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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

According to Brian Cady — he of the renowned website The Who This Month — The Who were not happy with a lot of their studio albums! Taken from our most recent episode, available on YouTube and all good podcast apps @thewhothismonth.bsky.social

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our latest episode with Brian Cady, creator of the renowned website The Who This Month, was released last week – have you watched or listened yet? Available to watch in full on YouTube or listen to on your podcast app of choice @thewhothismonth.bsky.social

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The penultimate episode of Season Three is out now, with moderator and creator of the renowned website The Who This Month, Brian Cady, as our special guest. Watch on YouTube or listen on your preferred podcast app talkingaboutthewho.com @thewhothismonth.bsky.social

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The next episode of Season Three, with special guest Max Ker-Seymer – the self-proclaimed “longest-serving Who fan” – is released tomorrow Subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts to be notified once our new episodes drop Here’s Max on seeing The Who at the Marquee Club in 1965

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Paul Bearman is joined by Dante DiCarlo to unbox and give their initial reaction to the new live album, Live at Eden Project, released on Friday The unboxing and initial reaction is available to watch on YouTube, while the initial reaction can be listened to on all good podcast apps Enjoy!

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We’re getting really close to hitting 1,000 subscribers on our YouTube channel! See our latest YouTube video for details on a prize draw we’ll be launching as soon as we hit that milestone Happy weekend all! youtu.be/v12C6aUixNE?...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A new bonus episode is now available for the viewing or listening pleasure of Talking About The Who Members! To sign up for our TATW Membership and have access to a whole host of bonus content costs just £3 or $4 a month – visit talkingaboutthewho.com to find out more

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

After having her videos shared by Lindsay Buckingham and Tom Morello, Dutch singer/songwriter Inge Lamboo discovered that a certain Pete Townshend was following her on Instagram… and a whole adventure followed… Episode 2 of Season Three is out today — visit talkingaboutthewho.com

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Season Three Episode 2 is released tomorrow (20th May) and features singer/songwriter Inge Lamboo as our special guest Available to watch on YouTube or listen to on your podcast app of choice — subscribe on your preferred platform to be notified once the episode drops Also…Happy birthday, Pete!

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Our opening episode of Season Three – with Pete Townshend and Thunderclap Newman biographer Mark Wilkerson – was released a week ago today. Have you watched or listened yet? Available on YouTube and all good podcast apps – subscribe now to be notified when our new episodes drop

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Lord High 'n Low (John Entwistle stan account) @discoremixxx.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Anyway, once I got super high and wrote some episodes up. Here's one: @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

**NEW EPISODE OUT NOW** Annoyed by the inaccuracies he found in a Pete Townshend biography, Who fan Mark Wilkerson decided to write his own… and ended up meeting his hero completely by accident as a result The opening episode of Season Three is out now – visit talkingaboutthewho.com

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

What happens when you decide to send Pete Townshend a message on Instagram asking him to play on your new album? Inge Lamboo tells us what in this teaser for Season Three of Talking About The Who, which starts this week Watch full episodes on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Season Three of the Talking About The Who podcast starts Wednesday 6th May, with special guest Mark Wilkerson Listen on your preferred podcast app or watch in full on YouTube

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Today! Talking About The Who in collaboration with Tony Fletcher for a special live video stream commemorating the re-release of arguably the greatest rock biography of all time, Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon open.substack.com/pub/tonyflet... Join us at 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

**NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO** It’s Record Store Day 2026, and to commemorate, Paul Bearman is joined by Who art director Richard Evans to unbox and discuss the special exclusive limited edition of The Who’s second album, A Quick One, released today — youtube.com/@talkingabou... Enjoy!

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Look out for our new video coming on Record Store Day – 18th April – in which we unbox the new version of A Quick One being exclusively released on this day in the UK, in the company of none other than Richard Evans! Happy weekend all! youtube.com/@talkingabou... recordstoreday.co.uk

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Season Three of the Talking About The Who podcast is just around the corner. Click on one of the links below to find out more… Podcast shows.acast.com/651ed092130f... YouTube youtu.be/3_6TPvH3C8o?...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

**NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO** Paul Bearman is joined by Who author and musician Dante DiCarlo to unbox and discuss the brand-new Quadrophenia Super Deluxe Edition Blu-ray audio Enjoy! youtu.be/VSZt6k_F72s?...

