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Bob Dylan Approximately

Daniel Crespin and Kerry Shale

A podcast about all things Bob Dylan...approximately.Actors Kerry Shale and Daniel Crespin - a Canadian Boomer and an English Millennial - dive deeply into a mutual love of Bob Dylan"s work.Content Warning ⚠️ : Flippant humour, mysterious lyrics, and unexpected tangents.For bonus episodes, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/c/BobDylanApproximately Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:02:27

EP#17 - Jordan Klepper Contains Multitudes

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/04/13

This week we welcome Emmy-winning American comedian (and fellow Bobsessive) Jordan Klepper, co-host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central.Is I Contain Multitudes the “cleanest on-ramp we’ve had for 15 years”? Is the pairing of Anne Frank and Indiana Jones ludicrous swagger or playful rip-off? Is Key West a tropical paradise or purgatory? Did Jordan find spiritual enlightenment listening to The Basement Tapes while swigging a bottle of champagne? What did he discover when rushing the Beacon Theatre

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20:20

Bonus EP#16 (Teaser) - Murder Most Foul

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/04/06

This is a teaser of Bonus EP#16 - Murder Most Foul. For access to the full episode, and all other bonus episodes, consider becoming a Bobsessive for £5 a month at Patreon.com/bobdylanapproximately.Who killed Kennedy? Why spell it G-d? Is it about America’s soul, Lee Harvey Oswald, Houdini, generational trauma or the number 3? What does Nick Cave think? Can you spot the Warren Zevon reference? How many Dylan songs begin with “Twas”? Does the Rough and Rowdy Ways album form a genre of its own? Is it

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56:41

EP#16 - Man in the Long Black Diamond Coat

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/03/30

What rhymes with “floor” in Black Diamond Bay? What really annoys Dan about the song? What costs less than dessert at a decent restaurant? Why did Joseph Conrad’s picture appear on the album sleeve? How does a clinical psychologist end up directing Sam Shepard and writing with Bob Dylan? What time was Walter Cronkite’s evening news programme?Was the man in the long, black coat Bible John or Robert Mitchum? Why does Dylan deliberately play his harmonica out of tune in so many songs? How does one song

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20:32

Bonus EP#15 (TEASER) - Desert Island Dylan (Part III)

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/03/23

This is a teaser of Bonus EP#15 - Desert Island Dylan (Part III). For access to the full episode, and all other bonus episodes, consider becoming a Bobsessive for £5 a month at Patreon.com/bobdylanapproximately.Desert Island Dylan (Part III)... In which Kerry and Dan each choose their final two Desert Island Dylansongs, with added bells and whistles.What’s the major problem with listening to a song like Red River Shore? What do Kostya, Heathcliff and Dylan have in common? How did Kerry’s Hollyoaks

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1:03:43

EP#15 - 4th Time Around, I Paid in Blood

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/03/16

This episode is also available in video format over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XdJM50QwYY0Was Dylan taking the piss out of the Beatles with 4th Time Around? Who feels with their thumbs? Who doesn’t listen to lyrics? Where do we stand on Evil Spotify? Drawer or drawers? Crutch or crotch? Who is right about the Beatles, Kerry or Dan? Was Edie Sedgwick “Blonde on Blonde”? Why does the narrator gallantly offer his last piece of gum?Who said, in a promotional interview, “all these evil motherfuckers

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16:01

Bonus EP#14 (TEASER) - Desert Island Dylan (Part II)

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/03/09

This is a teaser for Bonus EP#14 - Desert Island Dylan (Part II), in which Daniel and Kerry each choose three more Dylan songs to take to a Desert Island. For full access visit pattern.com/bobdylanapproximately and for £5 a month you can become a Bobsessive. How does Barbra Streisand figure in Kerry’s choice of Mr Tambourine Man (the Budokan version)? Was he cast in her movie because he was “a good actor”? Why did a mysterious love affair cause him to move across the Atlantic? What does Dylan’s

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52:58

EP#14 - Most of the Time, There's No Time to Think

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/03/02

Is “No Time To Think” a poem, a random word dream or a proper song? Which cover version unlocked it for Kerry? Why does it remind Dan of a Toto tune? Do we call it “a beautiful poetic explosion” or “vomit”? Is it the weirdest ode to a mid-life divorce crisis ever written, a cleverly disguised hatchet job on Albert Grossman or all of the above?Why does Dan repeatedly reference Ernest Hemingway in the introduction to Most of the Time? What musical element in the song’s video hurt Kerry’s brain? What’s

