Word In Your Ear

Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.

Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience.

Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com.

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Feb 12, 2010 · 58 min
Word Podcast 124
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry head to Gold Top studios in north London to talk to Neil Brockbank, producer of Nick Lowe. A believer in recording live with the musicians, he describes the changes that have taken place in the way music is recorded from the Beatles through Frank Sinatra to Ricky Martin and beyond and looks at the implications that has for what we listen to. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 5, 2010 · 51 min
Word Podcast 123
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry enter the pod to examine the new, more-words-than-ever edition of The Word as it arrives - minty fresh - from the presses. They also do their best to answer your questions. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 25, 2010 · 52 min
Word Podcast 122 - with Idris Elba
Fraser Lewry, Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth take the pod to meet the man you know as "The Wire"'s Stringer Bell and may soon know as Driis. Plus a report from last Friday's social, some reflections on the Word's One Hit Wonders Playlist and a discussion of what it's like to be with really, really good-looking people. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 22, 2010 · 1 hr 2 min
Word Podcast 121 - Phil Smee, reissue man
Reissues consultant and designer Phil Smee joins us to talk about what records are *really* rare. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2010 · 1 hr 4 min
Word Podcast 120 with Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq joins us in the pod to improvise on a theme of indie. In a wide-ranging conversation we cover what it's like to listen to spend your Sunday afternoon listening to demos, have Richey Manic carve his arm in front of you, "discover" Coldplay, talk to the parents of 17-year-olds with stars in their eyes, hang about backstage and live on a diet of cider and crisps. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 18, 2009 · 51 min
Word Podcast 119 - The Christmas Special
David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Fraser Lewry on X Factor, The Thick of It, Porky Peckham, why vinyl should be French and the difference between real Christmas and Christmas according to pop records and TV shows. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 3, 2009 · 50 min
Word Podcast 118 - All about swearing
WARNING! THIS PODCAST CONCERNS SWEARING AND CONTAINS LOTS OF EXAMPLES. AVOID IF LIKELY TO OFFEND. Peter Silverton talks about his book "Filthy English" with Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2009 · 59 min
Word Podcast 117 with Mark Hagen
The man who puts together special music stuff for BBC radio and TV talks about how he gets what he wants and why he can't get all of it. With Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2009 · 45 min
Word Podcast 116
Special guests Thomas Walsh and the guys from Pugwash/Duckworth Lewis Method join Mark Ellen and David Hepworth to talk about: cricket, taping The Move off Whistle Test, how U2 own Dublin and how the average musician has more chance of sleeping with Five Star than travelling five star. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 20, 2009 · 1 hr 7 min
Word Podcast 115 with Danny Baker
Danny Baker talks about touring with Ian Dury, record shopping with Elton John, when Virgin used to be above a shoe shop, the trick David Bowie uses to avoid answering questions, what happened when a salesman called on Viv Stanshall, the greater glory of King Crimson and the fallacy peddled by punk. Mark Ellen and David Hepworth listen. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 14, 2009 · 47 min
Word Podcast 114
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry discuss Amy Winehouse's bosom problems, Carly Simon's pension and Bob Dylan's winter wonderland. Plus your questions answered. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 7, 2009 · 34 min
Word Podcast 113
Andrew Harrison, Eamonn Forde and Fraser Lewry on Letterman, live albums, death metal, and why Lily Allen wins at the internet. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 17, 2009 · 1 hr 3 min
Word Podcast 112 - the smell of record shops
David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Fraser Lewry on the things they'll miss about record shops and the things they won't. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 1, 2009 · 42 min
Word podcast 111 (The Nelson)
In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry talk about: D-Day, the Gallagher family spat and the best place to get a rotary-valve flugelhorn. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 20, 2009 · 47 min
The Word Podcast is back from its holidays
Mark Ellen, Barry McIlheney, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on Annie Leibowitz's mortgage difficulties, Bob Dylan's wandering around New Jersey and all sorts of other things. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 30, 2009 · 51 min
Word Podcast 109
Andrew Collins joins David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry to discuss our teenage TV crushes, classic cartoon images, what to do with an old VCR and what book not to take on a holiday in North Korea. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 23, 2009 · 47 min
Word Podcast 108
The Mercury Music Prize shortlist: an enticing menu of thrilling new listening or the musical equivalent of geography homework? Eamonn Forde, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry exchange their prejudices about the shortlist, look at the effect that Twitter has had on the opening weekends of movies and wonder how we'd feel if we were confronted by the paparazzi. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 15, 2009 · 1 hr 2 min
Podcast 107: College Ents Special
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and the real Andy Murray talk about the days when the big bands played colleges, why everybody's so obsessed with 1969 and the sheer strangeness of a 19 year old without a mobile. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2009 · 29 min
Podcast 106: At war with the iPod generation
David Hepworth talks to Patrick Hennessey, the author of "The Junior Officers Reading Club: Killing Time And Fighting Wars". Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 9, 2009 · 36 min
Word Podcast 105
David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on the distractions of the Great Outdoors, the strange noises made by Australians and the agony of 24/7 sports coverage. Plus Amy Pickard reports from inside Michael Jackson's memorial service. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.