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Quadrophenia SDE Blu-ray unboxing

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Are there any Who songs from the Keith Moon era that AREN’T as good as ‘Waltz for a Pig’? youtu.be/ZPJJ0UQrr3U?...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

**Throwback Thursday** In Season 2 Episode 7, long-time Who associate Richard Evans told the story of his first-ever assignment for the band: photographing Keith Moon as a bell boy and naked centrefold for the ‘Who Put the Boot In’ tour programme in 1976 youtu.be/gOGACCb9q_0?...

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Richard Evans on photographing the infamous Keith Moon centrefold

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

For our Talking About The Who Members, click on the image to find out what’s coming your way over the next few weeks patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 12/02/2026

A new 500 Songs episode is now up! Bruce Johnston! Jan and Dean! Rod Stewart! Questions about gender identity! Getting booked to play New York by accident! Herman's Hermits! Masturbation! Heinz baked beans! Aliens with trousers unlike our own! It can only be the Who, and part one of "Pinball Wizard"

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Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, part 1: Always Playing Clean

Apologies for the delay in posting this episode — I had a chronic illness flare-up and a frankly awful January. With luck, part two of this story will be up before the end of February. For th…

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Happy 61st birthday to ‘I Can’t Explain’! Click on the image for more shows.acast.com/talkin-bout-... patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6HS...

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to include The Who’s debut single as part of our ‘60th Anniversary Special’ series of episodes (which are exclusive to our Talking About The Who Members via Patreon), but we did do a feature on the song during our Season One episode with Keith Moon biographer Tony Fletcher a year ago today

If you haven’t heard the episode, you can find it by searching for ‘Talking About The Who’ in your favourite podcast app. There’s also a video extract of the episode on our YouTube channel, in which Tony talks about writing his Keith Moon biography and the effect it had on him

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

FAO Talking About The Who Members! Tonight's episode of 'The Members Room' (featuring our watchalong of the Tommy movie with special guests Bets Crockett and Dan Epstein) starts today at 8pm GMT / 3pm ET Click below to find the Zoom link or to sign up www.patreon.com/posts/zoom-l...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Our exclusive interview with Matt Kent from last Friday is now available for Talking About The Who Members to watch back via Patreon Click the link below to sign up for a TATW Membership for just £3 or $3 a month patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

“Imagine releasing your first album and you’re going up against The Beatles” patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership Click on the image for more

“Imagine releasing your first album and you’re going up against The Beatles”

We’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the UK release of The Who’s debut album, My Generation, on this day in 1965 with a two-part ‘60th Anniversary Special’ episode, available exclusively to our Talking About The Who Members, alongside a video extract on our YouTube channel

Paul Bearman is joined by Bets Crockett and Dante DiCarlo to discuss each song and also look at how the album represented both a starting point and a full stop for the band; the differences between the UK and US versions; the ongoing clash of Roger Daltrey’s R&B leanings with Pete Townshend’s pop sensibilities; the album being released on the same day as Rubber Soul; the throughline from ‘The Kids Are Alright’ to Quadrophenia; the original plan for an album consisting mostly of covers, and why certain songs were chosen over others; the band talking negatively about My Generation in print; Nicky Hopkins’ essential contribution to the album; missing parts on subsequent reissues; and how Anya Butler is an unsung hero of Who history

To become a TATW Member for just £3 or $3 a month and hear the full episodes — as well as all our other bonus content — click on our post’s Patreon link

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Dropping exclusively for our Members on Wednesday… patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

**NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO OUT NOW** Paul is joined once again by Ethan Fisher and Bets Crockett from Fisher Protocol, and musician and Who author Dante DiCarlo to continue their review of the new Who Are You Super Deluxe Edition, this time focusing on discs 5–8 Enjoy! youtu.be/DXv3l9QEl_g?...

