Rick Rubin chats with Andrew Watt this episode about getting his start in music interning with the Roots, working with Post Malone and Miley Cyrus on her newest album, and about a frightening experience with COVID in the early days of the pandemic.

The runway to success was short for Black Pumas. Five months after releasing their debut album in 2019, the Austin-based band was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys. And now, one year later, Black Pumas are up for Album of the Year for the deluxe version of their debut.

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is a prolific songwriter and in this episode with Malcolm Gladwell, he shares his songwriting secrets.

Leslie Odom Jr., best known for playing Aaron Burr in Hamilton, speaks to Bruce Headlam about his career on stage and in music and also his new Christmas album.

Mike Campbell, guitarist, co-writer and original Heartbreaker talks to Rick Rubin about growing up with Tom Petty, working on Wildflowers and about his new album, Wreckless Abandon, with band The Dirty Knobs.

Leah Rose speaks to Deep Sea Diver's Jessica Dobson about her journey from touring guitarist with indie rock royalty to becoming a creative force in the genre.

Kentucky singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson was in his mid-30s when he found fame as a country artist in Nashville. Sturgill talk to Rick Rubin about his journey and also his new bluegrass album.

Lenny Kravitz and Rick Rubin are old friends and roommates. On this episode of Broken Record they catch up on the occasion of the release of Lenny's memoir, "Let Love Rule."

Produced by My Morning Jacket's Jim James, S.G. Goodman's new album of songs present a deeper, more complex than usual look at life below the Mason-Dixon line.

Maya Hawke’s debut album, Blush, is an invitation into her vivid inner life.

Carlos Santana along with his wife and drummer, Cindy Blackman got together with Rick Rubin to discuss the 2019 album they recorded together, Africa Speaks, and also to talk about Santana's early days in San Francisco.

Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell speak to Bruce Springsteen about his new album, "Letter to You," listening to "Born to Run" on a long drive for its 45th anniversary and the influence his Catholicism has on his songwriting.

Rick Rubin talks to Arcade Fire's Win Butler on the occasion of the The Suburb's tenth anniversary. The band's third record was their first number one album in the US.

To celebrate the release of Tom Petty's Wildflowers & All The Rest box set, Rick Rubin connected with Heartbreakers keyboardist, Benmont Tench for a conversation. Benmont is a massive talent who's also done plenty of work as a sideman for Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, U2, Johnny Cash and a ton of others.

Rick Rubin talks to Tom Petty's daughter, Adria Petty, about her memories of her dad and the hard curatorial work of putting together the new box set "Wildflowers & All The Rest."

Bruce Headlam talks to Joe about writing "Don't Tell Me" for his sister-in-law Madonna, working with Bonnie Raitt and Elvis Costello and the music that gave him strength after a cancer diagnosis.

Khruangbin have had a charmed existence since they released their first record almost exactly five years ago. They've crushed the festival circuit, opened up for Wu Tang and found themselves on Obama's summer playlist.

Burt Bacharach is a living legend. But he recently found a new muse in collaborator Daniel Tashian.

Buffy Sainte-Marie could've been Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell or Paul Simon but she tells Rick Rubin she was blacklisted by the U.S. government.

Rick Rubin talk to Don was about his early days in Detroit, his time in Was Not Was and his wide ranging career producing defining-albums for the B-52's, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. He also talks about how he became the president of legendary Jazz label Blue Note Records.

In this episode FlyLo talks to Rick Rubin about visiting his great aunt Alice Coltrane’s ashram, his peak creative hours, and why he directed a horror movie despite being scared to death by the Thriller video as a kid.

Into the Zone is a podcast about opposites, and how borders are never as clear as we think.

In a bonus Fresh Find episode, Bruce Headlam interviews Australian singer-songwriter Emma Louise about having an accidental overseas hit and pitching her voice down so that it's unrecognizable on her latest album.

Brandi Carlile came by Shangri La last year to talk to Rick Rubin with Tanya Tucker about the album they made together, While I'm Livin'. After Tanya left, Brandi stayed behind to talk about her love of Joni Mitchell's music, how she was present for a star studded jam that led to Joni singing for the first time since her stroke, and also about the beginning of her career, when Rick helped to discover her.

Our episode with Justin Townes Earle was scheduled to run next month. But after we heard about Earle's passing over the weekend, we decided to put it out sooner.