{"podcast":{"title":"Crossed Channels with Tony Fletcher and Dan Epstein","slug":"crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463","podcast_index_feed_id":6711463,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1781041.rss","website_url":"https://tonyfletcher.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1781041/85c9ede3269b1d9e0ca7fb4d774c7c1c.jpg","author":"A monthly podcast on which a Yank and a Brit clash and connect over music from both sides of \"the pond\".","episode_count":30,"summary":"An author, musician, traveler, and runner's musings on writing, music, travel, and falling over.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T22:18:56.980958+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463"},"episode":{"title":"Dan and Tony Get Their Ya-Ya's Out","slug":"dan-and-tony-get-their-ya-ya-s-out","published_at":"2026-02-12T11:31:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463/dan-and-tony-get-their-ya-ya-s-out","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463","url":"https://tonyfletcher.substack.com/p/dan-and-tony-get-their-ya-yas-out","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187675824/2b0a8b803f8b938b9689d5ea8beea6e6.mp3","summary":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the 25th episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast — a.k.a. the podcast in which music journalists/obsessives Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Limey) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond. Dan & Tony Get Their Ya-Ya’s Out is an equally lively continuation of Episode 24, Should I Stay (Home) or Should I Go (Out)? in which we abandoned our usual focus on a particular band or artist from the UK or USA to take on the wide-ranging topic of live albums — official and otherwise. During that previous episode, Tony gave Dan hell for no longer going to see live shows, and Dan pointed out that his hearing is a lot better than Tony’s. And after arguing the positives and negatives of continuing to go out or stay home in one’s later years, the pair got down to answering some of the questions they had set each other: about the first live album they’d heard, or the favourite live cassette/bootleg of their formative years. Then they took a break and figured to stretch the conversation into two halves. And so, Episode 25 continues down this path of lively pub banter, the kind of “best” and “worst” lists that can be toxic on social media but are enormous fun when you’re sitting opposite one of your good friends and debating in real time. The questions we set each other and which we dig into on this episode include: * The best or most memorable bootleg you ever made yourself at a show. * Your favourite live album by anyone, for any reason. * The worst live album by an act that should have known better. * The live show you attended that you most wish had been recorded. * The live album that makes you most wish you could have attended . Does Tony mention every ac…","meta_description":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the 25th episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast — a.k.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":645,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463/episodes/dan-and-tony-get-their-ya-ya-s-out/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossed-channels-with-tony-fletcher-and-dan-epstein-6711463/dan-and-tony-get-their-ya-ya-s-out.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}