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Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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#530
Jun 14, 2025 · 8 min
Mike Love on Brian Wilson , Good Vibrations and Pet Sounds
Really saddened by the death of Brian Wilson. I will post a podcast based on an interview we did. In the meantime, here is Mike Love - falsely claiming since Brian died, that he himself "co-created all The Beach Boys music" - and who was not a particularly pleasant guy when I interviewed him in 1989. Judge for yourself. 'Love' is a funny surname in this context!
#529
May 30, 2025 · 8 min
What if the U2 story is a lie? Eamon Dunphy on Bono 1996
Bono makes magnificent self-promo videos. The latest is on Apple. However, most Irish journalists are aware that he has never told the whole story. Dunphy and I talked about this 30 years ago. He wrote their bio
#528
Apr 27, 2025 · 31 min
Father Karl Wallner on Chant: Music for Paradise. (In Memory of Pope Francis).
While watching the funeral of Pope Francis on TV, I was transported by the hymns being sung. It brought me back to my roots. I dedicate this podcast to the memory of Pope Francis
#527
Mar 22, 2025 · 38 min
The Kennedy Assassination (1) Anthony Summers 1990 responds to Oliver Stone's movie JFK
As I say in the intro to this podcast, made March 22, 2025, the week of the Trump dump of JFK assassination papers that still didn't tell us conclusively who killed Kennedy, I have been fascinated by JFK and the murder of the man since I was a child. Hence, circa 1990, when I got to interview Anthony Summers, Oliver Stone, and later Sam Giancana, I was entranced by talking with them all. This is the first of a series of podcasts based on those interviews.
#526
Mar 15, 2025 · 38 min
Father Ted at 30. Dermot Morgan. The Joe Jackson Interview 1995 part 1
It does not seem like thirty years since I sat and chatted with Dermot before he was forced to leave Ireland to go to the UK to get a TV station to back Father Ted. I'm rerposting this and will repost part two.
#525
Mar 8, 2025 · 15 min
Ronan Keating 2002. "Why I broke up Boyzone. Louis Walsh told us it would all end in tears."
Boyzone No Matter What, the Sky documentary being screened globally, originated in The Joe Jackson Archive of 1,400 tapes of celebrity interviews. It uses my tapes and photographs, but there is far more material in my archive that was unused because of time restraints, such as this clip from a 2002 interview with Ronan Keating.
#524
Mar 1, 2025 · 6 min
Kris Kristofferson on drink, drugs, Elvis, A Star Is Born. "The death scene saved my life."
I loved Kris Kristofferson's music since a girlfriend gave me his first LP. So you can imagine what a joy it was to meet and interview the man for the first of four times in 1993. We had a two-hour chat backstage at a Johnny Cash gig in Dublin. Check my website joejacksoninterviewer.com for articles
#523
Feb 22, 2025 · 3 min
Kris Kristofferson talks about Johnny Cash and Sunday Morning Coming Down
Kris has died since I first posted this podcast. I love the song, was thrilled ot be able to talk to him abiut its geneisis and about Johnny Cash Enjoy
#522
Feb 16, 2025 · 4 min
Pete Seeger 1998 tells Joe Jackson What happened when Dylan went electric at Newport. A Podcast single
I wrote a book called Nanci Griffith's Other Voices: A Personal History of Folk Music. For it, I did a half-hour phone interview with Pete Seeger - from Ireland to America – hence the sound ain't great - and for a few minutes, we discussed Dylan's legendary gig at Newport. Pete says he got pissed simply because the crowd couldn't hear the words of Maggie's Farm!
#521
Feb 16, 2025 · 4 min
Sinead O' Connor. "Louis Walsh can really do damage with his mouth." A Podcast Single
While digitising my Boyzone interview tapes that led to the Sky documentary Boyzone No Matter What, I came across this short clip at the end of an interview, I was taping on the phone with Sinead. She had read and loved my Keith Duffy interview and had choice words to say about Louis Walsh - in 2001.
