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July 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 222: Wayne Kramer (MC5)

Welcome to episode 222 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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June 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 218: Paul McLaney on the return of Gramsci

Welcome to episode 218 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
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May 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 214: Nick Lowe

Welcome to episode 214 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T  and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
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January 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 204: Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)

Welcome to episode 204 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor, Apple, Canada, Chat, Conversation, Covers, Cowboy Junkies, Interview, iTunes, La Petite Chocolat, Margo Timmins, NZ, NZ Tour, Ontario, Phone Interview, Phono, Promo, Publicity, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweet Jane, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 204, Sweetman Podcast # 204: Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies), Sweetman Podcast: Margo Timmins, Sweetwaters, T Leaf T, The Cowboy Junkies, Touring, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 148: Joan Baez

Welcome to episode 148 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here’s something a little different for the podcast. A conversation with legendary singer, songwriter, protester, activist and icon Joan Baez. Now, although this is the first-time broadcasting this – it is not a brand new conversation. It was recorded […]
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May 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Being Wooed by The Nature Boy: My Chat with Ric Flair

For a few years I wrote for a pro-wrestling website, NZPWI, mostly I reviewed DVDs and books, I wrote a nostalgia-based column – and I interviewed two of my favourite wrestlers the first being Bret “The Hitman” Hart and then – it was on to The Nature Boy, Ric Flair… Ladies and gentlemen, his name […]
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May 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Old Interview Haunts: Old Interviews Haunt

These days I do most of my interviews, face to face, in long form, for the podcast. And I love doing that. But I have a lot of time – too – for the old phoner. I’m always saying, on the podcast, that I hate/d the “15 minute phoner” and that’s true. I did. And […]
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November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Interview: What It’s Really Like To Talk To The Famous Person On The Other End Of The Line

I always think, no matter how bad an interview goes at least I have never done this. And really, these days, with this thing you’re on – the internet – there is no excuse for that. It’s a funny thing, the music interview. Whenever I tell someone that I’ve scored an interview I get some […]
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