Season Five

…ran from September to December 2021, with 17 episodes, and even more bonus episodes for the for Acast+ Subscribers.. Check out the bonus episodes here.

Season One • Season Two • Season Three • Season Four • Season Five • Season Six • Season Seven • Season Eight • Interviews • Specials

Episodes 1 & 2

Side Two of the White Album: Part One

The White Album is a behemoth, where do you start? How about with side two: The shortest side with the most songs. And when you think about it, shouldn’t it start with Happiness Is A Warm Gun?

Side Two of the White Album: Part Two

Steven & Jason set off on part two of their ascent of the mountain that is the second side of The White Album, starting at the Rocky Racoon Base Camp.

Episodes 3 & 4

The Concert For Bangladesh Parts One & Two

From inception to the main event and right on through to the album and movie release.How did George make it happen?

Episodes 5 & 6

The Laurence Juber Interview • Parts One & Two

Laurence Juber is a renowned, world-class guitarist who might be best known to Beatlefans as a member of the final iteration of Wings. He gave a wide-ranging interview to Nothing Is Real about his fantastic career.

Episode 7

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - THE MOVIE

This 1978 movie, a BeeGees-Frampton vehicle is a rightly derided folly. The bigger question is: Why does this even exist at all? Follow all the threads and even Brian Epstein plays an indirect role. Steven & Jason explain.

Episodes 8 & 9

You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together • Parts One & Two

When John Lennon was asked to write a song for Timothy Leary he had no idea that instead he was going top write his last single for The Beatles and decide the fate of his sixth solo album.

Bonus + Episode 10

The Beatles Get Back

It’s now hard to imagine a time without Peter Jackson’s game-changing Get Back documentary. Steven & Jason managed to get an exclusive preview of the whole thing before its release in November 2021 and shared their thoughts with the NIR Audience.

Episode 11

Nothing Is Real LIVE: The Beatles in Ireland

In front of a packed house at The Workman’s Club in Dublin, Steven and Jason make the case for The Beatles being the biggest band to ever come out of Ireland.

Episode 12

You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

In 1988 when asked for his favorite Beatles song, Paul McCartney offered up You Know My Name (Look Up The Number). Released in 1970 it was the last new Beatles b-side and it showed that right up to the end they could still surprise and delight, and that every Beatle recording contains multitudes.

Episodes 13, 14 & 15

Rubber Soul • Parts One, Two & Three

It’s October 1965 and the Beatles have 14 sessions to record a new album - plus an extra day for the single. The album is due in the shops on December 3rd. That album turns out to be Rubber Soul. How did that happen?

Episode 16

The Nothing Is Real Review of 2021

Once again, another year comes to and end and once again, it’s been a cavalcade of Beatleness.