Superb.
I was alerted to this podcast just this week so have caught up with the first three episodes (Harry Truman, Doris Day and Red China). This is a very cool idea for a podcast, I loved the Song Exploder podcast and is like a lyric exploder. Tom Fordyce I didn’t know but Katie Puckrik will be well known to Brits of a certain age as she presented The Word on C4 for a long time. This podcast takes one person or thing from Billy Joel’s song “We Didn't Start the Fire” (in order they appear in the song) and examine it in detail with a special guest. Promises to be great.Read full review »
Surrey52 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/16/21
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Edit: Katie’s American bias is just so over the top in the latest episode on Castro: trying to hammer home this idea that he was manipulating his image, and ergo the only reason anyone could have supported him, ie just propaganda, while demonstrating how she (as she admits from the start!) has...Read full review »
?Why do I need a nickname?? via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/04/22
This is my new favourite podcast. I love the premise of this, taking each word / lyric from Joel's masterpiece (IMHO) and having an "expert" bring it to life with a backstory and interesting facts / anecdotes. Look, this is no scientific exploration of the subject nor is it an A-level...Read full review »
SwearingDad via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/01/21
I love the song, I love all Billy Joel, and this podcast is a lot of fun. I am so glad I found it randomly via twitter. The idea of talking about each lyric of the epic record is genius and the guests are always great. The presenters are wonderful - haven’t heard Katie for a lot of years and her...Read full review »
TimGowen via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 04/27/22
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