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50 years on, the world is still in love with The Beatles. Join Nothing Is Real hosts Jason Carty & Steven Cockcroft as they continue the never-ending conversation about the greatest band the world has ever known. Each episode puts a tiny piece of the Beatles story under the microscope to try and make sense of it all. Coming at you live, on tape, from Dublin. Weekly.
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Episodes
- 2024 / 7 / 10LIVE with Mark Lewishon - 60 Years of Hard Day's Night - Part TwoLive with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part Two We are concluding our May 2024 live chat with Mr Mark Lewisohn. Will A Hard Day’s Night get released? Will it be a hit? What...
- 2024 / 7 / 10LIVE with Mark Lewisohn - 60 Years of Hard Day's Night - Part TwoLive with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part Two We are concluding our May 2024 live chat with Mr Mark Lewisohn. Will A Hard Day’s Night get released? Will it be a hit? What...
- 2024 / 7 / 7Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part OneS08 Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part One It’s been 60 years since A Hard Day’s Night hit the silver screen. In the intervening years, many myths have risen about how this...
- 2024 / 3 / 8Nothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A SessionsNothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A SessionsAt each of the Nothing Is Real live shows in 2023 we had a Q&A session. As a taster for the whole event, here are the sessions for Belfast on October...
- 2024 / 3 / 1The Beatles Last Tour - NIR Live 2023 Part TwoS08 Bonus: The Beatles Last Tour NIR Live 2023 Part TwoWhen The Beatles landed for their North American tour in August 1966 only the innermost of inner circles knew that the last gig was nigh. What was...
- 2024 / 2 / 16The Beatles First Tour - NIR Live 2023 Part OneThe Beatles First Tour (NIR Live 2023 Part One)NIR went on tour in 2023, so it seems fitting to tell the story of The Beatles’ first and last tours. In the beginning there was Johnny Gentle, a singing...
- 2023 / 12 / 25Review of 2023Review of 2023You boy! What day is it? Ending the year in the NIR log cabin looking back at 2023 - our fifth annual review. Did anything to do with the Beatles happen this year? That’s right, the third...
- 2023 / 12 / 20The Rock And Roll Hall of FameThe Rock And Roll Hall of Fame1988 was an unusual time: The biggest Beatle was George, rock stars were dealing with the unthinkable (their forties), people were paying attention to Mike Love, and the...
- 2023 / 12 / 13Live At The Roundhouse - Part TwoLive at the Roundhouse - Part TwoIn December 1968, Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed a TV special where the kings of British rock gathered to play their new material. Unfortunately, it was with the Rolling...
- 2023 / 12 / 6Live At The Roundhouse - Part OneLive at the Roundhouse - Part OneAfter filming the Hey Jude promo, and in the midst of recording the White Album, somehow The Beatles decide to eye up a return to the stage in the heart of London. So where...
- 2023 / 11 / 29George Harrison - Gig In JapanIn 1991, when so many acts from the 60s were lucratively touring, George Harrison decided to dip his toes in the water. Why? Money. Where? Japan. Who? Clapton. What…could possibly go wrong?Live on tape from...
- 2023 / 11 / 22Press to Play - Part TwoThe plan for a quick live-in-the-studio album gradually morphs into something more 80s, more produced. Hello to Hugh Padgham. Warning: Contains Spies Like Us. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast,...
- 2023 / 11 / 15Press To PlayOr….Press to PlayAfter the huge success* of Give My Regards to Broad Street, Paul McCartney wants to get back to basics. Kicking back in a small band with Eric (not that one) this is a broth that attracts...
- 2023 / 11 / 8November 63 - Part TwoNovember 63 - Part TwoAs the Beatles move through the month, beyond the Royal Variety Performance they continue to pack houses up and down the UK. What recordings are waiting in the wings? I Want To Hold Your...
- 2023 / 11 / 1November 63 - Part OneBetween October 31st and December 1st 1963, the Beatles pushed the envelope from being the biggest pop group in the country to something even… bigger. In a year when they just kept getting more...
- 2023 / 10 / 24Harrison/StarkeyHarrison/StarkeyGeorge and Ringo always had a special bond. As the sixties became the seventies, was there an opportunity for the Beatles to give the world a second magnificent song-writing...
- 2023 / 10 / 20Talking Mal Evans with Ken WomackBonus Episode!Talking Mal Evans with Ken WomackKenneth Womack is a writer, historian, and critic, who has written some of the best books about The Beatles and their inner circle. To this list, he is...
