Jokermen
Jokermen
Jokermen Podcast is your spirit guide to the wonderful world of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Every song, every record: It’s All Good Music :: Subscribe on Patreon for access to all episodes ad-free, plus the full back catalog of Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Steely Dan, Lou Reed, and John Cale goods at patreon.com/jokermen :: @jokermenpodcast on Instagram and Twitter
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May 29, 2025 • 8min
Teaser // Billy Joel: STREETLIFE SERENADE
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May 26, 2025 • 1h 10min
The Beach Boys: BEST OF THE 70s
The Jokermen construct their most difficult "Best of" playlist yet: The Beach Boys in the 1970s. There's simply too much good music. Plus: another Club Kokomo Report.
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May 21, 2025 • 1h 8min
In Conversation: EUGENE KOTLYARENKO
Evan is joined by director Eugene Kotlyarenko to discuss his dazzling new film The Code, the role of truth in art, the humanity of digital surveillance, Columbia Recording Artist Bob Dylan and much more.
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May 19, 2025 • 12min
Teaser // Billy Joel: PIANO MAN
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May 19, 2025 • 1h 26min
Billy Joel: COLD SPRING HARBOR
The Jokermen explain their logic heading into this latest summer miniseries and take their first tentative steps into the wonderful world of William Joel.
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May 15, 2025 • 6min
Teaser // Dennis Wilson: BAMBU with Steven Hyden
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May 12, 2025 • 1h 27min
The Beach Boys: L.A. (LIGHT ALBUM)
The Jokermen discuss L.A. (Light Album), an appropriately uneven close to an uneven decade of work from The Beach Boy. Plus: Liquid Death Root Beer Wrath.
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May 5, 2025 • 1h 10min
Mike Love: The CELEBRATION Episode
The Jokermen assess Mike Love's mercifully brief stint as frontman of Celebration and their three unforgettable albums: the Almost Summer Official Soundtrack, Celebration, and—last but not least—Disco Celebration.
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May 1, 2025 • 13min
Teaser // The Beach Boys: M.I.U. ALBUM
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Apr 28, 2025 • 1h 13min
In Conversation: SUNFLOWER BEAN
Ian chats with Julia Cumming and Nick Kivlen of Sunflower Bean about sharing a stage with The Beach Boys, the brilliance of Smiley Smile, learning how to make being in a rock band work, existing outside the standard genre paradigm, hanging on to your ego, Bob Dylan as the ultimate Boomer, and their killer new record, Mortal Primetime.LISTEN TO "MORTAL PRIMETIME"CATCH SUNFLOWER BEAN ON TOUR
