Fans On The Run: A Podcast Made By, For And About Beatles Fans

“Every time a bell rings, a podcast meets some Wings”   It’s a Christmas miracle, the special finale to the Christmas-lead-up-two-a-week-episode-schedule of Fans On The Run! You may be sad that we’ll be going back down to once a week, but today we have a guest who will not disappoint. It’s Laurence Juber! We talk about his start as a session musician in the 70s, his guitar influences, a crash cour...

It’s beginning to look a lot like, a new episode of your favourite show, Fans On The Run! In this episode, I’m joined by a New York Times bestselling author, and the co-host of fellow podcast The Beatles Naked, Richard Buskin! We talk about Beatles political cartoons, “Swinging London” and Carnaby Street, practicing the “Lennon Stance” with a plastic Beatle toy guitar, the joys of Sixties pirate r...

It’s Friday, so you already know there’s gonna be a new episode of FoTR coming right at you! Joining me today, is a very prevalent member of the Beatles social media world, an ambassador of sorts of the 60s fashion revival, and fellow member of the “new generation”, Connie Mclean! We talk about shouting suggestive comments at The Rolling Stones on stage, sexism within the greater Beatles community...

Oh hello, it's Fans On The Run back for yet another delicious round! Today, I'm joined by the author of the Recipe Records series of books, and the co-host of the "She Said She Said" podcast, Lanea Stagg! Please forgive me for the horrible food puns in advance!   This episode can be found wherever good podcasts can be heard!   Lanea's links: https://www.laneastagg.com/ https://shesaidshesaidpodcas...

It's Friday, so logic indicates that it is time for another FoTR! In this episode, I am joined by one of the most prolific members of the social media Beatles world, plus my first guest with a TikTok page, Caitlin Larkin! We cover a lot of ground in this relatively short (sort-of) interview, like the rite of passage of any Beatles fan of journeying over to Liverpool, the whereabouts of the origina...

Is it time for a new episode of FoTR already? Yes it is! Today I had the pleasure to have a chat with author, documentarian, and all around creative type Simon Weitzman! As it tends to happen with this show, we jump around all over the place with this conversation; the revival of the mixtape, déjà vu, working with Tom Murray on the book about the "Mad Day Out" photo shoot, a burning question of mi...

This is the longest episode of Fans On The Run yet, but it is not an episode, it is three episodes in one! In this mega-episode, I had the pleasure to speak with three special gals who all ran fan clubs back in the 60s, Marti Edwards, Pat Kinzer Mancuso and Patricia Gallo-Stenman! Giving the Fabs awards at press conferences? Check! Making friends with Beatle families? Check! Detailed plans to snea...

It's the most wonderful time of the year, because from now, until Christmas Day, Fans On The Run will be going up to two episodes a week!   To kick this celebration off, I'm joined by WFUV radio personality, and fellow podcaster, Darren DeVivo! Among topics, we talk about watching the movie Let It Be at a cinema at age five, midnight screenings at Beatlefest, some mean kid saying "The Beatles Are...

It's FoTR friday once again, celebrations all around! On this episode, I'm joined by the author of "Postcards From Liverpool: Beatles Moments & Memories", Mark Brickley, for an all out session of Beatle geekdom (you wouldn't expect any less from this show, wouldn't you?) Among the conversational places we upon on are the the Beatles' stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a chance interview with Jac...

It's FoTR Friday once again, we've got an absolute treat for you today! Volume 5 of his series of The Beatles Recording Reference Manuals came out yesterday and is available to buy now! You guessed it; I am joined by Jerry Hammack!   Join us two Canucks, as we go all over the map with our conversation, talking about the task of trying to know everything one possibly can about the equipment choices...

It’s FoTR Friday once again, time to celebrate! Today I’m joined by author extraordinaire, and Beatle podcast pioneer, Robert Rodriguez! We talk about his first exposure to the Red and Blue albums, the early landscape of Beatles books in the mid-seventies, the rite of passage of having an older brother tell you that Paul was actually dead, sifting through the mythology, some surprising Beatles cov...

It's time for another FOTR, and non-musicians beware, this episode WILL get extremely nerdy! I'm joined by a founding member of both The Chesterfield Kings and The Empty Hearts, and the author of "Beatles Gear: All The Fab Four's Instruments From Studio To Stage", Andy Babiuk! We talk about the evolution and genesis of The Empty Hearts, how they got their name, and which Beatle drummed on their la...

