Surf's Up: A Beach Boys Podcast Safari

About Surf's Up: A Beach Boys Podcast Safari

A podcast about America's band hosted by Mark Dillon, author of Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys, and Phil Miglioratti, host of the Pray for Surf blog.

Publisher

Mark Dillon and Phil Miglioratti

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Dec 2019

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   A Good Time Hangin' with Al Jardine

   In this episode we welcome the one and only Al Jardine, founding member of The Beach Boys. Al talks all about his current tour, in which he goes deep on The Beach Boys Love You and celebrates the 60th anniversary of Pet Sounds. He gushes about his Pet Sounds Band, many of whom played with Brian Wilson. We get the scoop on a live album soon to see release, with Love You sounding more orchestrated than ever. He argues that Brian's songwriting on the 1977 album was even a step ahead of his work on the classic Pet Sounds. He talks dueling versions of "Hang on to Your Ego" and "I Know There's an Answer," cowriting the track "Good Time" with Brian, why he loved The Wrecking Crew, how engineer Chuck Britz made the boys sound great, the frustrations of working with producer Joe Thomas on That's Why God Made the Radio, resurrecting the single "It's a Beautiful Day," the last time he saw Mike Love, and upcoming meetings to discuss future Beach Boys directions. You don't want to miss it!

2. 

   1 Jul 2026

   David Beard on his All Summer Long book

   As the editor of fanzine Endless Summer Quarterly for more than 30 years, David Beard has likely interviewed The Beach Boys more than anyone. So it's only right that he would gather some of his best discussions into a great new book, titled All Summer Long: Conversations with The Beach Boys from Surfin' to SMiLE. David joins Mark and Phil to discuss how a writer stays objective when he has a long relationship with a band. He also talks about how he got Brian Wilson to open up; how Brian and Tony Asher wanted other artists to cover songs off Pet Sounds; was it wise to market Brian as a genius; why Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged is one of his favorite releases; the importance of Jan & Dean in the story; the sad passing of Mike's sister, harpist Maureen Love; and his secret wish for Drew Barrymore.

3. 

   21 Mar 2026

   Al Jardine Loves You!

   Hear Phil's interview with the one and only Al Jardine! We get the scoop on upcoming shows in which Al will perform Pet Sounds for its 60th anniversary, and a new arrangement of "Cottonfields." Al shares his final conversation with Brian Wilson. Phil reviews Al's recent live show, in which he performs the album The Beach Boys Love You. Phil also shares the story of a rare Al Beach Boys stage shirt he was gifted back in the 1960s. Mark provides a hot take on "Sloop John B." We also talk about Bruce Johnston stepping away from touring and the recent leak of 400 unreleased Beach Boys/Brian tracks. This episode is jam-packed!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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