Podcast Episodes

Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower

Season 12 Episode 4

The Deadcast examines how Franklin’s Tower bucked every trend on Blues For Allah to become one of the Dead’s all-time classics, including a tape of its studio creation, a look into the multi-tracks, …

Published on 7 hours ago

Blues For Allah 50: Slipknot!

Season 12 Episode 3

The Deadcast uses Blues For Allah’s complicated instrumental Slipknot! to explore the musical and creative ambiguity the Grateful Dead pursued in early 1975, when there both was and wasn’t a Grateful…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Blues For Allah 50: Help On the Way

Season 12 Episode 2

The Grateful Deadcast points itself towards 1975 to begin a song-by-song celebration of Blues For Allah’s 50th anniversary, loaded with raw session tapes, early lyric drafts, & the story of how the D…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Bonus Rerun: From the Mars Hotel 50: Ship of Fools

Season 12 Episode 1

The Grateful Deadcast visits the set for the Grateful Dead Movie, aka the Dead’s five “retirement” shows at Winterland in 1974, with heads who attended. This bonus episode is a re-run of the 2nd hal…

Published on 1 month ago

Dan Healy 80

Season 12 Episode 1

The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast is thrilled beyond all audible frequencies to begin its 12th season by welcoming Dan Healy, the Grateful Dead’s in-house sound wizard for most of their career, for tale…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Enjoying the Ride: On Tour

Season 11 Episode 7

Enjoying the Ride: On Tour

The Deadcast season finale hits shows at 3 legendary venues, exploring Dick Latvala’s transformative experience at Red Rocks ‘79, Hollie Rose’s tour journal, the wonders of …

Published on 3 months ago

Enjoying the Ride: East Coast, Part 2

Season 11 Episode 6

The Deadcast cruises down the eastern seaboard, including stops in Hartford, Hampton, Philadelphia, and Landover, featuring touring tips, another police chase, & a visit to the White House.

Guests: Da…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Enjoying the Ride: East Coast, Part 1

Season 11 Episode 5

The Deadcast makes a beeline for the northeast, focusing on shows from legendary venues in the Manhattan and Boston areas included on the new Enjoying the Ride box, including ESP experiments, weed sm…

Published on 4 months ago

Enjoying the Ride: Bay Area, Part 2

Season 11 Episode 4

The Deadcast’s tour of Enjoying the Ride trucks all the way to the East Bay, exploring beloved venues including the Greek Theater & Kaiser Auditorium, with tales of the Hog Farm’s Skeleton Crew & vin…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Enjoying the Ride: Bay Area, Part 1

Season 11 Episode 3

The Deadcast begins our virtual tour of the new Enjoying the Ride box, visiting the cradle of the Dead in Palo Alto/Menlo Park (with a detour to visit the Warlocks’ earliest shows) before heading to …

Published on 5 months ago