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Things We Said Today is a weekly discussion of the hottest Beatles news topics and interviews of Beatles personalities by an experienced group of Beatles writers and broadcasters -- Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo

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Things We Said Today is a weekly discussion of the hottest Beatles news topics and interviews of Beatles personalities by an experienced group of Beatles writers and broadcasters -- Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo

    Things We Said Today #407 – McCartney’s Mid-70s Recording Venues, with Adrian Sinclair

    Things We Said Today #407 – McCartney’s Mid-70s Recording Venues, with Adrian Sinclair

                This was the Things We Said Today panel at the Fest for Beatles Fans at the TWA Hotel, February 10, 2024. Ken Michaels, Darren Devivo and Allan Kozinn were joined by Allan’s McCartney Legacy co-author, Adrian Sinclair, to discuss Paul’s penchant in the mid-70s (i.e., the period covered in The McCartney Legacy Vols. 1 & 2) for recording outside London.  [Thanks to Andy Nicholes of the Two Legs podcast for taping the session. Apologies for any sound issues - this was a live event.] 
                As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't want you to miss us. Our download numbers have been continually rising, as more people discover us and it's all because of you. So we thank you very much for your support!
                Be sure to check out the video version of Things We Said Today on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A. The audio version can be found at Podbean: https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/ as well as at iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other distributors of fine podcasts.
                MANY MANY WAYS TO CONTACT US:
                Our email address: thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com
                Twitter @thingswesaidfab
                Facebook:  Things We Said Today video podcast     
    ALLAN on Facebook: Allan Kozinn or Allan Kozinn Remixed.
                Allan’s Twitter feed: @kozinn
                The McCartney Legacy’s website: https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
                The McCartney Legacy on Facebook: McCartney Legacy, and on Twitter: @McCARTNEYLEGACY
                The McCartney Legacy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zaPoY45IxDZKRMf2Z6VyA
                KEN’s YouTube Channel, Ken Michaels Radio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_Dkp6fkIsYwGq_vCwltyg
                Ken's Website Beatles Trivia Page: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/beatles-trivia--games.html
    Ken’s other podcast, Talk  More Talk: A Solo-Beatles Videocast You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@talkmoretalksolobeatles
                Ken's Weekly Beatles radio show "Every Little Thing" On Demand:  http://wfdu.fm/Listen/hd1%20recent%20archives/
                Ken's e-mail:  everylittlething@att.net
    Ken's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ken.michaels.31/
    DARREN’s radio show can be heard 10pm to 2am Monday through Thursday and 1pm to 4pm Saturday on WFUV 90.7 FM (or 90.7 FM HD2), or at wfuv.org, or on the WFUV app.
                Darren on Facebook: Darren DeVivo, and Darren DeVivo: WFUV DJ and Beatles Podcaster
    Darren’s email: darrendevivo@wfmu.org

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Things We Said Today #406 – Catching Up with the News

    Things We Said Today #406 – Catching Up with the News

                During our hiatus we missed a few relatively eventful weeks of news, so in Episode 406, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo catch up with all that, and discuss some recent news events and releases.
                As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't want you to miss us. Our download numbers have been continually rising, as more people discover us and it's all because of you. So we thank you very much for your support!
                Be sure to check out the video version of Things We Said Today on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A. The audio version can be found at Podbean: https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/ as well as at iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other distributors of fine podcasts.
                MANY MANY WAYS TO CONTACT US:
                Our email address: thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com
                Twitter @thingswesaidfab
                Facebook:  Things We Said Today video podcast     
    ALLAN on Facebook: Allan Kozinn or Allan Kozinn Remixed.
                Allan’s Twitter feed: @kozinn
                The McCartney Legacy’s website: https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
                The McCartney Legacy on Facebook: McCartney Legacy, and on Twitter: @McCARTNEYLEGACY
                The McCartney Legacy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zaPoY45IxDZKRMf2Z6VyA
                KEN’s YouTube Channel, Ken Michaels Radio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_Dkp6fkIsYwGq_vCwltyg
                Ken's Website Beatles Trivia Page: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/beatles-trivia--games.html
    Ken’s other podcast, Talk  More Talk: A Solo-Beatles Videocast You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@talkmoretalksolobeatles
                Ken's Weekly Beatles radio show "Every Little Thing" On Demand:  http://wfdu.fm/Listen/hd1%20recent%20archives/
                Ken's e-mail:  everylittlething@att.net
    Ken's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ken.michaels.31/
    DARREN’s radio show can be heard 10pm to 2am Monday through Thursday and 1pm to 4pm Saturday on WFUV 90.7 FM (or 90.7 FM HD2), or at wfuv.org, or on the WFUV app.
                Darren on Facebook: Darren DeVivo, and Darren DeVivo: WFUV DJ and Beatles Podcaster
    Darren’s email: darrendevivo@wfmu.org

