One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast
One Sweet Dream provides a fresh take on the music, people, and narrative of the Beatles. This is the Beatles, through a new lens. The podcast includes 5 major series: (1) The Breakup Series: Revisiting the roots and causes of the Beatles' Breakup. (2) The Aftermath Series: Revisiting the events following the Beatles' Breakup. (3) The New Lens Series: Exploring key themes through interviews and deep dives. (4) The Get Back Series: Exploring all elements of the Get Back Documentary through a new lens. (5) The Hidden Gems Series: Examining Beatles and Post-Beatles songs through a new lens. Diana Erickson hosts and is joined by a group of guests and core contributors.
Episodes
48 episodes
Hidden Gems & Unsung Masterpieces Series #3: With Ian Leslie
Diana is joined by writer and author Ian Leslie to discuss the songs that made his Hidden Gems list.Ian writes about psychology, culture, technology, and business for the New Statesman, the Economist, the Guardian,...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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2:21:10
The Cleave Interview Series #3: John Lennon (Pt 2)
This is part two of the Maureen Cleave interview with John Lennon. In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver dig into the second half of the Cleave interview: visiting John's library, exploring his Phantom V Rolls Royce, and acc...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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2:16:54
The Cleave Interview Series #3: John Lennon (Pt 1)
This is part one of the Cleave profile on John Lennon. In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver explore the first half of the interview.Titled "How A Beatle Lives," these exceptional interviews provide a rare glimpse into the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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2:16:44
The Cleave Interview Series #2: Paul McCartney (Pt 2)
This is part 2 of the Cleave profile on Paul McCartney. In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver explore the second half of the interview. Titled "How A Beatle Lives" these exceptional interviews provide us with a rare gl...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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1:56:46
The Cleave Interview Series #2: Paul McCartney (Pt 1)
This is part one of the Cleave profile on Paul McCartney. In this episode, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver explore the first half of the interview. Titled "How A Beatle Lives" these exceptional interviews provide us with a rare g...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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2:21:27
The Cleave Interview Series #1: Ringo Starr
The 1966/67 Series begins with a deep dive into the Maureen Cleave interviews—which were done for the Evening Standard in March 1966. Titled "How Does A Beatle Live" these exceptional profiles provide us with a rare glimpse into th...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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3:29:37
Hidden Gems & Unsung Masterpieces Series #2: With Michael Penn
In the next installment of the Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces Series, Diana is joined by brilliant singer/songwriter/ film and TV composer Michael Penn to discuss the songs that make his list. Follow Michael Penn: @MPenn...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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2:39:38
Get Back Series #6: Rob Sheffield
The One Sweet Dream Get Back Series continues with an interview with music journalist and author Rob Sheffield. Rob is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, writing about musi...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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1:54:05
Get Back Series #5: Martin Carr (Pt 2)
In part two of this Get Back Series episode with Martin Carr, Martin and Diana discuss the dynamics of the Lennon and McCartney relationship around this period. Martin Carrhttps://www.facebook.com/GOLDLIFT/@martin_car...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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1:22:43
Get Back Series Ep #5: Martin Carr (Pt 1)
In this two-part episode, Martin and Diana discuss the intricacies of the Get Back film with special emphasis on the dynamics between Lennon and McCartney at this time. This is part one.Martin Carrhttps://www.facebook.com/GOLDLIFT/<...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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2:29:15
Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces Series #1 (Pt 2): With Sodajerker's Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor
In part two, we continue to go through Brian O'Connor and Simon Barber's lists of hidden gems and unsung masterpieces. We look at early Beatles songs and late day solo Beatles music through a new lens, highlighting their greatness.
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:49:35
Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces Series #1 (Pt 1): With Sodajerker's Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor
Brian O'Connor and Simon Barber join Diana for the kickoff of a new series: Hidden Gems and Unsung Masterpieces, which, like the podcast itself, aims to revisit songs through a new lens. This series provides the opportunity f...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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1:30:53
New Lens Series: Joe Hagan on Wenner, Rolling Stone Magazine and The Beatles Narrative
In this episode, Diana talks to Joe Hagan, author of the brilliant Jann Wenner biography Sticky Fingers, and host of Vanity Fair's podcast: Inside The Hive. We discuss Joe's experience writing the biography, his insight into ...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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2:08:17
Get Back Series #4 Pt 3: Deep Dive with Jonathan Skovron: India, The Roof, Klein...
In part 3 of our deep dive into Get Back, Jonathan Skovron and I discuss the following: The India scene, Klein, the rooftop performance, the Peter Sellers scene, the hypothetical Beatles collective—and we again return to George Harrison w...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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2:41:53
Get Back Series #4 Pt 2: Deep Dive with Jonathan Skovron: Lunchroom convo, Billy...
In part two of this deep dive into Peter Jackson's Get Back film, Jonathan Skovron and I discuss the trajectory and momentum of the project, the impact of Billy Preston, the secret lunchroom scene, leadership, George Harrison's walkout, t...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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2:03:10
Get Back Series #4 Pt 1: Deep Dive with Jonathan Skovron
This Deep Dive into the Get Back film was recorded on multiple occasions with musician Jonathan Skovron, resulting in the OSD Deep Dive Trilogy!Peter Jackson would be proud! In part 1, we explore Jackson's narrative choices, the...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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2:36:20
Get Back Series #3: Breakup Recap & Roundtable with Paul Thompson & Dan Rivkin
The Get Back Series kicks off with a recap of the events of '67 & '68—as discussed in the Breakup Series—a primer for the series, and is followed by a roundtable discussion about the Get Back film with Dr. Paul Thompson and Dan Rivkin. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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2:41:21
Get Back Series #2: Pete Paphides
The OSD Get Back Series continues with an episode that was recorded before the Get Back Documentary Series was fully available to the public. Journalist, broadcaster, and author Pete Paphides screened and reviewed the documentary for the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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1:53:39
Get Back Series #1: Aimee Mann
The Get Back Series continues with a conversation with musician Aimee Mann. We discuss Aimee's impressions of the film and her observations of the band's dynamics — drawing on her experiences working in bands, collaborations, and as a solo arti...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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1:30:39
New Lens Series: Talking Beatles With Comedian Tim Heidecker
In this episode, Diana and comedian/Beatles aficionado Tim Heidecker explore some key Beatles themes. Tim Heidecker is a comedian, writer, musician, podcaster, actor, and half of the comedy duo Tim and Eric. He co-hosts a parody f...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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2:37:25
Aftermath Series: Lennon Three Days After The Divorce Declaration. With Duncan Driver
In episode 2, Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver dive into the headlines surrounding John's divorce statement yet again—this time questioning whether John was as "gleeful" about quitting The Beatles as the media would suggest. Fortunately, John ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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1:44:10
New Lens Series: McCartney's Obsession with the "Divorce" Story
A deep dive into McCartney's obsession with the Beatles' divorce story. Diana and Dr. Duncan Driver discuss Paul's obsessive need to promote the "John asked for the divorce" storyline, simplifying a complex subject down to a soundbite....
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:47:04
Bonus Episode: The '86 Q Interview Cleaned Up/Restored (A companion to Salewicz episode
In 1986 Chris Salewicz interviewed Paul McCartney for Q magazine and recorded the conversation for reference. Since then Salewicz's personal recording has made its way to YouTube. This interview is notable because it captures McCartney in...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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54:20
New Lens Series: McCartney As Artist with Biographer Chris Salewicz
Diana and Chris Salewicz discuss Paul McCartney the man and the artist. They explore his defining traits and what people get wrong about him, and they also talk about Chris's epic 1986 interview with Paul — one of Paul's most candid inter...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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2:49:05
New Lens Series: Creative Partnerships with Joshua Wolf Shenk
A conversation with Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs, about creative partnerships. Diana and Joshua discuss the Lennon/McCartney partnership, and how they exemp...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:37:59