Set Lusting Bruce: The Springsteen Podcast

Amy Fagan @groundedinmaine is a wannabe farm girl in a season of discovery, finding her groove in life. She has a homemade jam business, and hosts a weekly podcast about sustainability! We talk 80s music, seeing John Hiatt live and discuss her jam sessions (both kinds) find her here -  https://linktr.ee/groundedinmainepodcast https://amysgardenjam.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Harris sister ran a music store when Amy was younger and through that connection learned about all kinds of music, including Bruce. She shares how that first show, remains a pivotal moment in her musical fandom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Kratzke returns to the podcast to talk more Bruce, his work as an editor and to discuss his book, It's OK to not eat your peas. We also discuss his company Big Kat Kreative, a publishing and marketing company. You can follow the latest from Big Kat Kreative online at www.bigkatkreative.com, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Schwartz joins me on the podcast to talk about his time in Asia covering music and writing for Billboard. He also discusses the book he edited, The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by his late father Morrie Schwartz (beloved subject of Tuesdays with Morrie). We also spend some time talking about a benefit concert he is producing called One Topia (onetopia.com) the first ever global benefit festival dedicated to Mental Health. To find out more about Rob, please go here https://wisdomofmorrie.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yi Shun Lai was on the podcast back in August of 2021. Yi Shun (say "yeeshun" for her first name) and I catch up, talk a little Springsteen and she discusses her amazing new novel. It is a YA novel called A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic and it is amazing. I've recommended it to multiple friends and all of them have loved it. Find it here - https://a.co/d/3hqMr3p A reminder about the article that she wrote that inspired me to have her on the podcast the first time https://humanparts.medium.com/an-american-immigrant-in-three-bruce-springsteen-tunes-3fa5b3511e2c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Barrette joins me to discuss his first book, Heartstrings – First Guitars, a collection of memories from a variety of musicians, famous, semi-famous, up and coming, anonymous, or otherwise, about the guitar they learned on, the first guitar they bought with their own money, the first “good” guitar they owned, or the beloved first-line guitar that accompanied them on first songs, first shows, first tours, or first recordings. There is a special link between a musician and his instrument and in his book, Sean collects stories of those first loves. You can find the book here - https://a.co/d/g5DD81G More about Sean here https://www.firstguitars.ca/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Firneno @JackFirneno became a Billy Joel fan as a child in Brooklyn, NY. He started out with cassettes of The Stranger and 52nd Street in his Fisher Price tape recorder, and his fandom was cinched by the time Storm Front came out when he was in third grade. He is the co-host of Glass Houses - A Billy Joel Podcast, @GlassHousesPod part of the Pantheon Network family of musical podcasts. Jack and I had a blast talking music, our mutual love of Billy Joel and we give Bruce a little love as well since Jack also loves The Boss! Here Jack and his cohost Michael Grosvenor here - Episodes – Glass Houses – A Billy Joel Podcast (glasshousespod.com) https://www.facebook.com/glasshousespodcast/ https://www.twitter.com/glasshousespod https://www.instagram.com/glasshousespod https://discord.com/invite/6G6cMRFu7Thttps://www.facebook.com/glasshousespodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Cunneen is an Irishman, happily exiled in Chicago where he says “the Guinness is good, the people are friendly and he has been force fed more corned beef and green beer than he ever had in Ireland!” As an Irish immigrant, he is a very proud recipient of the President’s Gold Medal for Volunteer Service for the work he does with job seekers. He is proud dad to John and Amy and a loving irritant to his long suffering wife, Pat, whom his sister-in-law states will be canonized the moment she leaves this planet! We discuss his love of music, speaking, making people laugh and making a difference in people's lives. https://irishmanspeaks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As part of David Barry's Kickstarter Campaign, he and I offered the chance for 4 fans to produce their own episode of Set Lusting Bruce, Nancy Barry chose for her episode to do a round table of some of her favorite fellow fans. Joining Nancy is Nancy, Eileen, Laura, Jennifer and Carrie. They discuss their friendship, their bond with Bruce's music, the experience of seeing him overseas and what's next for this band of Springsteen Sisters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike AKA Dad Rap is a proud Dad hailing from upstate New York. In today's discussion, he and I spend some time talking about Mike's roots and how he decided to make music that resonates with parents and their kids. Find out more about Mike here - Instagram - @dadrapmusic Tik Tok - @dad.rap.music YouTube - @dadrapmusic X - @dadrapmusic Facebook - Dad Rap Website -  https://dadrapmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, I'm joined by Abigail Vacca and Keith Berthiaume, Abigail is a huge David Bowie fan. Keith is a musician who plays Beatles and Tom Petty covers, as well as original music. They are co-hosts of the Global Treasures podcast, which covers a different UNESCO world heritage site each episode. They bonded over their love of music spanning from the 1950's to present. Find more about them and their work here - https://globaltreasures.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093258132336 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paloma Bartschi and I discussed her emotional connection to music and the concept of animal communication. Paloma shares her personal experiences and insights as an animal communicator, including her belief in conscious telepathy communication and its similarity to language learning. This is a fun and unique discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tosh Doherty joins me from Mexico City. We discuss her love of travel, her passion about women’s issues and her new book, These Perfectly Careless Things https://a.co/d/6zzZB6l Tash also is the creative mind behind Misseducated, a blog and podcast for business and pleasure. Find out more here .. About Tash Doherty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary is a neurosurgeon who has cared for tens of thousands of critically ill patients. He is currently helping to train the next generation of surgeons while writing multiple books on burn out and a novel Death's Pale Flag. We discuss his first album purchased Led Zeppelin II, who picks the music in the operating room and how he wants to learn how to play the bagpipes. We discuss Bruce, the Mary Question and so many other topics. Find out more here https://garyrsimonds.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrienne joins me and we discuss a wide range of topics from her parents convincing the local library to increae the number of books she was allowed to borrow, her early love of Paula Adbul's music and all how so much of her writing has been about culutre and gender indentity. She shares stories behind her podcast Most Polular: The Podcast and about her many books including Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the music of Tori Amos  Find out more about her here - https://www.adriennetrier-bieniek.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Gasner joins me to discuss her journey as a writer. She was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxxia early in her life and meeting those challenges it brought through her sense of humor and determination. We also discuss her love of Dave Matthews music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clint Arthur @clintarthur starts our discussion with the story of almost not seeing Bruce Springsteen in MSG because of a stolen concert ticket, but luckily there is a happy ending and a valuable life lesson. Clint has written over 20 books including his Pulitzer Prize nominated Wisdom of Men. In today's episode he shares wonderful insight in his life's journey and how he earned the nickname the Celebrity Entrepreneur. Find out more about Clint by going to his website https://clintarthur.tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes good things happen to good people. Friend of the podcast and super Nils & Amy fan Rachel @rachel_berc shares her experience Sunday night in Columbus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kadin McElwain is an autistic college student in Ohio and is an advocate for autism awareness throughout the state. April is Autism Awareness month and to help promote the month, Kadin joined me to discuss his journey, how he was told that he wouldn't be able to live a normal life as an adult because of his autism. But he was able to prove those who doubted him wrong time and time again. HIs goal now is to help other people with autism get the help they need to thrive. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083352067155 https://www.thesportscol.com/author/kadin-mcelwain/ https://theeverydayfan.com/author/kadin-mcelwain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the recent announcement of the Rock n Roll Hall of fame 2024 Class, it seems a perfect time to talk to fellow Pantheon Podcast host Amy Linden about the Hall of Fame voting process and her musical journalism background. Find out more about Amy and her podcast Immaletyoufinish here - linktr.ee/ImmaLetYouFinish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices