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In episode #457 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole discuss Ringo Starr’s new album, “Long Long Road,” and after several months of collaborating with Talk More Talk, we welcome Kit as a member of the TWST team, effectively combining the two shows (although TMT may post a show of its own periodically). The discussion of Ringo’s album begins after Ken’s news segment, at 33’25”. https://youtu.be/YuljtIqmArE SHOW DESCRIPTION: Things We Said Today-Talk More Talk #457 – Ringo’s “Long Long Road” and Welcome Kit! In episode #457 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole discuss Ringo Starr’s new album, “Long Long Road,” and after several months of collaborating with Talk More Talk, we welcome Kit as a member of the TWST team, effectively combining the two shows (although TMT may post a show of its own periodically). The discussion of Ringo’s album begins after Ken’s news segment, at 33’25”. As always, we welcome your thoughts abo

In episode #456 of Things We Said Today – another combination show with Talk More Talk -- Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Robert Whitaker photo shoot that yielded the Butcher Cover and much else (on March 25) in a chat with Erika White, the author of the impending book “Meat the Beatles,” which examines the Butcher Cover and its historical context. Erika’s book will be published on November 3. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 26’33”. During the news segment, Ken mentioned his interview with the late, great Ivor Davis. Here is a link to that interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdSQAhPvV4c&t=336s 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or

In episode #455 of Things We Said Today – another collaboration with Talk More Talk -- Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole each choose five moments in the Beatles’ history that we wish we were present for. There was only one that we all chose (you can probably guess). We also discuss Paul’s new single, “Days We Left Behind” and the announcement of his new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” during Ken’s truncated (only McCartney & Lennon items) news segment. 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio versi

In episode #454 of Things We Said Today –Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo celebrate what would have been George Harrison’s 83rd birthday (a little late, but we were recording our last show, with Mark Lewisohn, on the actual date, February 25) by each choosing our favorite 10 solo Harrisongs. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 28’46”. During his news report, Ken mentioned Neil Sedaka’s song inspired by John Lennon’s immigration battle, “The Immigrant.” Here is a link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMlcmULzoTE&list=RDjMlcmULzoTE&start_radio=1 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the

            In episode #453 of Things We Said Today – another collaboration with Talk More Talk – Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole speak with Mark Lewisohn about the new video version of his fascinating “Evolver 62” stage show, and about his continuing work on his Beatles biographical trilogy, “All These Years.” The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 11’50”. 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio version on Podbean [https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/], iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and oth

           In episode #452 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo are joined by Adrian Sinclair, the co-author, with Allan, of “The McCartney Legacy” series, for a lively debate about the merits of the new “Paul McCartney Man on the Run” film. Besides his work on “The McCartney Legacy,” Adrian was a consultant on the McCartney film, which was directed by Morgan Neville and will be streamed on Amazon Prime, starting at 3 a.m. on February 27. 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio version on Podbean [

            In another joint episode, Things We Said Today and Talk More Talk -- Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole -- join forces to rank Wings’ seven studio albums. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment and a review, by Kit, of Yoko’s Music of the Mind show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/yoko-ono-music-of-the-mind/ ). Kit’s review is at 22’54” and the Wings discussion begins at 29’37”. 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio version on Podbe

            Things We Said Today and Talk More Talk join forces again to respond to Giles Martin’s comments about there being no more great unreleased Beatles material. Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole have some suggestions. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 16’10”.             In his news segment, Ken mentioned a few projects that you can look into further at the following links:             Billy Preston Documentary "That's The Way God Planned It" Theater Listings: http://www.billyprestonfilm.com             Kinsdale, Ireland Beatles Festival:  http://www.kinsalebeatlesfest.com             Claypool-Lennon Delirium Tour Dates: http://www.theclaypoollennondelirium.com 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X

            Things We Said Today and Talk More Talk start 2026 with another collaboration. For the occasion, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn, Darren DeVivo and Kit O’Toole are joined by “McCartney Legacy” co-author Adrian Sinclair for a look at Paul McCartney’s new “Wings – The Story of a Band on the Run” book, edited by Ted Widmer. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 19’11”.          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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio version on Podbean [https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/], iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and oth

            In episode 448 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Allan Kozinn (Darren DeVivo was unable to attend) speak with director Simon Weitzman about his new film, “A Love Letter to the Beatles,” as well as some interesting upcoming projects. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 19’31”.  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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio version on Podbean [https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/], iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other sources of fine podcasts. Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure SUBSCRI

            In another collaboration between Things We Said Today and Talk More Talk, Ken Michaels, Darren DeVivo, Kit O’Toole and Allan Kozinn discuss “The Beatles Anthology 2025,” with a focus on Vol.4 of the audio set, and Episode 9 of the streaming video. The discussion begins after Kit’s report on one of Paul’s Chicago shows and Ken’s news segment, at 31’17”.             Ken mentioned the “Beatles Anthology” book contest on his web page. Here are the details: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/special-contests.html             And here’s the teaser for “The Beatles Anthology” (video) itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igo3WQsLZd4             Ken also mentioned Scott Freiman's “Decontructing Rubber Soul” at Schubert Theater, New Haven, CT:, Nov. 20, 7pm. Here are the details:  https://www.deconstructingthemusic.com/             And last but not least - The web page for Brazilian edition of “The McCartney Legacy, Vol.1 1969-1973,” previewed during the news segment, can be found here: https://belasletras

            In another collaboration between Things We Said Today and Talk More Talk, Ken Michaels, Darren DeVivo, Kit O’Toole and Allan Kozinn discuss the new “Wings” compilation – how it works, what the point of it is, what they found surprising and what they’d add or subtract. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment, at 21’55”.                 Ken mentioned the “Beatles Anthology” book contest on his web page. Here are the details: https://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/special-contests.html             And here’s the teaser for “The Beatles Anthology” (video) itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igo3WQsLZd4             Ken also mentioned Scott Freiman's “Decontructing Rubber Soul” at Schubert Theater, New Haven, CT:, Nov. 20, 7pm. Here are the details:  https://www.deconstructingthemusic.com/             And last but not least - The web page for Brazilian edition of “The McCartney Legacy, Vol.1 1969-1973,” previewed during the news segment, can be found here: https://belasletras.commercesuite.com.br/b

            In Episode 445 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo speak with Gary Van Scyoc, the bassist in Elephant’s Memory, the New York band that worked with John Lennon & Yoko Ono in 1972 (and whose Apple album, “Elephant’s Memory,” John & Yoko  produced). Besides giving us an enlightening overview of his work with the Lennons on “Some Time in New York City,” “Approximately Infinite Universe” and the One to One Concerts, Gary touches on the breadth of his work as a studio musician and as a member of other bands. The interview begins after Ken’s news segment (at 9’54”).             Check out Gary’s web page at: https://www.garyvanscyoc.com/             The web page for Brazilian edition of “The McCartney Legacy, Vol.1 1969-1973,” previewed during the news segment, can be found here: https://belasletras.commercesuite.com.br/beatles/pre-venda-paul-mccartney-o-legado-volume-1-1969-73?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=instagram&utm_campaign=paul-mccartney-legado-vo

            In Episode 444 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo speak with Denny Seiwell – Wings first drummer and a veteran session musician – about “Denny Seiwell: The Best and Worst of Times,” the new autobiography he has written with Robyn Flans. The interview begins after Ken’s news segment (at 18’20”). Denny previously joined us on Episode 219 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV2qLsGzhJk) and for a chat about “Red Rose Speedway” on Episode 389 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lylgo5ujC0k) And if you’ve missed Ken’s tribute to Denny’s bandmate in Wings, Denny Laine, here’s a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uIqfs7cw5E&t=2s 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thing

            In Episode 443 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss whether George Harrison was marginalized during his Beatles years. The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment (at 19’20”). 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHaPfL6BGmOX5NoyFE-A], or hear the audio version on Podbean [https://beatlesexaminer.podbean.com/], iHeart Radio, Apple podcasts and other sources of fine podcasts. Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure SUBSCRIBE, click LIKE and write a (positive, ideally!) review of our show here or on our

Is it Things We Said Today plus Kit O'Toole, or Talk More Talk plus Allan Kozinn? The two podcasts (whose members in common are Ken Michaels and Darren DeVivo) join forces to discuss the announcement of "Wings," a new compilation of hits and deep cuts from Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band, pegged to his new film, "Man on the Run" and his book about the era, "Wings - The Story of a Band on the Run."

Things We Said Today #442 – The 45th Annual John Lennon Tribute, a Chat with Joe Raiola             In Episode 442 of Things We Said Today Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo are joined by Joe Raiola, the founder, president and artistic director of the annual John Lennon Tribute concerts in New York – this year at Town Hall on December 12. (We also discuss aspects of the new archival set, “Power to the People,” since Joe took issue with some of our comments in Episode 441). The discussion begins after Ken’s news segment (at 14’36”).             The website for the tribute: https://www.lennontribute.org/ 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thou

            In Episode 441 of Things We Said Today Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo are joined by Chip Madinger, the author of “Eight Arms to Hold You” and “Lennonology,” for a discussion of the newly announced Fall releases from John Lennon and The Beatles, both of which have controversial aspects. [The discussion begins after the news, at 17’07”; the news also includes Darren’s report on the New York Mets’ commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ Shea Stadium concert, which runs from 8’30” to 17’07”]             Chip has been one of our most frequent guests: he appeared in Episode 156 to discuss “Lennonology,” 207, about the making of “Imagine,” 321, about the new edition of “Eight Arms,” 416, about the “Mind Games” box, and 421, about “Walls and Bridges.”   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 ou

            In Episode 440 of Things We Said Today Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo are joined by Steve Matteo - whose most recent book, “Act Naturally,” covers the Beatles’ film career in depth – for a discussion of “Help!” on its 60th anniversary. (The discussion begins after the news segment, at 24’40”.)             Steve was previously on Things We Said Today in 2020 to discuss his book about “Let It Be” (Episode 319), and in 2023, when “Act Naturally” was published (Episode 397). Check out those discussions! 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 Video Podcast" Facebook page and comment there, on X at @thingswesaidfab or Bluesky at @thingswesaidtoday, or visit us on Facebook and give us your thoughts. You can watch the show on our YouTube page [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zgHa

            In Episode 439 of Things We Said Today Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo each choose our three favorite performances from among the shows we’ve seen by the solo Beatles, in anticipation of the upcoming tours by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. (The discussion begins after the news segment – which includes a short debate about Billy Joel, occasioned by his comments on the White Album – 28 minutes in.) 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 Video Podcast" 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