Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast
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Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast
50 years on, the world is still in love with The Beatles. Join Nothing Is Real hosts Jason Carty & Steven Cockcroft as they continue the never-ending conversation about the greatest band the world has ever known. Each episode puts a tiny piece of the Beatles story under the microscope to try and...
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LIVE with Mark Lewisohn - 60 Years of Hard Day's Night - Part Two
Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part Two
We are concluding our May 2024 live chat with Mr Mark Lewisohn. Will A Hard...
Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part One
S08 Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part One
It’s been 60 years since A Hard Day’s Night hit the silver screen. In th...
Nothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A Sessions
Nothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A Sessions
At each of the Nothing Is Real live shows in 2023 we had a Q&A session. As a taster for the whole e...
The Beatles Last Tour - NIR Live 2023 Part Two
S08 Bonus: The Beatles Last Tour NIR Live 2023 Part Two
When The Beatles landed for their North American tour in August 1966 only the innermost...
The Beatles First Tour - NIR Live 2023 Part One
The Beatles First Tour (NIR Live 2023 Part One)
NIR went on tour in 2023, so it seems fitting to tell the story of The Beatles’ first and last t...
Review of 2023
Review of 2023
You boy! What day is it? Ending the year in the NIR log cabin looking back at 2023 - our fifth annual review. Did anything to do...
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1988 was an unusual time: The biggest Beatle was George, rock stars were dealing with the unthinkable (their fort...
Live At The Roundhouse - Part Two
Live at the Roundhouse - Part Two
In December 1968, Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed a TV special where the kings of British rock gathered to play...
Live At The Roundhouse - Part One
Live at the Roundhouse - Part One
After filming the Hey Jude promo, and in the midst of recording the White Album, somehow The Beatles decide t...
George Harrison - Gig In Japan
In 1991, when so many acts from the 60s were lucratively touring, George Harrison decided to dip his toes in the water.
Why? Money. Where? Japa...
Press to Play - Part Two
The plan for a quick live-in-the-studio album gradually morphs into something more 80s, more produced. Hello to Hugh Padgham. Warning: Contains Spies...
Press To Play
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Press to Play
After the huge success* of Give My Regards to Broad Street, Paul McCartney wants to get back to basics. Kicking back in...
November 63 - Part Two
November 63 - Part Two
As the Beatles move through the month, beyond the Royal Variety Performance they continue to pack houses up and down the...
November 63 - Part One
Between October 31st and December 1st 1963, the Beatles pushed the envelope from being the biggest pop group in the country to something even… bigger....
Harrison/Starkey
Harrison/Starkey
George and Ringo always had a special bond.
As the sixties became the seventies, was there an opportunity for the
...
Talking Mal Evans with Ken Womack
Bonus Episode!
Talking Mal Evans with Ken Womack
Kenneth Womack is a writer, historian, and critic, who has written some of the best books...
Mal Evans
Mal Evans
Mal Evans had a front-row seat to the entire Beatles experience, and the Beatles were happy to have him there.
Whether it was a...
Bigger Than Jesus - Part Two
Bigger Than Jesus - Part Two
Four months passed between John Lennon free-associating about Christianity to a trusted journalist,
and touc...
Bigger Than Jesus - Part One
Bigger Than Jesus - Part One
John Lennon never actually said that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus”, but that wasn’t the point.
When y...
Welcome to Season Eight
Welcome to Season Eight
Full steam ahead for the eighth(!) season of Nothing is Real. We need to tell you about live shows, the new season,
STINYC Live Jam Jason Mix
S07 Bonus: STINYC Live Jam Jason Mix
The Fillmore tapes have been remixed and repurposed, so in telling the tale, let’s do some remixing and rep...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 12 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 2
Stuart Sutcliffe - Part Two
As a group, the Beatles were changed by Hamburg.
Individually each Beatle got something different from their...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 11 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 1
Stuart Sutcliffe - Part One
Stuart Sutcliffe was the star pupil at the Liverpool College of Art, and also John Lennon’s flatmate.
By beco...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 10 - Stop & Smell The Roses
Stop & Smell The Roses
When work began on Ringo’s eighth album in May 1980, the outlook was good. John, Paul and George came on board to contrib...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 9 - Derek Taylor Part 2
Derek Taylor, Part Two
Returning into the Beatleverse via Apple, Derek Taylor settles into his peacock chair at Saville Row,
with a ciggi...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 8 - Derek Taylor Part 1
Derek Taylor, Part One
In May 1963, Derek Taylor was sent to review a Beatles concert, an event that spun his world off its axis.
For the...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 7 - Mark Lewisohn Returns
Mark Lewisohn Returns
In January 2023 Mark Lewisohn came to Belfast to present his Evolver: 62 show. For dessert, Steven & Jason joined Mark on...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 6 - August 23rd - Part Three
August 23rd - Part Three
In the whirlwind of the Beatleverse, three short years connect the golden date of August 23rd from their last live conc...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 5 - August 23rd - Part Two
August 23rd - Part Two
Our continuing evidence for August 23rd as the greatest Beatle date - a little single called She Loves You and the next s...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 4 - August 23rd - Part One
August 23rd - Part One
Looking through everything the Beatles managed to get done in the sixties, there is one date that means more than any oth...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 3 - STINYC Part 2
Some Time In New York City - Part 2
In 1972 John Lennon entered a New York studio to record the follow-up to his transatlantic chart-topping ‘Im...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 2 - STINYC Part 1
Sometime In New York City - Part 1
In August 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the U.K. and traveled to New York City. Personal circumstances a...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 1 - Allen Klein - Part Five
Allen Klein - Part Five
From Brian to Klein (slight return). Despite our best efforts, some loose ends still remain in the Ballad of Allen Klein...
Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 0 - Welcome To Season 7
S07E00: Welcome to Season Seven
*Taps mic* Is this thing on? Hello and welcome to season seven of Nothing Is Real. Another cornucopia of Beatlen...
Nothing Is Real Christmas Review 2022
Throw another disappointment box on the fire and pull up a seat with your wooden box set of choice - it’s the Nothing Is Real Christmas episode. A loo...
Nothing Is Real - October 5th - International Beatles Day
October 5th - International Beatles Day
October 5th, 1962 was the day Love Me Do was released. 60 years later, are we any better at understandin...
Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 14 - Let It Be - Part Two
Let It Be - Part Two
And in the end…when the Let It Be single came out at the start of March 1970, the Let It Be album didn’t even exist yet. Cu...
Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 13 - Let It Be, Part One
Let It Be - Part One
By October 1969, The Beatles were in a very different state from how they entered the year - thanks to Allen Klein. Wanting...
Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 12 - Allen Klein - Part Four
Allen Klein - Part Four
With Paul McCartney being set as a man apart for not signing the Klein contract, The Beatles still need to negotiate the...
Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Bonus - Paul Is Live
Paul Is Live
Paul is back on tour! North American Correspondent William Hinson joins us again to talk of set lists, traffic jams, free tickets,...