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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law

Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law

Stephen Daniel Arnoff

Many of our assumptions about spiritual intention, sensual pleasure, and the essence of work, community, country, race, and the divine have germinated in Bob Dylan’s need to know what’s blowing in the wind. In a moment when the world we thought we knew seems like uncharted territory, About Man and God and Law hears sixty years of popular music anew, offering both a map and a manifesto for empathy and purpose for anyone seeking a life of meaning inspired by the songs they love. Stephen Daniel Arnoff injects the quest with an equal dose of academic bona fides mixed with a rock and roll irreverence. How does it feel? Let's find out together. Look for the book About Man & God & Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan coming in December from Morgan James Publishing. More at mangodlaw.com. Join the conversation at facebook.com/dylanmangodlaw.
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 01: Salvation

01: Salvation

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12/02/21 • 34 min

I practice a faith that's been long abandoned/Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road - Bob Dylan, "Ain't Talkin' (2006)

Episode One of Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law sets the stage for how Bob Dylan recast popular music with the questions of purpose and meaning that had defined religion for millennia. In the words of Bruce Springsteen, Dylan's songs could contain the whole world. We're uncovering Dylan's rock and roll revolution of the spirit in all of its glorious disruption. Join us for Episode One of Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law: Salvation.

Check out the forthcoming book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan and listen to all of our episodes here or wherever podcasts are found. For more info and a chance to receive a free ebook visit www.mangodlaw.com.

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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 21: Bob Dylan at Work (Sound and Vision)

21: Bob Dylan at Work (Sound and Vision)

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04/05/22 • 33 min

It was a weekend afternoon in March at Florida International University, and there was hardly another person in sight where a collection of Dylan's work — work as important as any painter of his age if not for the paintings themselves but rather because of the artist – offered a frame to begin looking one last time at Bob Dylan in this, the final season of this podcast, Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law. We're talking Dylan the artist, the creator, the restless spirit of our time, who never gets bored. Read the book About Man and God Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan, published on May 3, 2022. We are proud to be part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. All music in this podcast illustrates and educates. Purchase these great tracks wherever music is streamed or sold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 23: Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell with Writer David Yaffe
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05/01/22 • 72 min

No regrets, Coyote. And we really mean that. What better way to get into the depths of peerless artists Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, how they intersect, and how they work then by speaking with David Yaffe, author of Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown and Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell. David is an esteemed and eminently creative music critic and scholar, a Professor of Humanities at Syracuse University, and his new substack Trouble Man: Musings of David Yaffe is a wonderful, wistful way to journey through pop music and pop culture with a true maven and storytelling. Check it out! If you haven’t stayed up for hours talking bout music, your favorites songs and artists, you haven't lived as a music fan. Have a taste of that with David, the second guest in an incredible line-up of music writers and thinkers who will join us this season. Purchase About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan wherever books are sold and visit www.mangodlaw.com for information on upcoming events, show notes, and more. We are proud to be part of the Pantheon Podcasts Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 24: Bob Dylan's Memory Revisited with Scott Warmuth

24: Bob Dylan's Memory Revisited with Scott Warmuth

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05/16/22 • 98 min

Welcome to Episode 4 of Season Three in which Scott Warmuth unpacks the secret history of Bob Dylan's art of composition in a mind-blowing conversation. Check out Bob Dylan's bookshelf or a taste of the inventory from which Dylan invents music on the album Love and Theft. This is a fascinating journey into the mind of Dylan as a quirky, cunning, brilliant master of words and music. Find the book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan inspired by the podcast wherever books are sold and learn more about the project at www.mangodlaw.com. We are proud to be part of the Pantheon Podcasts Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 33: When Bob Dylan Gets It All Wrong | Part Two  - With Mark Montgomery French
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07/15/23 • 75 min

We are still living on Tulsa time, reflecting back on the World of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa at the beginning of June. This time we're talking about how Dylan plays inside and outside the lines of authenticity, roots, race, and the never-ending tour of the popular music hustle.

