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The Irreverent U2 Podcast: Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts

U2 Fans Hillary and Jenny, aka The Garden Tarts
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If you love U2's music but want a fun, irreverent take beyond the stats and collectables, this podcast is for you. A podcast for U2 fans, casual and die-hard alike, we are two best friends discussing what we love the most: U2 and the ridiculous adventures we've had together over three decades of friendship. In a fan world full of collectibles, statistics and academia, Jenny and Hillary bring irreverence to the otherwise serious fandom. Come hang out with the cheeky but astute Garden Tarts. Subscribe now and join Hillary and Jenny every Wednesday for your dose of U2 news, stories and laughs. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER.

  1. 23H AGO · BONUS

    BREAKING NEWS: U2 Releases New EP, Days of Ash

    WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE TODAY! Yes, our second ep of the day but, we weren't planning on U2 RELEASING NEW MUSIC. We did a first listen of the 6 new songs and these are our initial reactions. Stay tuned to next week for more discussion! And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLC Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    15 min

  2. 1D AGO

    U2 Press Conference: Attention Kmart Shoppers

    This week on the U2 Podcast with the Garden Tarts... Side A: It's the anniversary of the time U2 announced their PopMart world tour at a New York City K-Mart. Let's talk about it, shall we? Side B: Last week, we drew A Day Without Me from the box. Here are your thoughts, and ours! And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLC Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    31 min

  3. FEB 11

    U2 Radio Interviews and October Shenanigans

    This week on the U2 Podcast with the Garden Tarts: Side A: New interviews on U2Xradio! Adam with Este Haim and Edge with Lenny Kravitz. Hear our takes. Side B: We asked about your favorite song on October, and you answered! And we have feelings. And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLC Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    27 min

  4. FEB 11 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    U2 Radio Interview and October Shenanigans

    THANK YOU FOR BEING A SUBSCRIBER! This week on the U2 Podcast with the Garden Tarts: Side A: New interviews on U2Xradio! Adam with Este Haim and Edge with Lenny Kravitz. Hear our takes. Side B: We asked about your favorite song on October, and you answered! And we have feelings. And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! * Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOU ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kissing-lips-breaking-hearts-u2-ish-podcast-garden/id1478584991?i=1000669935640" * What are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? LEARN MORE ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kissing-lips-and-breaking-hearts-the-irreverent/id1478584991?i=1000649013901 * Wait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET AMANDA ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kissing-lips-breaking-hearts-u2-ish-podcast-garden/id1478584991?i=1000553405570 * Sample our signature series, TART TALKS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kissing-lips-breaking-hearts-u2-ish-podcast-garden/id1478584991?i=1000552662464 LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on SPOTIFY ➡️ https://open.spotify.com/show/2zSuKUbHaQgsKFjEmyG8jo?si=8244b36bcc734ca8 • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on APPLE ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kissing-lips-and-breaking-hearts-the-irreverent/id1478584991 WHERE TO FIND US: ➡️ http://www.thegardentarts.com ➡️ wearethegardentarts@gmail.com ➡️ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegardentarts ➡️ instagram: https://instagram.com/the_gardentarts ➡️ bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thegardentarts.bsky.social ➡️ https://thegardentarts.com/#subscribe to our newsletter ➡️ http://www.patreon.com/thegardentarts ➡️ http://buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts.  Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    27 min

  5. FEB 4

    U2 and the NFL: SCO(RED) TAKE 2

    something happened with the audio on the original file. this one is fixed! sorry about that. This week on the Garden Tarts, the U2 Podcast: SIDE A: (RED) turns 20 and, as ambassadors, we are here to celebrate! What has (RED) been up to for the last 20 years, and how have we participated? SIDE B: For an Irish band, U2 has quite the history with the NFL. They've played the Super Bowl AND Monday Night Football! An American dream! (Is it, though?) And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLC Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    40 min

  6. JAN 28

    Significant U2 Sites in Southern California & Questions for Bono

    This week on the Garden Tarts: Side A: Hillary goes to a U2 laser show! How very 90's of her. Side B: A review of the book I Go There With You: The U2 Sites of Southern California, from Significant to Sacred, by Brook W. Flagg (affiliate link) And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLC Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    33 min

  7. JAN 21

    U2's Boy and Bono's With or Without You Vocals

    This week on the Garden Tarts... We get called PODCAST ROYALTY, AGAIN! We are more unsufferable than ever. Side A: We asked about your favorite track on U2's BOY, and boy did you answer! Side B: Someone on the internet posted Bono's isolated vocals from With or Without You. Come swoon with us! And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ SOURCES: With or Without You Isolated Vocals Create Music and Sound on Instagram NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLC Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    36 min

  8. JAN 14

    We Are U2 Podcast Royalty

    This week on the Garden Tarts... Side A: WE WERE CALLED PODCAST ROYALTY! And you're never going to hear the end of it. Side B: Bono in Across the Universe, the 2007 Beatles-music inspired movie. It had been a while, so we revisited it. And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️ If God Will Send His Angels video shoot apple / spotify NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT! Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there’s a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART Talks LEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show. ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify ➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple Podcasts WHERE TO FIND US: www.thegardentarts.com wearethegardentarts@gmail.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE facebook: @thegardentarts instagram: @the_gardentarts bluesky: @thegardentarts SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter www.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentarts KISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts, LLC  Editing by: Jenny Steadman Graphic design by: Hillary Frank All music is by December

    30 min
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If you love U2's music but want a fun, irreverent take beyond the stats and collectables, this podcast is for you. A podcast for U2 fans, casual and die-hard alike, we are two best friends discussing what we love the most: U2 and the ridiculous adventures we've had together over three decades of friendship. In a fan world full of collectibles, statistics and academia, Jenny and Hillary bring irreverence to the otherwise serious fandom. Come hang out with the cheeky but astute Garden Tarts. Subscribe now and join Hillary and Jenny every Wednesday for your dose of U2 news, stories and laughs. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER.

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