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(Pt 2 of 2) Who Are You SDE review: Discs 5–8 – with Fisher Protocol and Dante DiCarlo

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Tonight at 8pm GMT / 3pm ET Click the image for more www.patreon.com/TalkingAbout...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

**NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO OUT NOW** Paul is joined by Ethan and Bets from the Who-based YouTube channel Fisher Protocol, and musician and Who author Dante DiCarlo to review Discs 1–4 of the new Who Are You Super Deluxe Edition in the first of this two-parter Enjoy! youtu.be/y8bBl_AWomk?...

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(Pt 1 of 2) Who Are You SDE review: Discs 1–4 – with Fisher Protocol and Dante DiCarlo

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

One year ago today, the first episode of ‘Talking About The Who’ was released. Click on the image for more…

One year ago today, the first episode of ‘Talking About The Who’ was released.

(…although I did schedule it to be released at midnight in the UK, so it would’ve been 19th November in America…whoops!...)

It’s been quite a year, let me tell you. A heartfelt thankyou to all of you for listening over the past 12 months and giving such positive feedback.

When I started this whole venture, I could never have imagined how lucky I’d be with the special guests I’d have on the podcast during the first year: Jody Linscott; Chris Charlesworth; Irish Jack; Mr Boulder; Tony Fletcher; Ethan Fisher and Bets Crockett; Matt Kent; Mandy Moon; Andy Neill; Dante DiCarlo; Dan Epstein; Buddy Ascott; Richard Evans; and Colin Dawson. I’m incredibly grateful to all of them for not only agreeing to be on the podcast, but for the help, support and encouragement they’ve all given me, too.

I have to say an extra big thankyou to our Members, all of whom are doing their bit to support the podcast and keep it going. Also, a special mention must go to the wonderful human beings who’ve helped me create bonus content for our Members, namely our ‘60th Anniversary Special’ episodes and our Who-discussion show, ‘The Members Room’: Bets Crockett; Matt Weston; Jason Gifford; Dante DiCarlo; Ethan Fisher; and Dan Epstein.

All being well, 2026 will see the release of Season Three…AND Season Four. There’ll be more YouTube videos, along with more bonus content for our Members. And I’m planning to start work on another Who-related project sometime next year, too, but more on that later.

I now invite you to celebrate our first birthday in any way you see fit.

Until next time – and as Roger Daltrey always says – “Be lucky!”

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We’ve got some exciting bonus content coming soon — click on the image to find out more

From now until Christmas, Talking About The Who Members can expect the following:

- An exclusive interview with Matt Kent on Friday 28th November at 8pm GMT, which you can watch live on Zoom (or simply watch back at your leisure afterwards) and have the chance to ask Matt a question via the chat feature
- A ‘60th Anniversary Special’ episode on the ‘My Generation’ album, out on Wednesday 3rd December
- A live watchalong of the ‘Tommy’ movie via Zoom on Tuesday 9th December at 8pm GMT (or, again, at your leisure afterwards), during which you can join in the conversation with Paul and his guests via the chat feature

To become a TATW Member costs just £3 or $3 a month (less than the price of a cup of coffee from Starbucks) and grants you access to both ad-free and bonus episodes, plus Zoom invites to our Who-discussion show, ‘The Members Room’, and exclusive interviews with special guests. As well as our existing archive, more bonus content is being released regularly, even when we’re between seasons of the podcast. Go to patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership to find out more

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Click on the image to find out more about our upcoming exclusive interview with Matt Kent

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We couldn’t just celebrate My Generation’s 60th birthday today… We also have to celebrate the forthcoming release of the Who Are You Super Deluxe Edition, and we’ve done this with a new video featuring the set being unboxed and discussed with Matt Kent Enjoy! youtu.be/kijQOYVleh0?...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Happy My Generation Day! Click the image for more

“How do you write your epitaph at 19 years old?”

