{"podcast":{"title":"Ranking The Beatles","slug":"ranking-the-beatles-145835","podcast_index_feed_id":145835,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2338f43c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.rankingthebeatles.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/5809351/5809351-1713968952758-0bb2cb88f00e5.jpg","author":"Jonathan and Julia Pretus","episode_count":159,"summary":"Musician and self-described Beatles fanatic Jonathan Pretus ranked the entire recorded catalog of the Beatles, because he's a big, big nerd. Then he decided to make a podcast to talk with other people and learn about their connection with The Beatles' music. Tune in as Jonathan and his guests, joined by his co-host/wife Julia (a more level-headed, casual fan) discuss the rankings, what they think makes each song so great (or not-so-great), and see if it really is a fool's errand to try and rank the music of the greatest band of all time.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T00:19:01.853001+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ranking-the-beatles-145835"},"episode":{"title":"#68 - All I've Got To Do with Mary Devlin (aka @beatledirt)","slug":"68-all-i-ve-got-to-do-with-mary-devlin-aka-beatledirt","published_at":"2026-02-27T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ranking-the-beatles-145835/68-all-i-ve-got-to-do-with-mary-devlin-aka-beatledirt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ranking-the-beatles-145835","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankingthebeatles/episodes/68---All-Ive-Got-To-Do-with-Mary-Devlin-aka-beatledirt-e3flv5q","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2338f43c/podcast/play/116111994/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-26%2F729aa85a-0f13-ef58-3277-bd4f4576a752.m4a","summary":""The rhythm's in the guitars" is how the Beatles used to excuse the fact that they had no drummer in the early days. And this rather obscure song features some really great syncopated, sophisticated rhythm guitars. It's moody groove which finds John in his blue-eyed soul mode, and more importantly, how can a song with no real chorus be SO DARN GOOD? This one's a real sleeper tune on a sleeper album; it's bookended by such big moments, it never gets it due. But that ends today at #68! Joining us this week is the wonderful Mary Devlin (aka @beatledirt on socials, if you follow Beatles content, you know her). When she's not Beatling, she's a singer/songwriter with a GREAT new single out now (like today!) called "Reduce You" and y'all should all go jump on it because it's a jam. Click here to listen! Stream it here or here or anywhere you stream! We chat about her new song, the origins of Beatle Dirt, songwriting and content creating, and so much more! What do you think about "All I've Got To Do" at #68? Too high? Too low? Let us know in the comments on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find us now on Bluesky!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Be sure to check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rankingthebeatles.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and grab a Rank Your Own Beatles poster, some of our new Revolver-themed merch, a shirt, a jumper, whatever you like! And if you're digging what we do, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !!","meta_description":"\"The rhythm's in the guitars\" is how the Beatles used to excuse the fact that they had no drummer in the early days. And this rather obscure son…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3823,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ranking-the-beatles-145835/episodes/68-all-i-ve-got-to-do-with-mary-devlin-aka-beatledirt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ranking-the-beatles-145835/68-all-i-ve-got-to-do-with-mary-devlin-aka-beatledirt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}