Our very special guest is music impresario Mark Montgomery French, whose encyclopedic knowledge of music, framing of cultural questions, humor, and creativity will keep you riveted. This is a conversation that takes on tough, essential questions about race and music. Mark is just the person to go deep with those questions with honesty, wisdom, and grace.

San Francisco-native Mark Montgomery French is an award-winning film composer with the group Spiky Blimp, Creative Director and Co-Producer of Glide Church’s Sunday Online Celebration, host of the podcast “All Your Favorite Music is (Probably)...”, staff writer at PopMatters, and the manager of critically acclaimed queer country band Secret Emchy Society and classic power-punk band The Furys. He’s also a music historian noted for his talk All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black, the series 28 Days, 28 Black Music Documentaries, and Uppity Music—Your Guide to Unsung Black Departure Albums. He was formerly the co-leader of the ’90s progressive funk band Endangered Species. Find out more about Mark's work at www.mmfrench.com.

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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 16: Bob Dylan Covered and Uncovered

16: Bob Dylan Covered and Uncovered

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12/01/21 • 36 min

Every musician gets their start doing covers. The Beatles did Little Richard. The Stones, Chuck Berry. Aerosmith, the Stones. Pearl Jam, Neil Young. Nirvana, the Mekons. But what is revealed by a cover, and most particularly what is revealed by covering songs by Bob Dylan? We asked Adele, Richie Havens, Van Morrison, Iggy Pop, Nina Simone, and a few more pals. Find out the answer here! This is Episode 6 of Season 2 of Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law. Check out the forthcoming book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan and listen to all of our episodes here or wherever podcasts are found. For more info and a chance to receive a free ebook visit www.mangodlaw.com. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 03: Mapping America

03: Mapping America

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12/02/21 • 41 min

Where is America, especially in these trying times? Bob Dylan offers a map to America, but only for those willing to accept its original sin. Special guests Paul Simon and John Lennon join us. Check out the forthcoming book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan and listen to all of our episodes here or wherever podcasts are found. For more info and a chance to receive a free ebook visit www.mangodlaw.com. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 12: Bootlegging - Bob Dylan's Salvation Up on Trial

12: Bootlegging - Bob Dylan's Salvation Up on Trial

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10/01/21 • 26 min

“This wasn’t a failure of creativity. It was a failure of curation,” said Rolling Stone in its recent review of Bob Dylan's Springtime in New York, Volume 16 of the Bootleg Series. But what we have here is failure to communicate. Rolling Stone should know better. It should know how this music feels. A failure to curate? A failure to communicate?  A close listen to one song alone from the collection proves this review wrong. "New Danville Girl," please stand up. We are bootstrapping in Episode Two of Season Two of About Man and God and Law. Welcome to Bootlegging - Bob Dylan’s Salvation Goes Up on Trial. Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law. Check out the forthcoming book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan and stayed tuned for more. We are proud to be a part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 01: Salvation

01: Salvation

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12/02/21 • 34 min

I practice a faith that's been long abandoned/Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road - Bob Dylan, "Ain't Talkin' (2006) Episode One of Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law sets the stage for how Bob Dylan recast popular music with the questions of purpose and meaning that had defined religion for millennia. In the words of Bruce Springsteen, Dylan's songs could contain the whole world. We're uncovering Dylan's rock and roll revolution of the spirit in all of its glorious disruption. Join us for Episode One of Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law: Salvation. Check out the forthcoming book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan and listen to all of our episodes here or wherever podcasts are found. For more info and a chance to receive a free ebook visit www.mangodlaw.com. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law - 04: Before the Law

04: Before the Law

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09/18/20 • 49 min

Dylan says to live outside the law, you must be honest. But standing in line, waiting for your number to come up. Man, there's got to be a better way. Follow Dylan's journey of pawns, Joneses, messiahs, jokers, and dreams with good friends Warren Zevon, Orson Welles, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, our very special guest Franz Kafka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law currently has 64 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Music, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Religion and Music Commentary.

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The episode title '02: The Art of Memory' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law is 41 minutes.

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