Prodigious Saps Episode 35: This Little Portal to an Alternate Universe

About this Episode

We are both huge Beatles fans, so with the recent release of their new single "Now and Then" (advertised as "the last Beatles song"), we decided to do a whole episode about the Beatles.

Among the topics discussed:

what the Beatles mean to us
how we first were introduced to the Beatles as kids,
memories of the two of us geeking out over them in our early 20s,
why they're so important historically, and of course...
what we think of the new song.

Also, towards the end we touch on some of the recent Marvel (MCU) news, but decide to put in a pin in that for a future episode.

00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:14 — Why we're talking about the Beatles
00:03:57 — Why the Beatles are important to us
00:28:31 — A Hard Day's Night & HELP!
00:30:06 — Magical Mystery Tour
00:33:03 — Beatles vs Rolling Stones
00:34:59 — Why the Beatles are uniquely eclectic
00:37:32 — Now and Then
00:38:30 — Peter Jackson's video for "Now and Then"
00:44:31 — How important "Now and Then" is to Paul
00:46:16 — Now and Then compared to original demo
00:47:10 — How it sounds like John and Paul collaborating again
00:54:37 — Paul's aging voice
00:56:02 — This is essentially Paul producing John
00:57:05 — Free as a Bird and Real Love
01:00:24 — Is it really the last Beatles song?
01:02:58 — It's like a song fell out of an alternate universe
01:04:10 — The Rutles
01:07:07 — The Marvels and the state of the MCU
01:12:27 — DCEU movies

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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