EP. 90 — U Springin’ Springsteen On My Bean? – The Ghost of Tom Joad

Adam Scott Aukerman go track-by-track through Da Boss’s eleventh studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, in addition to looking back on why Bruce reassembled the Edible Street Band to record new songs for his Greatest Hits album. They also discuss how Bruce came to record Streets of Philadelphia, the invention of valets, flying on Con Air, and the filmography of Richard Benjamin.

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January 22, 2024

EP. 98 — U Springin’ Springsteen On My Bean? – Letter to You

In the season finale of U Springin’ Springsteen On My Bean, Adam Scott Aukerman go through Springo’s twentieth studio album, Letter to You—an album about death and aging that was partially inspired by the passing of Bruce’s former bandmate George Theiss.

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January 15, 2024

EP. 97 — U Springin’ Springsteen On My Bean? – Western Stars

Adam Scott Aukerman squeak out an ep on Springo’s nineteenth studio album, Western Stars—an album heavily influenced by 1970s SoCal pop music. But first, the Scotts gab about novelizations of movies, complimentary restaurant chips, and weird beards.

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January 9, 2024

EP. 96 — U Springin’ Springsteen On My Bean? – High Hopes

Scott and Scott go track by track through Springo’s eighteenth studio album, High Hopes (as well as the following American Beauty EP), a collection of older songs, cover songs and outtakes that Da Boss still considers one of his proper records.

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