- 2023 / 10 / 17Mal EvansMal EvansMal Evans had a front-row seat to the entire Beatles experience, and the Beatles were happy to have him there. Whether it was as an extra in A Hard Day’s Night or co-writing a song on the Ringo...
- 2023 / 10 / 10Bigger Than Jesus - Part TwoBigger Than Jesus - Part TwoFour months passed between John Lennon free-associating about Christianity to a trusted journalist, and touching down in the US for a North American tour. The “Bigger Than...
- 2023 / 10 / 3Bigger Than Jesus - Part OneBigger Than Jesus - Part OneJohn Lennon never actually said that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus”, but that wasn’t the point. When you’re free-associating to a trusted journalist, what’s to stop your...
- 2023 / 9 / 26Welcome to Season EightWelcome to Season EightFull steam ahead for the eighth(!) season of Nothing is Real. We need to tell you about live shows, the new season, the world’s most difficult Beatles quiz, and ask the burning question...
- 2023 / 9 / 8STINYC Live Jam Jason MixS07 Bonus: STINYC Live Jam Jason MixThe Fillmore tapes have been remixed and repurposed, so in telling the tale, let’s do some remixing and repurposing…Live on tape from Dublin, Belfast, The Fillmore,...
- 2023 / 3 / 22Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 12 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 2Stuart Sutcliffe - Part TwoAs a group, the Beatles were changed by Hamburg. Individually each Beatle got something different from their time in the city and it would shape the rest of their lives …and...
- 2023 / 3 / 15Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 11 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 1Stuart Sutcliffe - Part OneStuart Sutcliffe was the star pupil at the Liverpool College of Art, and also John Lennon’s flatmate. By becoming a Beatle, he demonstrated that the band was a state of mind. To be...
- 2023 / 3 / 8Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 10 - Stop & Smell The RosesStop & Smell The RosesWhen work began on Ringo’s eighth album in May 1980, the outlook was good. John, Paul and George came on board to contribute, trying to rekindle the magic of 1973’s Ringo album. By...
- 2023 / 3 / 1Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 9 - Derek Taylor Part 2Derek Taylor, Part TwoReturning into the Beatleverse via Apple, Derek Taylor settles into his peacock chair at Saville Row, with a ciggie in hand, to dispense drinks and bon mots … but who is sending him all...
- 2023 / 2 / 22Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 8 - Derek Taylor Part 1Derek Taylor, Part OneIn May 1963, Derek Taylor was sent to review a Beatles concert, an event that spun his world off its axis. For the next 34 years, he would be connected to the band, even as he went...
- 2023 / 2 / 15Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 7 - Mark Lewisohn ReturnsMark Lewisohn ReturnsIn January 2023 Mark Lewisohn came to Belfast to present his Evolver: 62 show. For dessert, Steven & Jason joined Mark on stage for a mixture of audience questions, chat, and Beatle...
- 2023 / 2 / 8Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 6 - August 23rd - Part ThreeAugust 23rd - Part ThreeIn the whirlwind of the Beatleverse, three short years connect the golden date of August 23rd from their last live concert to the first day of the rest of their lives. Live on...
- 2023 / 2 / 1Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 5 - August 23rd - Part TwoAugust 23rd - Part TwoOur continuing evidence for August 23rd as the greatest Beatle date - a little single called She Loves You and the next stop: The Hollywood Bowl.Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is...
- 2023 / 1 / 25Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 4 - August 23rd - Part OneAugust 23rd - Part OneLooking through everything the Beatles managed to get done in the sixties, there is one date that means more than any other - August 23rd, of course. The course of their very...
- 2023 / 1 / 18Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 3 - STINYC Part 2Some Time In New York City - Part 2In 1972 John Lennon entered a New York studio to record the follow-up to his transatlantic chart-topping ‘Imagine’ album. With him were Yoko Ono, Phil Spector, and the...
- 2023 / 1 / 11Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 2 - STINYC Part 1Sometime In New York City - Part 1In August 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the U.K. and traveled to New York City. Personal circumstances and political intrigue would ultimately make the city their...
- 2023 / 1 / 4Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 1 - Allen Klein - Part FiveAllen Klein - Part FiveFrom Brian to Klein (slight return). Despite our best efforts, some loose ends still remain in the Ballad of Allen Klein. How does he navigate the Beatles once they all stop being in...
