Today's Lesson: A Nick Cave Podcast

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are the greatest rock band of all time. Disagree? Tough! Listen and learn, and fall in love for the first time (or all over again). Sean and Andrew are in charge of the lesson plan: a guided tour through the music and lyrics of 20 albums and counting. Buckle yourself into the mercy seat and get ready for love!

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20 episodes
Updated April 9
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Episodes20

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April 9 · 46 min
Episode 31: Sunday's Slave
Sunday, Monday, happy... slaves?! Yeah right! The boys take a much needed break from digging their graves to piss in a fist or two and unravel the mysteries of Tender Prey's most enigmatic entry, Sunday's Slave.
March 26 · 47 min
Episode 30: Slowly Goes the Night
So slowly go the years! The boys are back on the hunt for their Tender Prey, picking up right where they left off with Slowly Goes the Night.
Apr 10, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 29: Wild God Extravaganza
O wow o wow! It's been quite a long dark night without word from your favorite podcast, but never fear! You can jump for joy once more because the boys are back and ready to talk Cave. It's been an exciting time between this episode and last, not least due to the release of the brand new Bad Seeds album Wild God! In a desperate attempt to stay relevant your gracious hosts have frog-hopped an album or two and cut straight to the end, so whether you're a long time fan or a brand new conversion to Cave or the pod, we've got something for ya. Ending theme music includes Clap Along by Jason Shaw.
Nov 30, 2023 · 1 hr 36 min
Episode 28: Interview with Adam Steiner
The boys are back and ready to call upon author Adam Steiner to discuss his new book, "Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death!" Delving into Adam's inspirations and creative process, you'll get a behind the scenes look at the making of this essential exploration of Cave's work. "Darker with the Dawn" is available for purchase 12/1/23, and can be ordered on bookshop.org to support local booksellers. Ending theme music includes Clap Along by Jason Shaw.
Feb 9, 2023 · 53 min
Episode 27: City of Refuge
You better run, you better run... right into the ever-loving arms of your two hosts as they bounce along to this traditional number turned rompin' stomper, City of Refuge. ALSO: Rumblings persist! There may be another installment of everyone's favorite game afoot...
Dec 20, 2022 · 55 min
Episode 26: Mercy
Mercy me! The boys are back at it, rolling through Tender Prey to arrive at the half-way point and fifth track: Mercy.
Oct 20, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 25: Catch-up / Watching Alice
Thought we were never comin' back? Well don't ya worry buddy, cause here we come! The boys are back in town and picking up right where they left off: announcing the winner of the first Today's Lesson contest, and breaking down Watching Alice, the fourth track of Tender Prey.
Feb 10, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 24: Deanna
Things are really starting to heat up as the boys grab their proverbial toolboxes and stockings, hop in their proverbial Cadillac, and continue proverbially careening through Tender Prey. Next stop? Oh-oh, it's track number three: Deanna!
Jan 6, 2022 · 48 min
Episode 23: Up Jumped the Devil
Up jump the boys back from their long winter's nap to keep on 'a rollin' through Tender Prey, making their next stop at the second track Up Jumped the Devil!
Dec 9, 2021 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 22: The Mercy Seat
With Your Funeral... My Trial done and dusted the boys risk it all and pop a squat in the Mercy Seat to kick off the Bad Seed's fifth studio album, Tender Prey!
Nov 11, 2021 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 21: Long Time Man / Scum / Album Wrap-up
And just like that, it's all over. Another album down! Join the boys as they offer their thoughts on the album-wrapping Tim Rose cover Long Time Man and the marvellously petty B-side oddity Scum, then eulogize, and deliver their final verdicts, on Your Funeral... My Trial.
Oct 21, 2021 · 39 min
Episode 20: She Fell Away
What's that boy? She's fallen away? Not to worry! The boys are on the case, falling themselves down the yawning crevice of Your Funeral... My Trial's penultimate track, She Fell Away. Ending Theme Music - 'Clap Along' by Jason Shaw
Oct 7, 2021 · 40 min
Episode 19: Hard On for Love
Hold on to your hard-ons folks, 'cause the boys are getting hot and heavy with the next track from Your Funeral... My Trial, Hard On for Love!
Sep 23, 2021 · 49 min
Episode 18: Jack‘s Shadow
The boys take a trip to the hole to investigate all the lesser darks and greater lights of Your Funeral... My Trial's fifth track, Jack's Shadow.
Sep 16, 2021 · 50 min
Episode 17: Stranger Than Kindness
Yeah, it's getting strange in here as the boys hit the fourth track of Your Funeral... My Trial, Stranger Than Kindness.
Sep 2, 2021 · 48 min
Episode 16: Your Funeral... My Trial
The boys don their weeds and strap in for the third and titular track of Your Funeral... my Trial, Your Funeral... My Trial!
Aug 26, 2021 · 40 min
Episode 15: The Carny
Step right up, ladies and germs! The boys are moving on the show to The Carny, the second track of Your Funeral... My Trial.
Aug 19, 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 14: Sad Waters
The boys are back to take on the Seeds' fourth studio album, Your Funeral... My Trial, beginning with a deep dive into Sad Waters.
Jul 29, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 13 - The Six Strings That Drew Blood / Album Wrap-up
The boys put the secondborn to rest, closing out the Seed's sophomore album The Firstborn is Dead with a B-Side and some parting thoughts.
Jul 22, 2021 · 44 min
Episode 12: Blind Lemon Jefferson
The boys bring it on home (well, almost) with the final track on The Firstborn is Dead, Blind Lemon Jefferson.