It's pratically Halloween today, so today we have a particularly spooky episode of Fans On The Run! Why is it spooky you may ask? Just look up pictures of those old Beatles Bubble Bath "Soakies"! In this discussion with the author of "NEMS and the Business of Selling Beatles Merchandise in the U.S. 1964-1966" Terry Crain, we cover a provebial smorgasbord of topics! Unnoficial record players, the m...

Welcome to this freaky "Fans On The Run" Friday, and oh boy, do we have a show for you! I am joined by the host of the "Glass Onion: On John Lennon" podcast Antony Rotunno, for a magical mystery tour through his own Beatles history! We talk about a Guinness World Of Records exhibition, a stolen copy of "A Collection Of Beatles Oldies", John's heroin addiction, the Tavistock theory, the importance...

It is Fans On The Run Friday (try saying that ten times fast) once again, and we have another great episode! I'm joined by "All You Need Is Love: Tribute To The Fab Four", and the man dubbed "Mr. Shampoo", Nathan Loo! We talk about arranging Beatles songs for live performances, post-Stanley Cup hockey parties, the impact of the original "Beatlemania" show, the excitement surrounding "The Beatles A...

It’s that special time once again, time for another Fans On The Run! So sit down, turn off your mind, relax and float down stream with our special guest for today! He’s the co-host of 2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast, Andy Nicholes! We talk about our similarities recording our shows, that one scene in Magical Mystery Tour with the spaghetti, studying in Liverpool for a degree involving The Beatles,...

Fans On The Run is here once more, with our special guest for this week, James Ryan! This is one of the most free-form episodes yet, and it goes a lot of places this show usually doesn't. We talk about alternate history, shoegaze, Doctor Who, song publishing, animation, communism, while still keeping it anchored to those four guys from Liverpool. Tune in, turn on, drop out, man! This episode is av...

Fans On The Run Friday is here once more, with one of the true legend of the world of Beatles books, Bruce Spizer! Do we talk about how he first discovered The Beatles? Do we talk about how he first started writing his books? Do we talk about his new Let It Be book? Am I any good at interviewing people? You’ll have to listen to this very special interview to find out the answers to these questions...

FOTR Friday is here once again, back in it's normally scheduled time-slot! Today I talk with our first Dutch guest, and somebody who was named after a Beatle-wife (several, in fact), Maureen Neger-Manders! We talk about inheriting her love of The Beatles from her father, the emotional resonance of several Beatles songs, the joys of record collecting, the modern popularity of The Beatles in the Net...

It is Fans On The Run Friday once more! As of today, Fans On The Run is going back to a one-a-week schedule, but don’t worry, double-trouble summer is going out with a bang! This is the interview that the universe did not want to happen, with internet problems, power failure, computer crashes and possibly voodoo magic, and against all odds, this week’s guest is none other than Mitch Weissman! He a...

In this episode of Fans On The Run, I chat with one of the biggest Beatle collectors in the world, and the king of replica Beatle clothing, Russ Lease! We talk about hearing that The Beatles broke up in his high-school cafeteria, going down to the Hard Rock headquarters to see John's original Rubber Soul jacket, bidding on, and winning Ringo's original Ed Sullivan drum skin, starting Beatlesuits i...

FOTR has made it to episode 27, but don't worry, we're not ending up in the "27 Club"! Today, I talk with the co-founder, and spiritual leader of The Fab Four, Ron McNeil! We talk about the episode of Batman with Paul Revere and The Raiders, having a lifecast of Ron's face made by the house of mouse for the infamous unreleased Yellow Submarine 3D remake, working with Eric Idle on a Rutles stage sh...

In this episode, I talk with a legend of the Beatles fan community, a man of many titles, Charles F. Rosenay(!!!)! We discuss the wonderful madness that is International Beatle Week, the origins of the "Good Day Sunshine" fanzine, buying "Something New" instead of "Magical Mystery Tour" in '67, highlights from Charles' old Beatle conventions, the Beatle tribute band world, and of course, Charles'...

In this episode, I talk with a Beatle book connoisseur, and the man behind the Instagram account @booksbeatles, Joe Wisbey! We talk about how he discovered The Beatles through a TV airing of the movie "Help!", the glory days of HMV, a complete lack of knowledge of the concept of baseball, the treatment of Paul in many early Beatle books, the infamous Albert Goldman book, and Joe's personal top six...

In this episode, I talk with one of, if not the original “Fan On The Run”, Ricky Glover! We talked about Ricky and his friends talking on the school bus about the Ed Sullivan show appearance, passing down Beatlemania through generations, the hunger for knowledge about the lads, Ricky’s extensive Beatles memorabilia collection, the origins of the original “Fans On The Run”, and an observation on th...