The Guest List with Patrick Hicks

Today Gabbie from the website New Bands for Old Heads sits down with Patrick to build the playlist of her life. Gabbie is a critic and music curator who is the best around at recommending new music. And if you don’t really listen to new music anymore - don’t worry, that’s Gabbie’s specialty. She looks for music that will scratch the itch in your brain for your favorite 80s and 90s bands. Listen to...

Today sportswriter Jeff Pearlman sits down with Patrick to build the playlist of his life. Jeff started writing for Sports Illustrated in 1996 and has since written nine New York Times bestselling books, including The Bad Guys Won about the ‘86 Mets, Sweetness about Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton, and Showtime , the Lakers book that was turned into Winning Time on HBO. He just wrote his first...

If you’re not from Chicago you might not know about Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, but in this city he is a beloved icon. His videos about Chicago history started going viral on TikTok in 2021 and now he has his own tour company Chicago Mahogany Tours , a YouTube show You Don’t Know Chi , and his own merch that bears his popular slogan “Everything Dope About America Comes From Chicago" . Dilla had me ov...

Allison Hagendorf joins Patrick Hicks on today’s episode to build the playlist of her life. Allison is the host of The Allison Hagendorf Show on YouTube and is a music journalist keeping alive the traditions of people like Dick Clark, Kurt Loder, and Matt Pinfield. From a career in A&R to being the Global Head of Rock at Spotify, Allison has been a longtime champion of the history and spirit of ro...

Minneapolis cult legend Mark Mallman joins Patrick to build the playlist of his life. Mark is a renowned musician, with a dozen studio albums to his name and a reputation for marathon live performances. He writes songs for TV including hit shows like Rick & Morty; he’s also a content creator and an author. His memoir The Happiness Playlist , is a brilliant book about grief and the healing power of...

I’m really excited to announce a new project I’ve been working on. It’s a video podcast called The Guest List with Patrick Hicks. The first episodes drop next week. In each episode I am sitting down with a guest and together we are going to build a playlist of their life. You will be able to get all of the full episodes here on Substack but you can also listen wherever you get your podcasts and yo...