Ep. 48 | Favourite Beatles Extras

Sure, we've all heard the Abbey Road medley a million times, but when's the last time you checked out Mean Mr. Mustard Take 20 or Polythene Pam Take 27? This week, the guys dig through their crates of reissues, bonus tracks, and bootlegs to unearth their favorite Fab Four extras.

Tune in to find out:

• Can TJ possibly find a way to tie this one to a Broadway musical and/or a 1970s sitcom?

• Which Lennon rarity did Tony cover from his living room/recording studio in 2014?

• Does Coach Ditka listen to this podcast? (If he did, probably not anymore...?)

Take it, Tony! (And TJ!)

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Ep. 41 | The Decca Auditions (1962)

This week, Tony and TJ hop in their time machine to revisit some of the earliest proto-Beatles (pre-Ringo!) recordings: The Decca Auditions. Never officially released—you can find them all on YouTube, or if you're lucky, a Japanese import CD—these tapes capture the band at their most raw. Things to look forward to:

• The guys get... a little punchy

• The Fab Three get a little nervous for the big audition

• Poor Pete Best gets the Charlie Brown treatment (why's everybody always pickin' on him?)

• Tony gets a lesson in British proper noun pronunciation

• And TJ (spoiler alert?) finds a way to tie it all back to musical theater and 80s sitcoms.

We'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the show and ourselves, and we hope we passed the audition.

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Ep. 40 | Beatles Valentimes [sic]

Love is in the air, and for Tony, TJ, and the Fab Four, it's more than just holding hands. This Valentine's Day, the guys present some of their favorite Beatles love songs. Not the 1977 Love Songs compilation; not the 2006 Cirque du Soleil soundtrack. They cut straight to the good stuff. We're talking:

• Romantic and carnal love (content warning: the F word gets some action here)

• Freudian mother-lover mashups

• Chili dogs outside the Tastee Freez

• And just maybe an unexpected wild card or two

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