841 Episodes

  1. The new Elvis movie and why we loved it

    Published: 6/20/2022

  2. Why music is largely about everything but music

    Published: 6/14/2022

  3. Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp and how to ‘rockwash’ your tarnished reputation

    Published: 6/7/2022

  4. Has any actor played a rock star convincingly?

    Published: 5/31/2022

  5. You spent HOW MUCH on speakers?

    Published: 5/23/2022

  6. Can bands still “sell out”? - plus 50 years of Exile On Main Street and RIP the iPod

    Published: 5/17/2022

  7. The world’s rarest records and the sartorial splendour of the satin tour jacket

    Published: 5/12/2022

  8. Kate Rusby (12) bought Bon Jovi tapes on hire purchase from Casa Disco in Barnsley

    Published: 5/11/2022

  9. It’s our fantasy seven-decade Queen’s Jubilee line -up!

    Published: 5/3/2022

  10. You’re either a t-shirt act or a non t-shirt act: discuss

    Published: 4/26/2022

  11. Which band played the Old Grey Whistle Test and was then completely forgotten?

    Published: 4/22/2022

  12. ‘Streaming Killed the Skit Track’ plus Toastface Grillah and the Sgt Peppermill

    Published: 4/13/2022

  13. We spot Will “Slapper” Smith’s biggest mistake at the Oscars and salute Ben Sidran’s foot

    Published: 4/4/2022

  14. No Top Of The Pops. No NME or Smash Hits covers. What do bands dream of now?

    Published: 3/28/2022

  15. How did ‘New Boots And Panties!!’ get released without a parental advisory sticker?

    Published: 3/24/2022

  16. There’s only been one truly original group and we know who they are

    Published: 3/14/2022

  17. Which bands were ALL good–looking? 15 contenders considered...

    Published: 3/7/2022

  18. Why $15m for Britney Spears’ memoir is “a bargain” and the curious tale of A Whiter Shade Of Pale

    Published: 2/28/2022

  19. Why do all bands seem ludicrous apart from the ones you personally like?

    Published: 2/21/2022

  20. Does anyone capture the spirit of a place better than Van Morrison’s Belfast? – plus some underrated ‘70s tracks

    Published: 2/14/2022

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Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience. Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.