Episodes

  • Episode 372 - IWOL Decides
    Nov 6 2024

    It's the morning after the election and we are all deciding where to go next, both as a podcast and as a society. We have finished our journey through Neil Young's albums (the best ones) and are on the bridge headed somewhere new. The destination is uncertain but we will get to the other side, one way or another, hand in hand, one step at a time.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • (TEASER) Episode 371 - Rust Never Sleeps
    Nov 3 2024

    Well, it's definitely better to burn out than to fade away when it comes to our Neil Young album ranking extravaganza. Our journey through the past may end here at "Rust Never Sleeps", but ol' Neil's still flying down the road like the hurricane that he is. Long may your run, Neil. Long may you run.

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    8 mins
  • Episode 370 - The Leshian Approach (Feat. Alex Bleeker)
    Oct 30 2024

    This is a pretty totemic episode. We welcome back IWOL alumni Alex Bleeker to plug his new book "Taste In Music", eulogize and rank Phil Lesh and discuss Neil Young's "Comes a Time". There's a little controversy mixed in too....don't miss this one.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • (TEASER) Episode 369 - American Stars and Bars
    Oct 27 2024

    As our Neil Young campaign nears its end we saddle up the palomino and mosy into American Stars and Bars. We've also had just about enough of the league of technical music villains and their attempted coup d'etat of classic rock, so we're fighting back.

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    9 mins
  • Epsiode 368 - Long May You Run
    Oct 23 2024

    Neil's living on the dock and Stills is scuba diving off the deep end and getting high on his own nitrogen supply. You guessed it folks...we've made it to "Long May You Run" by The Stills Young Band.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • (TEASER) Epsiode 367 - Neil Young - Zuma
    Oct 20 2024

    An atmospheric river is hitting the BC coast this weekend so we talk and rank Neil Young's "Zuma" before the apocalypse hits and the internet goes down.

    Neil Young’s Zuma feels like a musical equivalent of Ed Harris’s character in The Rock—both driven by conflict, intensity, and moments of raw emotion that seem to surge from a place of deep conviction. If Brigadier General Francis Hummel had a soundtrack to his brooding, morally complicated mission, it could very well be Zuma—an album that balances aggression, reflection, and the restless search for meaning.




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    10 mins
  • Episode 366 - On The Beach
    Oct 16 2024

    Johnny is in Vancouver, crashing on James's couch. Before settling in for a double feature of Days of Thunder and The Rock, they take a moment to discuss Neil Young's On The Beach, exploring themes of isolation and disillusionment in what many consider his best album.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • (TEASER) Epsiode 365 - The Two Ricks
    Oct 13 2024

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    We take a quick breather from our Neil Young deep dive to discuss Rick Beato's encyclopedic, Charlie Rose style interview with System of a Down producer Rick Rubin. It's a Sunday slice folks. Happy Thanksgiving.

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    10 mins