- 2022 / 12 / 28Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 0 - Welcome To Season 7S07E00: Welcome to Season Seven*Taps mic* Is this thing on? Hello and welcome to season seven of Nothing Is Real. Another cornucopia of Beatleness awaits - but what’s the overarching theme of Season...
- 2022 / 12 / 25Nothing Is Real Christmas Review 2022Throw another disappointment box on the fire and pull up a seat with your wooden box set of choice - it’s the Nothing Is Real Christmas episode. A look at the year just gone by, your questions answered, and...
- 2022 / 10 / 4Nothing Is Real - October 5th - International Beatles DayOctober 5th - International Beatles DayOctober 5th, 1962 was the day Love Me Do was released. 60 years later, are we any better at understanding the events of 1962 and the magic of what The Beatles and...
- 2022 / 6 / 22Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 14 - Let It Be - Part TwoLet It Be - Part TwoAnd in the end…when the Let It Be single came out at the start of March 1970, the Let It Be album didn’t even exist yet. Cue Phil Spector and a flurry of Abbey Road activity. After...
- 2022 / 6 / 14Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 13 - Let It Be, Part OneLet It Be - Part OneBy October 1969, The Beatles were in a very different state from how they entered the year - thanks to Allen Klein. Wanting to realise the new financial benefits of releasing Beatle...
- 2022 / 6 / 7Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 12 - Allen Klein - Part FourAllen Klein - Part FourWith Paul McCartney being set as a man apart for not signing the Klein contract, The Beatles still need to negotiate the Summer of ‘69 while Northern Songs plays out and Abbey Road...
- 2022 / 6 / 3Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Bonus - Paul Is LivePaul Is LivePaul is back on tour! North American Correspondent William Hinson joins us again to talk of set lists, traffic jams, free tickets, and what it feels like to see Macca sing with John Lennon live in...
- 2022 / 5 / 31Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 11 - Allen Klein - Part ThreeAllen Klein - Part ThreeOnce Allen Klein arrived in Savile Row, many business decisions suddenly came into focus. One set of decisions are still being fought over in the 21st century: Northern Songs.Live...
- 2022 / 5 / 24Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 10 - Allen Klein - Part TwoAllen Klein - Part TwoWithin 24 hours of his audience with John & Yoko, Allen Klein got a meeting with all four Beatles. This kick-started a chain of events that would permanently alter The Beatle...
- 2022 / 5 / 17Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 9 - Allen Klein - Part OneAllen Klein - Part OneLanding in the Beatles universe in January 1969, was Allen Klein a monster, or just misunderstood? Like Brian, he wanted to do great things for The Beatles. How did it get to this...
- 2022 / 5 / 10Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 8 - Hey Jude Part 3Hey Jude - Part ThreeEverything about Hey Jude was different: recorded at Trident Studios, seven minutes long, appearing on a brand new record label. It seemed like a new beginning, but maybe it was the...
- 2022 / 5 / 3Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 7 - Hey Jude-Part TwoHey Jude - Part TwoIn June 1968 as The Beatles and the rest of the world got used to the new reality of John & Yoko, eligible bachelor P.McCartney visits his best friend’s estranged wife bearing a single red...
- 2022 / 4 / 26Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 6 - Hey Jude - Part OneHey Jude - Part OneWhen John & Cynthia returned from India in April 1968, the future was unwritten. What nobody could have guessed was just how quickly the future was going to happen. Yoko enters. Live...
- 2022 / 4 / 19Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 5 - The Beatles & The Maharishi - Part TwoS06E05: The Beatles & The Maharishi - Part TwoFrom the moment The Beatles first met the Maharishi, the wheels were set in motion for a trip to his ashram in Rishikesh, India. What began as a unified...
- 2022 / 4 / 12Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 4 - The Beatles & The Maharishi - Part OneThe Beatles & The Maharishi - Part OneThe Beatles met the Maharishi for the first time on Thursday, followed him to Bangor on Friday, and denounced drugs on Saturday before receiving devastating news on...
- 2022 / 4 / 5Nothing Is Real - Season 6 Episode 3 - The Last Year of Brian Epstein - Part TwoThe Last Year of Brian Epstein - Part TwoIn the aftermath of Sgt Pepper, Brian delivered his last grand plan: the Our World telecast. Then the Beatles decide to take a trip to see the Maharishi, and Brian...