We’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the UK release of The Who’s third single, ‘My Generation’, on this day in 1965 in our latest 60th Anniversary Special episode, available exclusively to our Talking About The Who Members, alongside a video extract of the episode on YouTube

Paul Bearman and Bets Crockett look at the impact of writing the words, “I hope I die before I get old”; The Who’s new status as the most exciting live act in the UK at this time; Pete Townshend moving to Belgravia at Kit Lambert’s insistence and becoming inspired to write the song; how the song permeated through The Who's later material; the lead-up to the infamous Aarhus show and Roger Daltrey’s firing from the band; Pete’s drunken encounter with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols in 1977; John Entwistle’s iconic bass solo; and how The Who dealt with ‘My Generation’ being an albatross around their necks

To become a TATW Member for just £3 or $3 a month and hear the full episode — as well as all our other bonus content — click on the Patreon link below

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Our next 60th Anniversary Special episode — available exclusively to our Talking About The Who Members — is dropping this coming Wednesday To become a TATW Member for just £3 or $3 a month, click on the link below patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A new blog post from Matt Kent is up now on his website, dealing with not only The Who, but also mental health and how opening up about it can really help www.mattkent.photography/post/so-long...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

**NEW EPISODE OUT NOW** Featuring Colin Dawson as our special guest for the Season Two finale Available on all good podcast apps and via shows.acast.com/talkin-bout-... Video extract www.youtube.com/@talkingabou... Bonus and ad-free episodes available patreon.com/talkingaboutthewho/membership

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Yes, that’s our very own Paul as a five-year-old in 1985. Click the image to read more…

Hello, Paul here.

Just dropping in to let you all know that tomorrow sees the release of the final episode of Season Two, featuring Colin Dawson of The Detours as our special guest. As always, it will be available on all good podcast apps, as well as a short video extract of the interview being available on YouTube. And if you’re a TATW Member, you’ll have the ad-free version of the episode, plus a bonus episode featuring more of my conversation with Colin.

In the meantime, I thought I’d share this photo that my mum recently discovered and sent me. This is me, five years old, holding my copy of ‘The Who – Rarities Volume 1’, which I still own, and which remains one of my favourite Who compilations (along with Volume 2!).

Maybe I need to recreate this picture as the 45-year-old that I am now?

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Calling all TATW Members! The next episode of ‘The Members Room’ is live on Zoom tomorrow at 1am BST / 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT. Check your emails/junk folder beforehand for the Zoom link If you’re not a Member, you can sign up for just £3 or $3 a month via the link below www.patreon.com/c/talkingabo...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

**NEW EPISODE OUT NOW** Featuring artist, designer and long-time Who associate Richard Evans Available on all good podcast apps and via shows.acast.com/talkin-bout-... Video extract www.youtube.com/@talkingabou... Bonus and ad-free episodes available for Members www.patreon.com/c/talkingabo...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Fisher Protocol has released a new YouTube video, once again featuring yours truly. This time, it’s a deep dive into the Who Are You album I really enjoyed this chat with Ethan and Bets, and I hope you do too Paul youtu.be/Y_BqwXtxkgc?...

The Fisher Protocol has released a new YouTube video, once again featuring yours truly. This time, it’s a deep dive into the Who Are You album

You wait years for a chance to be on the Fisher Protocol, and then you’re on twice within a month…

I really enjoyed this chat with Ethan and Bets, and I hope you do too

Paul

https://youtu.be/Y_BqwXtxkgc?si=GbS-54Vp_TTSZlJx

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Click on the image to find details of our first TATW Special Online Event!

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

**NEW EPISODE OUT NOW** Featuring drummer in The Chords and The Dear Boys, Buddy Ascott Available on all good podcast apps and via shows.acast.com/talkin-bout-... Video extract www.youtube.com/@talkingabou... Bonus and ad-free episodes available for Members www.patreon.com/c/talkingabo...

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Here’s details of the next episode of our Members-exclusive spin-off show…

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Talking About The Who @talkingaboutthewho.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

**NEW EPISODE OUT NOW** Featuring music journalist, author and podcaster, Dan Epstein Available on all good podcast apps and via shows.acast.com/talkin-bout-... Video extract youtube.com/@talkingaboutthewho Bonus episode available for Members www.patreon.com/c/talkingabo... Enjoy!

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