
“The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast,” the official Grateful Dead podcast, is a series devoted to exploring the music and mythology behind one of the most enduring, progressive, and influential bands in the history of recorded music. The podcast’s tagline is “For The Committed And The Curious,” as episodes will invite new fans to explore the band’s enormous mythology in digestible chunks and enlighten ... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 134 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Music HistoryMusicMusic Commentary | |||

The Grateful Dead made their only visit to the land of chocolate on a rainy night in summer 1985, a pivotal show for different reasons for lighting crew member Dan English and longtime Dead Head photographer Bob Minkin
Guests: David Lemieux, Dennis ... more
The Deadcast points to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York, set inside the lush green of a state park & home to some of the wildest Grateful Dead shows of the mid-1980s, with a look at the 1985 parking lot scene.
Guests: David Lemieux, D... more
Set the controls for the heart of 1985 and the Dead’s 20th anniversary shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, with a look at the band’s very busy year, plus Dead Head adventures aplenty.
Guests: Dennis McNally, Len Dell’Amico, Rosie McGee, John Leo... more
We explore the very high times of the Grateful Dead’s 1966, touring Rancho Olompali with Rosie McGee, swan-diving into Owsley’s magical banana box of mystery reels, and celebrating the feral young Dead heard on the new July 3rd, 1966 Fillmore Auditor... more
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Jesse is never wrong!
Love the effort and production of these podcasts but the narrator tries a bit too hard to be funny. Not sure who he is but he seems too young to have been in these places he narrates. Let Steve Parrish do it. This dude is a tool.
This is my favorite podcast by far. Jesse speaks with enthusiasm, authority and playfulness. I learn things from every episode, and no I really love when he isolates the tracks so you can just hear Weir, the harmonies, Billy, …etc.
I’ve been on the bus for 40+ years, have read most of the books out there…and still find golden nuggets in every episode. I’ve even gone back and registered to some of the early years.
I only wish…new episodes were more frequent.
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Dream podcast for deadheads who love to “go long” on dead lore. I eat up every episode!!!
The content is so excellent, particularly the deep dives into tracks when instruments are isolated - but the engineering is far below GD standard. Specifically there are big volume changes when there are edits between the host, music and/or one of the band members talking. Jesse Jarnow is usually heavily compressed and quite loud compared to the old recordings of band members. It is often hard to hear what the guys are saying, which is the best part of the show imo. (If the engineer needs ... more
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A deeply researched history and culture podcast focused on the Grateful Dead, their music, and the surrounding mythos. It blends archival storytelling, interviews with insiders (archivists, photographers, managers, scholars), and episode-long deep dives into era-defining periods, albums, and performances. Listeners can expect rigorous analysis, first-person anecdotes, and conversations that connect historical context to the band's ongoing influence. A standout is the tight integration of primary voices and archival material, which often yields surprising details about production, touring, and Dead-related projects across decades.
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