The Irreverent U2 Podcast: Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts

This is a super mini TART Talk. We are slowly making our way through U2's singles and releases that are not on a U2 album. This week, we tackle "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me." We chat about the song and the video, too. Come play along! If you're on Spotify, be sure to use the survey to tell us who your favorite Batman is. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND w...

Oh, how we've missed each other... and you! Jenny's back and you get to hear all the tea about her trip. London, Abbey Road, Liverpool, traveling the Irish Sea, the Forty Foot and other Irish adventures. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

This is a super mini TART Talk. We are slowly making our way through U2's singles and releases that are not on a U2 album. This week, we tackle Night and Day. We chat about the song and the video, too. Come play along! ⁠www.thegardentarts.com⁠ SUPPORT: ⁠www.patreon.com/thegardentarts⁠ AND ⁠www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts⁠ twitter: ⁠@the_gardentarts⁠ instagram: ⁠@the_gardentarts

This is a super mini TART Talk. We are slowly making our way through U2's singles and releases that are not on a U2 album. This week, we tackle A Celebration. We chat about the song and the video, too. Come play along! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We've got some Mini Content™ to cover, and then we tell a few little ditties about meeting U2 friends over the years. It's amazing how the U2 fam comes together in the most unexpected ways! We want to hear your stories, too. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

There have been some band member sightings! We report on those, but mostly, we answer questions from all of you. Thank you to @ atu2comSherry , @ phistoandfly , @ rockmycoffee , @ AdamsKimono , @ shadiva45 and @ iChris for submitting great questions! Tune in and let us know your answers to the questions, too. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/t...

Nonsense. Absolutely nonsense! Plus U2 rumors and so much more. Keep coming in this ride with us! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We promise there is U2 content in here! Heavy in the -ish, though. How we both became Mt. Everest "experts" is beyond us. Won't you come on this adventure with us?

If nothing else, this episode is full of passion and opinions. There might be some U2 content. And we still don't know why Bono was in Tokyo. Come chat with us! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

AJ Sams of U2songs.com has a brand new U2 book out, U2: Song by Song . We had the honor of speaking to him about the book, U2songs, his U2 origin story and more fun stories. You don't want to miss this episode! Listen to the end for the chance to win a copy of the book. MORE: u2songs.com/U2SongBySong www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardent...

Jenny and Hillary finally have a chance to watch Kiss the Future. We talk about the movie and a podcast episode Bono did with Christy Turlington for Every Mother Counts. Bono in Tokyo, Amsterdam and a colorful dining room. Edge and Morleigh in Venice are receiving an award. And, in general, a lot of giggles. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/th...

We had the honor of interviewing Tatiana Pais Becher, author of U2 Irish in Every Other Way . Hear about her research, interviews with Bono and Edge, and some of our favorite parts of the book. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

It's that time of year again... in May, we celebrate Bono's birthday! We once again get to talk with the amazing folks at the African Well Fund about the annual Bono Birthday Well. We chatted with board member Ally Marcel and U2 fan (and friend of the Tarts) Irma Magana. Irma helps organize an annual fundraiser at her school that has benefited the African Well Fund the last few years. We are honor...

This ep is a little bit of everything and a whole lotta nothing. strange deliveries OJ Simpson fan mail This day in U2 history Kiss the Future and who knows what else! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We take one week off and boom! the sky goes dark! Seriously though, what a week it has been! Solar eclipse Edge and Morleigh Adam and Elephant in the Room Discoteque and more A look at subscriber content on U2.com Is Breakfast Included? podcast recommendations Come along for the ride. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @t...

Check-ins with listeners about Kiss the Future, U2:UV at SXSW, this week in U2 history and more. It's a chatty little ep. Join us! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

The Garden Tarts gets serious with SiriusXM. For St. Patrick’s Day, U2Xradio aired a new band interview and the final Sphere show. Here are our thoughts!

Long-time listeners know and new listeners are learning that we like to ask Bono questions over whiskey and cake. This time we turned it to you! Megan, Cathy, Dana, Kat and Kevin sent in questions so we poured the drinks, cut the cake and got to asking. (It should be noted that Bono has yet to respond to our invitations.) www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buyme...

After all that whining about not being able to go back to Vegas, Jenny makes last-minute arrangements to go to the final U2 show at Sphere. This episode is a result of that! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We're home and we're not going back... and we're gonna whine about it. Feeling the post-Vegas blues? Come along for some solidarity. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We are back from our last trip to Sphere in Las Vegas. We saw three U2 shows, had the time of our lives and talked to so many fans... of U2 and our podcast! In this episode you'll hear from: Jason and Julie (@VelvetRebel1984) AJ (@U2songs) Melissa (@u2mp3s) Julie from LA Tamara (@20tamara) from London Mike and Amelie Smolko from Washington State Beth from the U2 Tattoo Project (@bethandbono) Irma...

This is a quick episode before we head out to Vegas for three U2 shows at Sphere. We recap highlights of the shows last week, all with the Super Bowl on in the background... and all of the commentary that comes with it. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We mustache you a question... sorry, couldn't help ourselves. In this episode of our U2 podcast we recap U2's performance at the Grammys, catch up on Las Vegas happenings and praise be to the all mighty mustache! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

The band is back on stage in Vegas, U2.com subscriber gifts are arriving, an announcement about the Grammys and good luck to those of you traveling during Super Bowl weekend! www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts

We’ve got listener questions to answer for this ep! Thanks to all of you who sent content! These are some big loaded questions. We had a blast answering them. www.thegardentarts.com SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/thegardentarts AND www.buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts twitter: @the_gardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts