Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springst...

🎙️ Set Lusting Bruce is more than a podcast—it's a celebration of connection through the music of Bruce Springsteen. Hosted by longtime contact center leader and community builder Jesse Jackson, each episode invites fans from all walks of life to share their personal stories, favorite lyrics, and the moments where Bruce’s music met them right where they were.

Whether you're a die-hard E Street devotee or someone who just discovered Thunder Road, this show is your backstage pass to heartfelt conversations, unexpected insights, and the kind of camaraderie only music can spark. From tales of redemption and resilience to laughter over setlist debates, Set Lusting Bruce is where fandom becomes family.

Because as Bruce once sang, “We learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school.”

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Mark Dempsey - 2023 USA visit wrap up!
Mark Dempsey @mkd1973 joins me fresh from his business trip to the US, shares stories of attending 3 shows and getting to break bread with me and some of my friends. 
53 min
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April Update
A short bonus episode where we catch up and talk about plans for April.
10 min
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“What does Bruce Springsteen owe his fans?
Craig Colby returns to the podcast to catch up on all things Springsteen and the tour.  Craig had written a wonderful column named "YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME. HOW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ALIENATED HIS MOST RABID FANS AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING."...
43 min
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Dan McInerney - One Third of the Story Song Pod...
Dan McInerney, one of the hosts of my newest podcast obsession, The Story Song Podcast @story_Song joined Jesse @jessejacksondfw a few weeks ago looking very dapper in his apricot scarf.  (A reference to the song Your So Vain).  Jesse and...
79 min
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Concert Feedback Vol 2
A few fans call in sharing their quick thoughts about stops during this leg of the E Street Band world wide tour!  Let your voice be heard,  call - 469-249-2442 
7 min
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Robert Santelli - Executive Director of Bruce S...
A GRAMMY Award-winning music historian, producer, and educator, Santelli was the Founding Executive Director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and the author of more than a dozen books on American music, including the New York Times best-seller,...
50 min
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Drake Mefestta - Artist, Composer, The Black B...
 If death awaits all adventurers, then the salvation of resurrection is always the hope. But what about the waiting period? Stuck in the afterlife awaiting a cleric's blessing to return you from a critical failure–how do you bide your...
59 min
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Russ Burlingame - Writer Time to Be Heroes: A T...
Russ Burlingame @russburlingame returns to the podcast to talk about the latest Springsteen tour and his plans to attend at least one show.  We talk about the set list and his expectations.  We also talk about his new Kickstarter.  He...
48 min
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Stephanie Myers & Stephanie Pena - friends, mus...
Stephanie Myers & Stephanie Pena host the wonderful Stephanie & Stephanie Talk Tunes podcast part of the Pantheon Family of Podcasts.  Stephanie and Stephanie met in college and bonded over velvet pants and a love of music.  They share...
55 min
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2023 Set Lusting Bruce promo
If you host a podcast and need a promo, I'd love for you to share my latest promo for the podcast.  If you have a promo for your podcast, let me know so I can help promote your podcast!  
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Amy Scruggs - Artist, Public Speaker, Coach, Mu...
Amy Scruggs @amyscruggssd is a nationally known country music artist, a successful sales and media coach, the mother of 4 and a former TV host.  She joins Jesse to talk about her passions, her latest album and green M&M's.  Find out more...
24 min
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Zack Morrison Writer/Director. Rutgers Alumni, ...
Zack Morrison @zackmorrison18  is a comedy writer and filmmaker from New Jersey, currently living in Los Angeles.  He is the writer and director of Everything's Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major, a 2019 Television Academy student Emmy...
59 min
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Concert Feedback Vol 1
A few voice mails from fans talking about the first few shows of the current Springsteen tour. Let you voice be heard - call 469-249-2442   Photo by Alec Solomita
6 min
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Mike Cagley - Co-host Big Sports Radio & Illini...
Mike @mikecagley is a fellow DFW resident and in today's episode we get very Sportsy.  We do talk a little music but we spend a great deal talking about covering Sports, his podcast and radio show and heaven help us the Dallas Cowboys.  
81 min
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March 2023 Update
We wrap up February and talk about the podcast plans for March. 
10 min
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Erik Lin - Morning Forest Musings 早晨思考森林
Erik Lin @MusingsForest joins Jesse on the podcast to discuss their thoughts on Bruce’s music and Springsteen’s influence on his creativity.  They thinks that Bruce’s relationship with nonwhite audiences is a nuanced, tricky and important...
50 min
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Steve Mahoney - musician, podcaster and Springs...
Steve Mahony @MahoneyReturns has played in a few bands, in Mahoney & The Moment with my wife who is from New York and we play Folk: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CYHwXYkHNSY2yn9IMjLDG… and The Milkshakes a very E Street style band that play Rock...
60 min
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Josh Mensch - writer, documentarian, music fan
Josh Mensch has a long and successful career as a TV Documentarian.  His newest career is writing best selling histories that read like novels with his fellow writer Brad Meltzer.  Their last book is The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to...
85 min
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"Old School" Springsteen Fan - Austin Review
A self proclaimed "Old School" Springsteen fan takes over the Set Lusting Bruce Channel and shares his thoughts on the Austin Set List.
10 min
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Alex Markham Writer, musician, humorist!
Alex Markham @byAlexmarkham joins me from Valencia Spain to tak about his writing and his Springsteen fandom. Check out his writing at https://byalexmarkham.medium.com/
56 min
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Stefan Stevenson - journalist, writer, music fan
Stefan Stevenson @StefanVersusTex Is a Former reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for 25 years and he continues to Freelance.  He covered the Dallas stop of the new tour, here ...
60 min
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Reactions to Dallas Show - we were there!
Bruce Springsteen and a short handed E Street Band played the American Airline's Center in Dallas Texas on Feb 10, 2023.  They were missing Steve, Soozie and Patti.  The band worked extra hard knowing that they were a little light in the...
15 min
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Randy Andrews - stage Hypnotist, Motivational S...
Randy Andrews loves to make people laugh.  He uses his skills to motivate, entertain and to inspire.  He has a new podcast where he uses music to explore his guest's life.  Find it here   
55 min
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Jennifer Peloquin Kuntzelman - wife, mother, Sp...
Jen had reached out to the Spring-Nuts group sharing the story behind the Say Hi to Max book, after talking to Max's family, I knew I needed to hear Jen's story as well.  She shares her long time Springsteen fandom and stories from shows and her...
29 min
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Bonus Episode - Tampa SLB Hot Line
A few voices mails from fans sharing their thoughts on the opening night of the 2023 tour.  You can leave your thoughts by calling ‪(469) 249-2442‬ 
7 min