#520
Feb 8, 2025 · 12 min
Keith Duffy: "Louis Walsh stabbed Boyzone in the back to promote Westlife." Tapes from The Joe Jackson Archive, used in Boyzone No Matter What
Another uncut clip from the audio tapes that led to Boyzone No Matter What. The revelation of the series to many viewers seems to be that manager Louis Walsh was the "villain" of the story. I believe there is more to it than that. But these tapes were part of the research for the series, and here's Keith in 2001, ripping into Louis, whom he says he loves nonetheless. Keith told me the same thing at the premiere of the series recently.
#519
Feb 7, 2025 · 14 min
Keith Duffy: "Ronan loved to play God. He broke my heart. " Boyzone No Matter What. The Joe Jackson Tapes uncut.
The tensions between members of Boyzone may be new and news to the millions of people watching the Sky Documentary Boyzone No Matter What, but they are not to me. The documentary originated in my archive of tapes. Here's a clip that didn't make the final edit. Me and Keith back in 2001.
#518
Feb 2, 2025 · 47 min
From Boyzone Our Story to No Matter What, the Sky Documentary. The Jackson Tapes
The new Sky Arts documentary No Matter What originated in my archive of 1,400 celebrity interviews. I also wrote the book Boyzone Our Story and interviewed the lads in-depth from 1994-2002. Here is the first set of interviews I did with lads when all, apart from Mikey, were still in their teens. I warmed to some more than others from the start, and when I met Shane, Ronan and Keith at the recent premiere of No Matter What, my feelings remained the same. Fame changes people, sadly
#517
Jan 30, 2025 · 23 min
Marianne Faithful R.I.P. Memories of Marianne and a remarkable 1989 phone interview
As I say in the intro to this podcast, hastily put together on 'the evening of the day' I heard Marianne had died, she was one of the most fascinating women I met, in, or beyond the world of celebrity interviewing. She also was an infinitely superior artist to certain rock stars with whom she was endless compared and who I won't name.
#516
Jan 25, 2025 · 3 min
Leonard Cohen light-heartedly mocks Bono for getting wrong the words of Hallelujah
I love this phone chat I had with Leonard. It was our third interview and showed me and - when published in The Irish Times - that Cohen had a great sense of humour. But I am guessing that Bono doesn't like what he said. Lighten up, man!
#515
Jan 25, 2025 · 7 min
Leonard Cohen 1985 talks about Love and Hate. The first Joe Jackson Interview
It's coming up to forty years since I, as a Cohen fan, and writer, not journalist, conned my way into meeting Cohen by getting a commission to interview him for a rock magazine. It left me feeling so transcendent I decided to become an interviewer! Incidentally, the editor in question said it was crap and that I should have asked Leonard more about "sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll." Yawn! Cohen told me he thought it was "a great interview" then added, "Thank you, man." I was only a kid!
#514
Dec 29, 2024 · 25 min
Joan Baez 'Don't Talk About Dylan and We'll Get On Fine."
It's been. more than thirty years since I did this phone interview with Joan Baez. I'm reposting it because of the release of the movie A Complete Unknown. I'd prefer to listen to the real Joan Baez, telling her own story and touching on her time with Bob
#513
Dec 8, 2024 · 42 min
Boy George. "I always fancied Larrry Mullen Jr." A fun exchange with Joe Jackson
Boy George telling me to tell Bono that if he still hadn't found what he was looking for, he should look behind the drum kit, was just a quip. But the quote made it around the world thanks to MTV news. It's just a bit of fun. We talked abut it years later
#512
Dec 8, 2024 · 16 min
Tommy Tiernan. "I am a dour, bearded, penitent Russian Monk."
Tommy Tiernan is now an interviewer who aspires to do in-depth interviews on TV. I commend his aspiration. Here is part of an in-depth interview he did with me. Am I kidding about any of this? You decide!
#511
Nov 30, 2024 · 6 min
Richard Harris tells Joe Jackson about recording Macarthur Park
Imagine falling love with a song when you are 16, the, later in life meeting the guy who sang it and who asks yo uto write his life story! This is a tiny section from the chapter about Macarthur Park, from my book Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven.

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