{"podcast":{"title":"Word In Your Ear","slug":"word-in-your-ear-66565","podcast_index_feed_id":66565,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5fe229a1f896715ee8319608","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/1620937674526-4e6eb29c967e869bd9d5a9d205d55599.jpeg","author":"Word In Your Ear","episode_count":986,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:19:52.971578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565"},"episode":{"title":"Can the Michael movie reboot Jacko? & how social media changed festivals","slug":"can-the-michael-movie-reboot-jacko-how-social-media-changed-festivals","published_at":"2026-04-26T11:24:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565/can-the-michael-movie-reboot-jacko-how-social-media-changed-festivals","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565","url":"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/e/69edf5e86e5b90839acf3623/media.mp3","summary":"This week’s news stories charge out onto the pitch but which are heading for promotion? In the running at the final whistle …   … “a ghoulish, soulless cash-grab”: the multiple disasters in the making of the Michael biopic   … how spectacle is replacing music   … which do we prefer, the truth or the myth?   … did Steve Reich re-invent music?   … when the Dalai Lama appeared at Glastonbury   … how does it feel to perform to a sea of non-clapping motionless mobile phone users?   … the remodelling of Coachella   … “producers are in the business of creating of high-profile communal rights”   … Vilma Jaa: “like Sandy Denny making music with Massive Attack”   … how festivals are all about special guests and social media   … the 1974 Diana magazine quiz: “how tall is Alvin Lee?”   … 20 year-old Word in Your Ear podcast unearthed!   ... plus Luciano Berio, Slow Club and “the bawdy harridan and her jive muse”. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week’s news stories charge out onto the pitch but which are heading for promotion? In the running at the final whistle … … “a ghoulish, soulle…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3750,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/word-in-your-ear-66565/episodes/can-the-michael-movie-reboot-jacko-how-social-media-changed-festivals/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565/can-the-michael-movie-reboot-jacko-how-social-media-changed-festivals.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}