Podcast

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Arts, Music, Music History

Welcome to the first Official Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers podcast. Each week we'll hear one famous guest pick and discuss their favourite song by Tom, share their love for his work and how it still lives with them...

Featuring Brandon Flowers, Brandi Carlile, Tony Hawk, Adam Granduciel, Dhani Harrison, Lucinda Williams, Kevin Morby and Margo Price. Plus contributions from original Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench - hosted by BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt.

Music History chart
#22
Episodes
4
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
21 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
1 week ago

Episodes

4 episodes, newest first

  1. Episode 3: Tony Hawk

    Show notes

    Tony Hawk - despite a lifetime defying gravity, one Tom Petty song still stops him in his tracks.

    The skateboarding legend sits down with BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt to explore what “Free Fallin’” means to him - why its sense of freedom and drifting through California life has stayed with him, how the Petty attitude continually inspires him. Plus, the story of an unexpected gathering of legends...

    21 min
  2. Episode 2: Lucinda Williams

    Show notes

    Some songs carry a whole place inside them. For Lucinda Williams, that song is Tom Petty’s “Southern Accents”.

    The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter sits down with BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt to explore what the song means to her. How its aching portrait of The South resonates with her roots, and how Tom Petty’s storytelling has inspired her own songwriting. A heartfelt conversation about home, memory and the enduring influence of Tom Petty.

    A Cup & Nuzzle Production for The Tom Petty Estate, Red Light Management, Universal Music, and Warner Records.

    21 min
  3. Episode 1: Brandon Flowers

    Show notes

    Some songs just mean more. For Brandon Flowers, Tom Petty’s 'Here Comes My Girl', opens up a world of Americana, songwriting craftsmanship and honest, understated, poetry.

    On One On One, The Official Tom Petty Podcast, The Killers frontman sits down with BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt to explore what the track means to him - how its mix of spoken-word storytelling and soaring Pettyisms hit home. And how Petty’s songwriting has shaped his own.

    Hear all that and more in this heartfelt conversation about heartland rock and the enduring influence of Tom Petty.

    A Cup & Nuzzle Production for The Tom Petty Estate, Red Light Management, Universal Music, and Warner Records.

    22 min
  4. One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast Trailer Trailer

    Show notes

    Each week hear one famous guest share their love for Tom Petty - the world his music opened up for them, and how it still lives with them...

    Featuring Brandon Flowers, Brandi Carlile, Tony Hawk, Adam Granduciel, Dhani Harrison, Lucinda Williams, Kevin Morby and Margo Price. Plus contributions from original Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, hosted by BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt.

    2 min