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Things We Said Today #405 – The 60th Anniversary of the First US Visit, with Bruce Spizer & Al Sussman

    Things We Said Today #405 – The 60th Anniversary of the First US Visit, with Bruce Spizer & Al Sussman

                In Episode 405, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo welcome author Bruce Spizer and Beatlefan Executive Editor Al Sussman for a discussion of our time at the recent Fest for Beatles Fans at the TWA Hotel at Kennedy Airport [11:00 to 49:50] and our memories of the start of Beatlemania in the United States, 60 years ago this month [starting at 49:50]. Along the way, we challenge a few of the standard myths about the time and the Beatles’ visit. For fans of the news segment, we’ll catch up with the last couple of months of Beatles news in a second episode later in the week.
                As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't want you to miss us. Our download numbers have been continually rising, as more people discover us and it's all because of you. So we thank you very much for your support!
                Be sure to check out the video version of Things We Said Today on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A. The audio version can be found at Podbean: https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/ as well as at iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other distributors of fine podcasts.
                MANY MANY WAYS TO CONTACT US:
                Our email address: thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com
                Twitter @thingswesaidfab
                Facebook:  Things We Said Today video podcast     
    ALLAN on Facebook: Allan Kozinn or Allan Kozinn Remixed.
                Allan’s Twitter feed: @kozinn
                The McCartney Legacy’s website: https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
                The McCartney Legacy on Facebook: McCartney Legacy, and on Twitter: @McCARTNEYLEGACY
                The McCartney Legacy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zaPoY45IxDZKRMf2Z6VyA
                KEN’s YouTube Channel, Ken Michaels Radio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_Dkp6fkIsYwGq_vCwltyg
                Ken's Website Beatles Trivia Page: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/beatles-trivia--games.html
    Ken’s other podcast, Talk  More Talk: A Solo-Beatles Videocast You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@talkmoretalksolobeatles
                Ken's Weekly Beatles radio show "Every Little Thing" On Demand:  http://wfdu.fm/Listen/hd1%20recent%20archives/
                Ken's e-mail:  everylittlething@att.net
    Ken's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ken.michaels.31/
    DARREN’s radio show can be heard 10pm to 2am Monday through Thursday and 1pm to 4pm Saturday on WFUV 90.7 FM (or 90.7 FM HD2), or at wfuv.org, or on the WFUV app.
                Darren on Facebook: Darren DeVivo, and Darren DeVivo: WFUV DJ and Beatles Podcaster
    Darren’s email: darrendevivo@wfmu.org

    • 2 hr 48 min
    Things We Said Today #404 – Denny Laine Tribute & the RPM School White Album Course

    Things We Said Today #404 – Denny Laine Tribute & the RPM School White Album Course

