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A BOB DYLAN PRIMERA Podcast by Michael Hacker

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Nothing but Affection

A small departure, this episode traces my personal journey with Dylan’s work and music. Highlights include watching Dylan’s house get built in Malibu, seeing The Last Waltz in person, getting the weakest handshake of all... Read More
April 29, 2022
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Modern Times, Olden Times

40 years after showing up in New York, Dylan propels himself headfirst into the 21st century with a quartet of ferociously strong albums and a sweet book that tells more than the most telling tell-all. Read More
May 4, 2020
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Time is in the Mind

Never a dull moment for Mr. D, he contracts a serious infection of the heart, sings for the Pope, and releases his strongest album in 20 years. Read More
March 23, 2020
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Synthesizer Dylan

Few who lived through the nineteen-eighties would claim the decade as their greatest era. Dylan is no exception. Read More
January 9, 2020
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What’s New?

The sixties are ending, long live the sixties. How does the single most iconic performer leave the decade that defined him and move in the 1970s? Find out in Episode 7 of A Bob Dylan... Read More
June 24, 2019
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Country Pie

In 1969, America is coming apart at the seams. Rock music is exploding into densely complex forms. Bob Dylan releases an album of pure … country music Read More
April 30, 2019
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Basement Medicine

“Live fast, die young” is the mantra of many a dead rock star – but what happens if you live fast, and survive? Maybe that’s the toughest test of all. Read More
April 2, 2019
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1966, I Don’t Believe You

Imagine you’ve bought a ticket to see your favorite artist in concert. Imagine then that you’re horrified at what that artist plays – would you consider them a traitor? Would you call them Judas? Read More
February 25, 2019
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