick their top Musical Moments in Aaron Sorkin's work. So put away your secret plan to fight inflation & grab your favorite cheese grater & lets see what kind of day has it been.
Lee Forbes @lee770 returns to the podcast to pick the Songs of Your Life. 11 Questions all answered by @springsteen songs but you can only use each song once.
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Sara Hickman @sarahickman has a new Kickstarter where she is trying to raise money for the second volume of her Texas Musicians coloring book. She joins me in a short episode to talk about the first coloring book & the new campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shtmcb/new-volume-2-sara-hickmans-texas-musicians-coloring-book
To help celebrate the 6th anniversary of Set Lusting Bruce, a friend of the show Levi Petree joins Jesse to play a little music and tell a few stories. http://www.levipetree.com/
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Daniel Brown @brownieathletic, Christopher Stucky @choppernewt, & James May @may770 have been friends for longer than they can count & their love of #springsteen is one of the ties that bind them. The conversation was so fun, I had to split it into two episodes. Here is part 2.
Daniel Brown @brownieathletic, Christopher Stucky @choppernewt, & James May @may770 have been friends for longer than they can count & their love of #springsteen is one of the ties that bind them. The conversation was so fun, I had to split it into two episodes. Here is part 1.
Gary Grant @travel_Cowboy one of Jesse's cohosts of the How Many Podcast (@howmanypodcast) joins him to talk about Led Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses and many other topics including the #maryquestion
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Justin Cantor @jeter211 returns to the podcast to share the “Songs of his life” 11 questions all answered by #springteen songs but you can only pick a song once.
- Song I hate (I don’t get)
- Song that I think is overrated
- Song that is under appreciated
- Song that I love
- Song that you can listen to over and over again
- Song that made me fall in love with Bruce
- Song that changed my life
- Song that surprised me
- song that is a Guilty Pleasure
- Song I wish I had seen live
- Great Song to see live
To celebrate Set Lusting Bruce's 6th Birthday, we pulled together an all-star cast of former guests to discuss Bruce Springsteen's top 6th tracks on his studio albums. Joining us is Mark Hornok, Ian Braisby, Chris Bloom, and Bella Pori
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A few years ago, Jeannie Fino @jeanniefino & I discussed the @springsteen classic #therising. In honor of the anniversary of 9/11 here is that episode presented as we released it in 2016.
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Jesse takes a few minutes to share the latest news from his Doctor post Gastric Bypass surgery (spoilers it's good news) He talks about the SMG network going away & what is in store for the rest of September.
Alec @alec_Solomita joins Jesse to share his Springsteen story. They talk about loving basketball, swapping off babysitting and seeing Bruce and of course The Mary Question.
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Peter Chianca (@blogness) returns to catch up on the latest #Springsteen news, what's going on with his blog, Bruce's top guest appearances and what's new with @petpeevescomic https://www.petpeevescomic.com/
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I'm often asked about my favorite album and I always share Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. Here is an episode from 2016 where @maccamcmanus joined me to talk this all-time classic.
Back in 2015, Howie Chaz joined me on the podcast to talk about his Facebook group Spring-Nuts, who knew six years later how epic a tribe that small group would become. Howie is one of my favorite online friends and I'm working to get him and Julie on the podcast together. For now, enjoy this trip down memory lane.
Colin Davis @donkeydownburst joins me to talk about his love of politics, Incident played in Barcelona, the funeral of Tim Russert and of course the Mary Question. Help us celebrate 6 years of podcasts by sending your thoughts to setlustingbruce at gmail.com
September is the 6th anniversary of the first episode of Set Lusting Bruce. Let's jump into the TARDIS, the Wayback Machine, the Delorian, the Time Tunnel or even the Hot Tub Time Machine and listen to the very first episode of Set Lusting Bruce. Please email me at Setlustingbruce@gmail.com & give me suggestions on what you want to see during the anniversary month.
Kenneth Womack @kennethawomack is one of the world’s leading authorities on the Beatles and their enduring cultural influence. He joins Jesse to discuss his new book All Things Must Pass Away : George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs. Information about Kenneth’s other books and his Beatle’s podcast can be found at his website. https://kennethwomack.com/
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September Set Lusting Bruce turns six years old. Jesse is looking for ideas on how to celebrate. Reach out to him at @jessejacksonDFW or via gmail at setlustingbruce at Gmail.com
Rosie Lee from Ramble on with Rosie fame joins Jesse to share her Springsteen story, inheriting her Dad and Uncle’s record albums and the details behind the Springsteen DVD Concert Drinking Game.
Instagram and Facebook @rambleonwithrosie
https://open.spotify.com/show/1Cv8EdEvjk9j69FiSFBp65?si=GHvAMJQ-Txe3RxolK6vv_Q&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI-YAMC86SekXZ8mLFSC_hA/featured
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Raquel Aurilia returns to the podcast to talk about her latest recordings including “There’s Still Time”… new collaboration feature coming soon “Hit The Road” with ICandi “Reaching Out For You” and “Dreams” on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Zromf5rQEKfp5ocySlmvY
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Justin Cantor @jeter211 loves Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's music. He joins Jesse in today's episode to share that love.
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Yi Shun Lai @gooddirt (say "yeeshun" for her first name) is a writer who joins Jesse in today’s episode. She shares why her Mom loves sad songs, how her first experience with Born in the USA was unique, and many other great stories. Her website is: thegooddirt.org
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Scott Katz @ScottFKatz returns to the podcast to share his Springsteen journey, his many friends named Scott, and how he missed one show & never lets his friend forget about it.
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Himanish Goel was raised with one musical foot based in the music of the east and the other firmly planted in the music of the west. He shares how he continues to enjoy both sides of his heritage.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/himanish-goel/
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