                Episode 404 is our last Things We Said Today for 2023, and it’s a long one – and something different. Catching up with the news of the last few weeks, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo pay tribute to the late Denny Laine [04:00-33:00], followed by plenty more news [33:00-50:00], But for the main part of the show [at 50:00] we welcome the faculty of the RPM School – Walter Everett, author of the extraordinary “The Beatles As Musicians” two-volume set, Jack Petruzzelli, the multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter who many listeners will know as a member of the Fab Faux, and Cameron Greider, also a multi-instrumentalist and producer, who has worked with Sean Lennon and many others – who will give us a preview of their online course on the “White Album,” which starts on January 8.
                Information about the RPM School can be found at https://www.rpm-school.com/home-1. More information about the White Album course is here: https://www.rpm-school.com/
                Also check out our previous conversation with Walter Everett on show 264: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiJpPfL_WN8.  And in one of the news items, Ken mentioned Gary Burr, who we spoke with on Episode 383: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqVL2iJnY5w&t=3254s 
                As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't want you to miss us. Our download numbers have been continually rising, as more people discover us and it's all because of you. So we thank you very much for your support!
                Be sure to check out the video version of Things We Said Today on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A. The audio version can be found at Podbean: https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/ as well as at iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other distributors of fine podcasts.
                MANY MANY WAYS TO CONTACT US:
                Our email address: thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com
                Twitter @thingswesaidfab
                Facebook:  Thins We Said Today or Things We Said Today Radio Fans
                ALLAN on Facebook: Allan Kozinn or Allan Kozinn Remixed.
                Allan’s Twitter feed: @kozinn
                The McCartney Legacy’s website: https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
                The McCartney Legacy on Facebook: McCartney Legacy, and on Twitter: @McCARTNEYLEGACY
                The McCartney Legacy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zaPoY45IxDZKRMf2Z6VyA
                KEN’s YouTube Channel, Ken Michaels Radio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_Dkp6fkIsYwGq_vCwltyg
                Ken's Website Beatles Trivia Page: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/beatles-trivia--games.html
    Ken’s other podcast, Talk  More Talk: A Solo-Beatles Videocast You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@talkmoretalksolobeatles
                Ken's Weekly Beatles radio show "Every Little Thing" On Demand:  http://wfdu.fm/Listen/hd1%20recent%20archives/
                Ken's e-mail:  everylittlething@att.n

    • 2 hr 25 min
    Things We Said Today #403 – Kenneth Womack & Gary Evans on Mal Evans

    Things We Said Today #403 – Kenneth Womack & Gary Evans on Mal Evans

    In episode 403 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo speak with the author Kenneth Womack about his excellent new book, “Living the Beatles Legend – The Untold Story of Mal Evans,” and to Mal’s son, Gary Evans.
                During the news segment, Ken noted the streaming version of the concert presented at the Troubadour to raise money for Denny Laine’s medical treatment. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPigWiKgyf8
                As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't want you to miss us. Our download numbers have been continually rising, as more people discover us and it's all because of you. So we thank you very much for your support!
                Be sure to check out the video version of Things We Said Today on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A. The audio version can be found at Podbean: https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/ as well as at iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other distributors of fine podcasts.
                MANY MANY WAYS TO CONTACT US:
                Our email address: thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com
                Twitter @thingswesaidfab
                Facebook:  Thins We Said Today or Things We Said Today Radio Fans
                ALLAN on Facebook: Allan Kozinn or Allan Kozinn Remixed.
                Allan’s Twitter feed: @kozinn
                The McCartney Legacy’s website: https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
                The McCartney Legacy on Facebook: McCartney Legacy, and on Twitter: @McCARTNEYLEGACY
                The McCartney Legacy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zaPoY45IxDZKRMf2Z6VyA
                KEN’s YouTube Channel, Ken Michaels Radio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_Dkp6fkIsYwGq_vCwltyg
                Ken's Website Beatles Trivia Page: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/beatles-trivia--games.html
    Ken’s other podcast, Talk  More Talk: A Solo-Beatles Videocast You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@talkmoretalksolobeatles
                Ken's Weekly Beatles radio show "Every Little Thing" On Demand:  http://wfdu.fm/Listen/hd1%20recent%20archives/
                Ken's e-mail:  everylittlething@att.net
    Ken's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ken.michaels.31/
    DARREN’s radio show can be heard 10pm to 2am Monday through Thursday and 1pm to 4pm Saturday on WFUV 90.7 FM (or 90.7 FM HD2), or at wfuv.org, or on the WFUV app.
                Darren on Facebook: Darren DeVivo, and Darren DeVivo: WFUV DJ and Beatles Podcaster
    Darren’s email: darrendevivo@wfmu.org

