None But The Brave

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Steven Hyden, cultural critic for Uproxx and host of the site's weekly podcast, Indiecast, for a wide ranging discussion about his new book, There Was Nothing You Could Do - Springsteen's Born In The USA and the End of the Heartland. Also, at the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn discuss the postpon...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the upcoming 40th anniversary release of Bruce Springsteen legendary LP, Born In The USA, which will be just the album with refreshed packaging and liner notes but not the larger box set that many fans hoped for. At the start of the episode, they also look at the first two shows of Bruce's 2024 European Tou...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Anthony Castrovince, columnist for MLB.com and national contributor to MLB Network, to discuss the final 2 shows on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's opening US leg of the 2024 Tour. At the start of the episode, Flynn has some news on a 40th anniversary release for Born In The USA. For more info...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Stan Goldstein to discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's show at Mohegan Sun on April 12th. Later, John Joyce joins the show to give his report on the show in Albany on April 15th. And the episode opens with Flynn's report on the Springsteen Archive's American Music Honors Gala from this past...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by David Wild, longtime Rolling Stone writer as well as writer/producer of The Grammys and co-host of the Naked Lunch podcast, to discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street's second show on the 2024 tour in Los Angeles on April 7, 2024. The conversation also includes Wild's thoughts on Western Stars and Le...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their discussion about Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2024 Tour. This time the focus is on the two shows in San Francisco and the first show in Los Angeles. Hal gives an ecstatic recap of the events in LA on Thursday night, a show which ran for 3 hours 20 minutes and featured numerous surprises, i...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the opening week of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s 2024 Tour, covering shows in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Diego. Hal was in the latter two cities and is pretty fired up, especially about his night in San Diego. Later in the episode, they also discuss Deadline’s story covering the development of t...

In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the March 2024 release from the series, recorded live at The Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ on September 21, 1978. They also discuss Bruce's appearance last week with John Mellencamp in Newark. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast You can buy/stream all sh...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the recently announced The Best Of Springsteen set that will be released on April 19. They give their thoughts on why this package is being put out now and the songs selected for it. They then make some predictions regarding the upcoming 2024 tour. Finally, they wrap up their coverage of the 2014 US Tour. F...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their discussion about Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2014 High Hopes tour. In this edition, they discuss the Spring US leg and they are joined by special guest Kirk Minihane, host of The Kirk Minihane Show on Barstool Sports. Hal, Flynn, and Kirk focus much of the episode on the final weekend of...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take an in-depth look at Bruce Springsteen's 2014 High Hopes Tour. In this first part, they are joined by Jason DiBattista to discuss Bruce's first (and only) trip to South Africa and Ted Brych weighs in on the Australian leg. Part 2 will focus on the US leg. For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patre...

In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the February 2024 release from the series, recorded live at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall in Akron, Ohio on September 25, 1996. Hal and Flynn start the show by paying tribute to Adele Springsteen, Bruce's mom, who passed away last week. They also discuss Bruce's appearance on Friday at the annual MusiCares Person...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean talk to Cliff B., one of the earliest Springsteen tapers. Cliff first saw Bruce in 1974 and attended shows at the Bottom Line and Roxy stands in 1975, as well as the Boston Music Hall stand in 1977. Cliff also tells Hal and Flynn about taping the early shows and how a small group of men made It possible for fans to...

In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the January 2024 release from the series, recorded live at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, GB on July 13, 2013. You can buy/stream all shows in the Springsteen Archive Series via: live.brucespringsteen.net And for more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more...

In this NBTB Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the Christmas 2023 release from the series, recorded live at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on July 15, 1999. The show was the opening night of the 15 show stand in the arena. You can buy/stream all shows in the Springsteen Archive Series via: live.brucespringsteen.net And for more information on...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take an in-depth look at Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's famed performances at Winterland in December, 1978. The episode starts with a discussion about the first show and how important it was to Hal and Flynn as new fans to hear the widely circulated bootleg. They are then joined by Priscilla Schroeder, who...

None But The Brave begins a new element of the podcast, a standalone episode to review every new release in the Springsteen Archive Series. In this edition, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the December 2023 release from the series. The show was recorded live in Philadelphia, PA on October 14, 2009 and includes a performance of Darkness On The Edge Of Town in its entirety. You can bu...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle on the 50th anniversary of its release. Also, Hal reports on Aoife ODonovan's tour where she is playing Nebraska from start to finish.  For more information on exclusive NBTB content via Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBP...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by special guest Erik Flannigan, former editor of Backstreets magazine and the essayist for the Springsteen Archive Series, to discuss the two legendary benefit shows that Bruce played for the Christic Institute in November, 1990. Also, at the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn talk about Bruce's surpri...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean complete their look at Bruce Springsteen's The Rising Tour with an in-depth look at the tour's final leg in North America, which began at Giants Stadium in July and concluded with an epic 3 show stand at Shea Stadium in October. Also, they discuss the announcement of the 2024 European leg and the Springsteen Archiv...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean start the show with a wide ranging discussion on the latest Springsteen news including the rescheduled tour dates, the lack of a fall release, and the return of From My Home To Yours. In the second half of the show they return to their look at The Rising Tour, continuing with the 2003 European Stadium run. During t...

None But The Brave does a crossover episode with One Hit Thunder! NBTB co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean join Chris Fafalios and Matt Kelly to talk about their love of Bruce Springsteen's music and also discuss a song from another artist that actually sounds a lot like Springsteen, On The Dark Side from John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band. For more info and to follow "One Hit Thunder", go t...

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's tour in support of his 2002 LP, The Rising. In Part 2, they finish their look at 2002 with a discussion of the short European arena leg and the US arena dates that followed before continuing into 2003 with a look at the controversial outcome at The Grammys, the stel...

In this special preview of None But The Brave Patreon content, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report live from NY following Bruce Springsteen’s third and final show at MetLife Stadium. For additional information on our Patreon subscriptions, please visit: Patreon.com/NBTBPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 5th season premiere of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean take a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's tour in support of his 2002 LP, The Rising. This episode covers the Asbury rehearsals and the first US leg.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices