Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians an...
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35 mins; April 02, 2026
Matt Johnson & the unique story of The The plus George Michael and the sunbed
38 mins; April 01, 2026
At home with Nick Drake, Sandy Denny & John Martyn in the golden year of 1970
28 mins; March 31, 2026
The Jarrett movie, Macca’s secret & when did standing at gigs start?
45 mins; March 29, 2026
The Clash story mapped by the places they lived, played, evolved … and shot pigeons
38 mins; March 27, 2026
Mustn’t grumble! Songs with the essence of Englishness
57 mins; March 23, 2026
Neil Tennant revisits songs he’s written since the age of nine
54 mins; March 20, 2026
Steve Nieve looks back at Costello, Stiff tours and the magical sound of pianos
42 mins; March 16, 2026
Scores McCartney still wants to settle, Country Joe and the rise of ‘destination gigs’
62 hours 35 mins; March 15, 2026
Shaun & Bez and other Odd Couples we love
50 mins; March 08, 2026
The Kinks’ chaotic ascent mapped out day-by-day is ‘a nirvana for any fan’
41 mins; March 08, 2026
How A Hard Day’s Night ripped up the pop movie rulebook
44 mins; March 06, 2026
Bob Dylan and the Beatles, a tale of envy, affection and intense rivalry
36 mins; March 04, 2026
Mark Lewisohn and why writing the real Beatles story just got harder
49 mins; March 03, 2026
Albums we bought because we liked the title
46 mins; March 01, 2026
How Glenn Tilbrook transformed the life of Squeeze
33 mins; February 25, 2026
The Skids, Big Country and the unsettling story of Stuart Adamson
46 mins; February 24, 2026
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49 mins; February 22, 2026
Keith & Chuck, Bowie & Tina, Frank & Elvis and what we learnt from rock’s joint ventures
41 mins; February 18, 2026
Boston, Def Leppard, bad hair & the golden age of rock radio
35 mins; February 17, 2026
Was Bad Bunny at the Superbowl the greatest show ever staged?
63 hours 58 mins; February 16, 2026
Andy Bown remembers the Herd, Judas Jump and 47 years in Status Quo
32 mins; February 10, 2026
How the album survived and why it satisfies the soul!
38 mins; February 09, 2026
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47 mins; February 08, 2026
David Bowie and the triumph, mystery and struggle of his third act
39 mins; February 03, 2026
Days with Bowie, Prince, the Stones, Hendrix & the Clash by David Sinclair
62 hours 16 mins; February 02, 2026
The genius of Sly Dunbar & Catherine O’Hara plus Springsteen’s anthem and old New York
56 mins; February 01, 2026
Adele Bertei, New York’s art-rock explosion and Eno’s shopping list
35 mins; January 28, 2026
Steve Lillywhite produced the Stones, U2, Siouxsie, XTC - ‘the last leg of the relay’
54 mins; January 27, 2026
Who’d be a nepo baby? plus the mystery album that outsold the Beatles
47 mins; January 25, 2026
Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention, back in the van with a bag of toffees
37 mins; January 22, 2026
Miles Hunt of the Wonder Stuff - ‘I’d rather make people laugh than applaud’
41 mins; January 21, 2026
Kenney Jones remembers the Small Faces’ masterpiece
25 mins; January 20, 2026
The fabulous Bob Weir and how the Grateful Dead invented the internet
39 mins; January 18, 2026
Steve Cradock on Ocean Colour Scene, Mod hair & the ghost of Ronnie Lane
28 mins; January 16, 2026
Mary Coughlan, onstage from the age of five - ‘Applause and lemonade!’
25 mins; January 12, 2026
Pet Shop Boys at 40, missing folk star found! & rock stars’ childhood bedrooms
52 mins; January 11, 2026
From Dylan to Chappell Roan, pop’s 60-year obsession with Brigitte Bardot
56 mins; January 04, 2026
Peter Hammill, Van Der Graaf Generator and what makes them unique
33 mins; December 29, 2025
Do all panned albums end up loved? And what’s the most significant record sleeve?
53 mins; December 21, 2025
Paul Kelly – ‘national treasure!’ - and the song that took 30 years