    • 1 hr 42 min
    Things We Said Today #402 – Vivek Tiwary and “The Fifth Beatle”

    Things We Said Today #402 – Vivek Tiwary and “The Fifth Beatle”

     
    In episode 402 of Things We Said Today, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo (Ken Michaels is taking a week off) speak with the author in impresario Vivek Tiwary about the 10th anniversary expanded reissue of “The Fifth Beatle,” his graphic (in the graphic novel sense) biography of Brian Epstein. We last spoke with Vivek in episode 241 (back in the audio-only days).
                As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't want you to miss us. Our download numbers have been continually rising, as more people discover us and it's all because of you. So we thank you very much for your support!
                Be sure to check out the video version of Things We Said Today on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A. The audio version can be found at Podbean: https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/ as well as at iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other distributors of fine podcasts.
                MANY MANY WAYS TO CONTACT US:
                Our email address: thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com
                Twitter @thingswesaidfab
                Facebook:  Thins We Said Today or Things We Said Today Radio Fans
                ALLAN on Facebook: Allan Kozinn or Allan Kozinn Remixed.
                Allan’s Twitter feed: @kozinn
                The McCartney Legacy’s website: https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
                The McCartney Legacy on Facebook: McCartney Legacy, and on Twitter: @McCARTNEYLEGACY
                The McCartney Legacy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zaPoY45IxDZKRMf2Z6VyA
                KEN’s YouTube Channel, Ken Michaels Radio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_Dkp6fkIsYwGq_vCwltyg
                Ken's Website Beatles Trivia Page: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/beatles-trivia--games.html
    Ken’s other podcast, Talk  More Talk: A Solo-Beatles Videocast You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@talkmoretalksolobeatles
                Ken's Weekly Beatles radio show "Every Little Thing" On Demand:  http://wfdu.fm/Listen/hd1%20recent%20archives/
                Ken's e-mail:  everylittlething@att.net
    Ken's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ken.michaels.31/
    DARREN’s radio show can be heard 10pm to 2am Monday through Thursday and 1pm to 4pm Saturday on WFUV 90.7 FM (or 90.7 FM HD2), or at wfuv.org, or on the WFUV app.
                Darren on Facebook: Darren DeVivo, and Darren DeVivo: WFUV DJ and Beatles Podcaster
    Darren’s email: darrendevivo@wfmu.org

    • 55 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
127 Ratings

127 Ratings

Atticus25 ,

Always good Beatle banter

While some of these blokes can occassionally sound like crotchety old men (I’m looking at you, Darren), they usually bring an experienced perspective to their discussions.

The highlight of this podcast has been their scoop of getting Peter Jackson to appear and talk at length on some of the most insightful Beatle stuff in recent memory.

I especially appreciate Kozin’s studied analysis and Ken’s news and optimism. Thanks for keeping it light, honest, and interesting, guys.

jbail64 ,

Episode titles

The titles of the more recent episodes don’t match up with the content. Where’s the one on Revolver?

Unhappy & Frustrated ,

Gun ads? Seriously?

I’m not sure if y’all are able to control your advertising or if it’s all up to Apple podcasting, but the last thing I want to hear on a podcast associated with John Lennon is an ad marketed for gun lovers. I don’t care about your personal politics(y’all have done a good job not bringing any up on any episodes I’ve heard) but this was completely tasteless. Especially in December (the ad mentions Christmas)
Disgusting

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