After a months-long flirtation, we finally sat down with the hardest working man in rock criticism, Steven Hyden, to discuss his new book, Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise And Fall Of The Strokes (And Rock 'N' Roll). This episode was recorded on the auspicious occasion of the Heartbreakers reunion and opens with an extra 20 minutes of us fangirling over it, free of charge.
Follow Steven (https://x.com/Steven_Hyden)
Buy Is This It (https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/steven-hyden/is-this-it/9780306836633/)
Subscribe to Evil Speakers (https://stevenhyden.substack.com/)
Listen to Never Ending Stories (https://www.patreon.com/neverendingstories?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan) and Indiecast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indiecast/id1524940951)
Further Reading:
"Career Arc: Tom Petty (https://grantland.com/features/tom-petty-career-arc-heartbreakers-hypnotic-eye/)" by Steven Hyden
Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes
16 Sept 2026
Into the Great Wide Open (with Matt Sitman)
Our great friend Matt Sitman joins us to discuss his favorite Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers album, 1991's Into the Great Wide Open.
Follow Matt (https://x.com/MatthewSitman)
Subscribe to Know your Enemy (https://www.patreon.com/c/knowyourenemy/posts)
Buy Precisely Now (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374620462/preciselynow/)
Further Reading:
Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes
Further Viewing:
Petty and Gary Shandling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvNe569Q9g&t=234s)
Petty and Bo Diddley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDVfOAjZ_rI&list=RDYDVfOAjZ_rI&start_radio=1)
Mike Campbell Teaches American Girl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMEzPFtGtEQ)
"Image of Me" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiScs1JWscc&list=RDZiScs1JWscc&start_radio=1)
You don't understand. These are four other brothers from the same acclaimed family of modern troubadours. Esteemed Dylanologist Rebecca returns to discuss the second and final Traveling Wilburys record, 1990's Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.
More From Rebecca:
Ramblin' Tours (http://ramblintours.com), her excellent, insightful Bob Dylan tours of NYC.
Definitely Dylan (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfIQAKje-FPYrMN_qtQPlA), one of the very best podcasts on the life and work of Bob Dylan.
Follow Rebecca on (https://www.instagram.com/ramblintours/)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ramblintours/), (https://x.com/ithrewtheglass)Twitter (https://x.com/ithrewtheglass), and (https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccas.bsky.social)Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccas.bsky.social).
Further Reading:
Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes
Chronicles Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan
Further Viewing:
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQ_gj-biIc) (Free on YouTube)
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