

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Feb 26, 2008 • 52min
Word Podcast 43
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Tom Whitwell explore the secrets of the click track, Autotune and Pro Tools to work out why records sound the way they do, talk about the groups they thought would make it but didn't and tell the one about the dead man who helped Madonna write a hit. www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 21, 2008 • 33min
Word Podcast 42 (the Brits)
9.30 the morning after the Brits - Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Rob Fitzpatrick take apart the annual prize giving. Contains strong feelings. www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 2008 • 50min
Word podcast 41
In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall invite their country cousin John Naughton to speculate about why people insist on shooting pop records into space, which was the swearingest show in TV history and what it's like to take a rock star out for dinner on Valentine's Day.www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 7, 2008 • 53min
Word podcast 40
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Matt Hall and Rob Fitzpatrick on tidy beards in show business, the Great Steve Harley Speech incident, John Martyn's powerful thirst and Phil Collins and the interior decorator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 2008 • 52min
Word Podcast 39
Andrew Harrison, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall talk about Morrissey's throat and the death of celebrity, the pioneering days of the UB40 fan club, the irritating sound of Alex James first thing in the morning and why rock stars can't make speeches.www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 24, 2008 • 54min
Word Podcast 38
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Matt Hall discuss the record players their parents had, white men in reggae, old codgers in bands and Wreckless Eric's only item of furniture. www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 16, 2008 • 49min
The Word Weekly Podcast 37
Mark Ellen, Andrew Collins, Matt Hall and David Hepworth talk about the future of EMI, the merchandising of books and disguising yourself as a member of Carter USM in order to gain sexual favours - after necking half a can of an energy drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 9, 2008 • 47min
Word Weekly Podcast 36
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Trevor Dann on Elvis's birthday, Michael Jackson at Fulham and why radio plays the music it does.www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 30, 2007 • 35min
The best of the HORA
Like everybody else we fill up our New Year's schedules with repeats: here we present a handful of our favourite apocryphal rock anecdotes, featuring Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Elton and more.www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 24, 2007 • 8min
Live from the Word office party!
The only media organisation to podcast on Christmas Day brings you this brief, alcohol-laced missive from the Word Christmas party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


