
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.
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Episodes
Showing 20 of 35- Great rock feuds of Manchester, TV comedy & the man who invented the pop song7/5/202650 min
- Joan Armatrading, Tom Robinson and the great music meltdown of Summer ‘767/3/202640 min
- Prefab Sprout - a tale of mystery, eccentricity and pop’s most famous motorbike7/2/202642 min
- Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!6/29/20261 hr 2 min
- Gary Numan’s reality check – ‘I’m essentially a guy who wears make-up for a living’6/26/202639 min
- David Gray’s priceless memories of lessons learned the hard way6/23/202637 min
- Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever6/22/202658 min
- Peter Frampton – ‘the Face of 1968’ looks back!6/19/202644 min
- Paul Simon’s Graceland and how the masterpiece was made6/18/202633 min
- Kate Mossman has strong feelings about rock stars past their prime6/16/202649 min
- Pop stars’ weddings and why Noel Gallagher’s right about World Cup music6/15/202652 min
- Dave Balfe remembers the Teardrops, Blur and a very big house in the country6/12/202652 min
- Star Ratings - do we love/hate/need them? Five-star debate here! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️6/11/202638 min
- Brian Epstein & the Beatles - what he did and what he hid6/9/202630 min
- Are we nearing Beatles Overload? plus the rock star with the most children (41!)6/8/202649 min
- The glorious story of Funk from James Brown to Off The Wall6/3/202643 min
- Leo Sayer has met everyone – rock legends, sport superstars, future presidents …6/2/202633 min
- Songs about sweltering heat, Willie Nelson’s braids and is vinyl now ‘luxury goods’?6/1/202648 min
- How Daniel Lanois made those adventurous records with Dylan, U2 and Willie Nelson5/29/202638 min
- Siouxsie, Nico, Cocteaus, Shangri-Las, Bobbie Gentry … a celebration of the sound of Goth!5/28/202631 min

