

Word In Your Ear
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
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 and authors in front of an audience. Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Feb 24, 2010 • 1h 3min
Word Podcast 125
Mark Hodkinson from Pamona Publishing joins David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry to talk about how bands were formed in the years after punk, the inevitable power struggles that take place within the ranks of those bands, the effect that fame has on personality, what it takes to succeed, and the economics and practicalities of running a small independent publishing house in the era of Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 2010 • 58min
Word Podcast 124
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry head to Gold Top studios in north London to talk to Neil Brockbank, producer of Nick Lowe. A believer in recording live with the musicians, he describes the changes that have taken place in the way music is recorded from the Beatles through Frank Sinatra to Ricky Martin and beyond and looks at the implications that has for what we listen to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 5, 2010 • 52min
Word Podcast 123
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry enter the pod to examine the new, more-words-than-ever edition of The Word as it arrives - minty fresh - from the presses. They also do their best to answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 25, 2010 • 53min
Word Podcast 122 - with Idris Elba
Fraser Lewry, Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth take the pod to meet the man you know as "The Wire"'s Stringer Bell and may soon know as Driis. Plus a report from last Friday's social, some reflections on the Word's One Hit Wonders Playlist and a discussion of what it's like to be with really, really good-looking people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 22, 2010 • 1h 2min
Word Podcast 121 - Phil Smee, reissue man
Reissues consultant and designer Phil Smee joins us to talk about what records are *really* rare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 12, 2010 • 1h 5min
Word Podcast 120 with Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq joins us in the pod to improvise on a theme of indie. In a wide-ranging conversation we cover what it's like to listen to spend your Sunday afternoon listening to demos, have Richey Manic carve his arm in front of you, "discover" Coldplay, talk to the parents of 17-year-olds with stars in their eyes, hang about backstage and live on a diet of cider and crisps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 18, 2009 • 51min
Word Podcast 119 - The Christmas Special
David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Fraser Lewry on X Factor, The Thick of It, Porky Peckham, why vinyl should be French and the difference between real Christmas and Christmas according to pop records and TV shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 3, 2009 • 50min
Word Podcast 118 - All about swearing
WARNING! THIS PODCAST CONCERNS SWEARING AND CONTAINS LOTS OF EXAMPLES. AVOID IF LIKELY TO OFFEND. Peter Silverton talks about his book "Filthy English" with Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 24, 2009 • 60min
Word Podcast 117 with Mark Hagen
The man who puts together special music stuff for BBC radio and TV talks about how he gets what he wants and why he can't get all of it. With Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 2009 • 45min
Word Podcast 116
Special guests Thomas Walsh and the guys from Pugwash/Duckworth Lewis Method join Mark Ellen and David Hepworth to talk about: cricket, taping The Move off Whistle Test, how U2 own Dublin and how the average musician has more chance of sleeping with Five Star than travelling five star. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.