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Over the past several years, Jesse Jackson has been talking to Bruce Springsteen fans from around the world. He believes that every Springsteen fan has a story to tell and it's his job to record as many as possible. At over 1,000 episodes and counting, fans of Bruce (as well as fans of other musicians) have shared how the magic and power of music has helped them celebrate successes and mourn losses. Music has been part of births, deaths, birthdays, weddings and other major events in their lives. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast Jesse Jackson

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    • 4.9 • 132 Ratings

Over the past several years, Jesse Jackson has been talking to Bruce Springsteen fans from around the world. He believes that every Springsteen fan has a story to tell and it's his job to record as many as possible. At over 1,000 episodes and counting, fans of Bruce (as well as fans of other musicians) have shared how the magic and power of music has helped them celebrate successes and mourn losses. Music has been part of births, deaths, birthdays, weddings and other major events in their lives. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

    Rob Schwartz - Writer, Producer & Entrepreneur

    Rob Schwartz - Writer, Producer & Entrepreneur

    Rob Schwartz joins me on the podcast to talk about his time in Asia covering music and writing for Billboard. He also discusses the book he edited, The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by his late father Morrie Schwartz (beloved subject of Tuesdays with Morrie). We also spend some time talking about a benefit concert he is producing called One Topia (onetopia.com) the first ever global benefit festival dedicated to Mental Health. To find out more about Rob, please go here https://wisdomofmorrie.com/
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    • 1 hr 15 min
    Yi Shun Lai - Returns!

    Yi Shun Lai - Returns!

    Yi Shun Lai was on the podcast back in August of 2021. Yi Shun (say "yeeshun" for her first name) and I catch up, talk a little Springsteen and she discusses her amazing new novel. It is a YA novel called A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic and it is amazing. I've recommended it to multiple friends and all of them have loved it. Find it here - https://a.co/d/3hqMr3p
    A reminder about the article that she wrote that inspired me to have her on the podcast the first time https://humanparts.medium.com/an-american-immigrant-in-three-bruce-springsteen-tunes-3fa5b3511e2c
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    • 53 min
    Sean Barrette - Writer of Heartstrings - First Guitars

    Sean Barrette - Writer of Heartstrings - First Guitars

    Sean Barrette joins me to discuss his first book, Heartstrings – First Guitars, a collection of memories from a variety of musicians, famous, semi-famous, up and coming, anonymous, or otherwise, about the guitar they learned on, the first guitar they bought with their own money, the first “good” guitar they owned, or the beloved first-line guitar that accompanied them on first songs, first shows, first tours, or first recordings. There is a special link between a musician and his instrument and in his book, Sean collects stories of those first loves. You can find the book here - https://a.co/d/g5DD81G More about Sean here https://www.firstguitars.ca/
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    • 56 min
    Jack Firnero dad, writer and drummer… but not always in that order.

    Jack Firnero dad, writer and drummer… but not always in that order.

    Jack Firneno @JackFirneno became a Billy Joel fan as a child in Brooklyn, NY. He started out with cassettes of The Stranger and 52nd Street in his Fisher Price tape recorder, and his fandom was cinched by the time Storm Front came out when he was in third grade. He is the co-host of Glass Houses - A Billy Joel Podcast, @GlassHousesPod part of the Pantheon Network family of musical podcasts. Jack and I had a blast talking music, our mutual love of Billy Joel and we give Bruce a little love as well since Jack also loves The Boss! Here Jack and his cohost Michael Grosvenor here - Episodes – Glass Houses – A Billy Joel Podcast (glasshousespod.com)
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    Conor Cunneen - The Irishman Speaks

    Conor Cunneen - The Irishman Speaks

    Conor Cunneen is an Irishman, happily exiled in Chicago where he says “the Guinness is good, the people are friendly and he has been force fed more corned beef and green beer than he ever had in Ireland!”
    As an Irish immigrant, he is a very proud recipient of the President’s Gold Medal for Volunteer Service for the work he does with job seekers.
    He is proud dad to John and Amy and a loving irritant to his long suffering wife, Pat, whom his sister-in-law states will be canonized the moment she leaves this planet!
    We discuss his love of music, speaking, making people laugh and making a difference in people's lives. https://irishmanspeaks.com/
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    • 51 min
    Fan Roundtable Discussion -

    Fan Roundtable Discussion -

    As part of David Barry's Kickstarter Campaign, he and I offered the chance for 4 fans to produce their own episode of Set Lusting Bruce, Nancy Barry chose for her episode to do a round table of some of her favorite fellow fans. Joining Nancy is Nancy, Eileen, Laura, Jennifer and Carrie. They discuss their friendship, their bond with Bruce's music, the experience of seeing him overseas and what's next for this band of Springsteen Sisters.
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    • 1 hr 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
132 Ratings

132 Ratings

U2Kyle ,

Awesome show!

We had an awesome time chatting with Jesse! His show is a lot of fun and his area of expertise goes way beyond Bruce. We were very impressed and felt like we discovered a kindred spirit!

beatebabe ,

Great Show, Great Host

Insightful, conversation and just great fun. Love the show.

Jay Franze ,

Entertaining

Entertaining and informative. Jesse knows how to great questions. I always learn something.

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