None But The Brave

In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the event held last Saturday night at the Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music that was hosted by Thom Zimny. Over two separate programs during the course of the night, Thom showed 14 selections from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's famed Bottom Line stand in August, 1975. Flynn attended both parts and has the report for the podcast. At the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn break down parts 3 and 4 of the Philadelphia Freedom Cut streaming release and also talk about a 5 song set Bruce played at a jam held by Tom Morello in Asbury Park two weeks ago.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's landmark live album, Live 1975-85 that was released on November 10, 1986. They reminisce about the day it came out and the frenzy that occurred in record stores around the world. They also have a wide ranging discussion about how the album was received at the time as well as how it holds up today.

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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the October 2026 release from the series, which was recorded in Barcelona on October 16, 2002. Yes, it's a show from The Rising Tour, only the second one in the 12 year history of the archive series, and it's taken from a half inch digital multitrack tape captured by Springsteen producer Brendan O'Brien. Most importantly, it's the first show to be released from 2002 when the tour was most focused on the songs from The Rising and as Hal and Flynn discuss, that makes this an essential release.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by writer Nicolas Pethes to discuss his new book Springsteen Fandom - "A Lifetime Conversation," which examines how Bruce's music has sparked the creation of a fan community that has brought fans together around the world. At the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn discuss the second part of the video release from the May 30th show in Philadelphia.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean start by talking about this week's video release of the first seven songs from the Philly LOHAD Tour show as well as the interview Bruce did with Rolling Stone in conjunction with that release. They then spend the bulk of the episode discussing the September Archive Series Release from Stockholm on July 2, 1988 and that sparks a spirited discussion about the future of the series.

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In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by author David Starkey to discuss his new book On Track: Bruce Springsteen 1973-1987, which is now out in the US and UK. Starkey's book examines all of Springsteen's released studio recordings from 1973-1987.

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In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the legacy of Bruce Springsteen biographer and music critic Dave Marsh, who died at 76 on August 14th. They are joined by Lauren Onkey and Matt Orel, both longtime Springsteen fans who were good friends of Marsh.

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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the August 2026 release from the series, which was recorded on July 18, 2005 in Buffalo at HSBC Arena. The show features a whopping six tour premieres and came during a period on the Devils & Dust Tour where Bruce was experimenting heavily every night, drawing from his entire catalog. It opens with the first and only time Prove It All Night has been played acoustically and also features the sole tour appearances of Leap Of Faith and You're Missing. It's quite an interesting listen and Hal and Flynn have a lot to say about it.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Republican communications consultant Doug Heye to discuss the intersection of art and politics on Bruce Springsteen's 2026 Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour. At the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn pay tribute to Clive Davis who died on June 22 at 94 and was a key champion of a young Bruce Springsteen.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the new Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music, which is now open on the campus of Monmouth University. They are proud to be joined by the Director of the Center, Eileen Chapman, as well as a little later in the episode, Executive Director Bob Santelli. They give Hal and Flynn the inside scoop on how the Center came about. Thom Zimny's new film that serves as the introduction to the center, the incredible array of musical artifacts from across American music history that are found on the first floor in the Jon Landau American Music Gallery, and of course the second floor which is dedicated to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Hal and Flynn also ask about the Museum's extremely high quality merchandise and get some tantalizing info on what's to come. Towards the end, Bob tells them what Bruce's reaction was to being told he was opening the second Music America show.

At the start of the episode, they discuss Bruce's performances at both the opening of the Obama Presidential Center and the Tribeca Film Festival.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the two shows that took place last week on the campus of Monmouth University that served as the opening events for the Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music. The shows were titled Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us and over two nights a group of artists including Bruce, Jon Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne, Trombone Shorty, Kenny Chesney, Darlene Love, Mavis Staples, and many more took the audience through highlights from the 250 year history of American music. At the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn talk about the sneak peak they got of the Center, which opens this weekend, and also the final show of the LOHAD Tour in Philly.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Anthony Castrovince, reporter and columnist for https://mlb.com/ as well as a contributor to MLB Network, to discuss the shows played by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band last week in Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's performance of Streets Of Minneapolis on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The appearance came during Colbert's second to last show on CBS. At the start of the show, Flynn gives a short rundown of the Brooklyn show from May 14th.

Also in this episode is a special preview of our Patreon subscriber only series NBTB Archive Look Back. Episode 25, which was originally released on February 1st, takes a look at the archive release from Madison Square Garden on November 8, 2009, the first time Bruce played The River from front to back.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss last week's Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band show that took place at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY. Flynn attended the show and he reports that he had a much bigger Bruce buzz than he had after the Newark show. Later in the episode, Hal and Flynn talk about the change of dates for the Philly show.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report on last Monday's Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band show that took place at Prudential Center in Newark. It was the first show that Flynn has seen on the tour and he discusses what he thought of the performance. Later in the episode, Hal and Flynn discuss the differences in watching a show where the setlist is known in advance versus shows from the past where they went in expecting significant changes from night to night.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report on the Springsteen Center For American Music’s 4th annual American Music Honors event, which took place Saturday night on the campus of Monmouth University. The honorees this year were Dionne Warwick, The Doors, Dr. Dre, The E Street Band, and Patti Smith. There was also a special tribute to The Band. At the start of the episode, Hal gives his thoughts on the Phoenix stop of the 2026 Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's two shows in Los Angeles on April 7 and 9 as part of the 2026 Land Of Hope & Dreams American Tour. Hal attended both shows and talks about the very powerful performance that Bruce is delivering on the tour.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by longtime fan Josh Jacobson to discuss the opening night of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's Land Of Hope & Dreams American Tour, which kicked off in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. At the start of the episode, they discuss the President's angry response to Bruce's remarks during the show and also the Nugs livestream of the show's opening two songs.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean preview Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's upcoming Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour, which kicks off in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. At the start of the episode, they also discuss Bruce's performance at the 30th anniversary event for Democracy Now and the interview he did this week with Jon Bream of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

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In the first episode of the seventh season of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are very excited to be joined by Al Teller, who has had a legendary career in the record industry. Most importantly to listeners of this show, Teller was the President of Columbia Records from 1981-1985, which coincided with the period that Bruce Springsteen released Nebraska and Born In The USA. In a wide ranging conversation, Hal and Flynn talk to Teller about hearing both of those records for the first time, his thoughts on the Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere film adaptation (where he was played by David Krumholtz), and they also get his insight on the state of the music industry today.

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