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15:46

Bonus EP#13 (TEASER) - Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/02/23

This is a teaser for Bonus EP#13 - Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (or "Where's his scrotum?"). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now, for just £5 a month.Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow button

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52:18

EP#13 - Standing in the Doorway, Cryin' 'bout Summer...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/02/16

Where do you come from? Where do you go? If it’s information you want, why ask Bob Dylan? Which F Scott Fitzgerald novel turned Dan on to unreliable narrators? Which track from Simon & Garfunkel’s 'Bookends' does Kerry find terribly strange? Is Bob the cool uncle who takes you for a ride on his chopper, singing “summer days, summer nights are gone…”When Dylan moans that he’s suffering like a fool - is he referring to the Daniel Lanois soundscape for Standing In The Doorway? Was 1997 the fulcrum

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11:01

Bonus EP#12 (TEASER) - Desert Island Dylan (Part I)

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/02/09

This is a teaser for Bonus EP#12 - Desert Island Dylan (Part I). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now, for just £5 a month.Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow button. Thanks for your

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47:55

EP#12 - My Own Version of High Water

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/02/02

How many characters appear in the seven verses of Dylan’s High Water (For Charley Patton)?Can Englishmen pronounce “panties” without raising a larf? Do we finally nail the meaning of “I’m no pig without a wig”? Is sardonic “2001” Bob cooler than snarky “1965” Bob? Who is sexier: 2001 Bob or 1965 Bob? Is “Love and Theft” bleaker than Time Out of Mind?Is Dylan the Master of Terror? In My Own Version of You, what exactly is a robot commando? Is there no success like failure? Why does yer man call

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1:10:30

FREE BONUS EPISODE! - Chronicles (Volume One) (Part...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/01/28

Today we offer you a free bonus episode, on us here at Bob Dylan Approximately. This was Bonus Episode 6 that came out in early November 2025. Listen as we start out our 3-part epic deep dive into Bob Dylan's 'memoir' 'Chronicles (Volume One').If you enjoy our bonus content, please consider becoming a Bobsessive over on our Patreon. We release episodes weekly to our Patrons, as well as early access to all regular episodes, and ad-free listening. For less than the price of a pint per month you can

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11:14

Bonus EP#11 (TEASER) - That Dylan Scorsese Netflix...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/01/26

This is a teaser of Bonus EP#11 - That Dylan Scorsese Netflix Thing (BDA Film Club III). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now, for just £5 a month.Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow button. Thanks

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47:10

EP#11 - Talkin' World War III Hollis Brown Blues

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/01/19

Was America Great when Dylan wrote The Ballad of Hollis Brown? What links the song to Othello’s pal, Iago? What’s the difference between being broke and having nothing? How did Dylan make that stabbing sound on his guitar? Who stole Ronnie Wood’s duvet? Which Bluegrass band named themselves after a brand of bib overalls?How does Talkin’ World War III Blues make use Shakespeare’s iambic verse? How does Donovan feature in the live version of the song? What’s with the lyrics on the official Dylan

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11:50

Bonus EP#10 (TEASER) - Yea! Heavy & A Pack of Wild...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/01/12

This is a teaser of Bonus EP#10 - Yea! Heavy & A Pack of Wild Geese (The Second Pilot Episode). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now, for just £5 a month.Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow

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1:10:02

EP#10 - Every Grain of Nish Kumar

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2026/01/05

Has our special guest, comedian Nish Kumar, officially entered his “Every Grain of Sand” era? What does screenwriting guru Robert McKee have to say about the song? Which small seed-eating bird was used as a cheap source of protein in Biblical times? Why did Nish try to avoid seeing Dylan in concert after 2002? Does he think Bob and Nick Cave have a duty to engage more fully with politics? Why does Nish owe Kerry a thank you? Is Daily Show guest host Jordan Klepper listening to (or watching) BDA?We

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15:34

Bonus EP#9 (TEASER) - Floating and Wiggling (The...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2025/12/29

This is a teaser of Bonus EP#9 - Floating and Wiggling (The First Pilot Episode). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now for just £5 a month.Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast. Thanks for your listenership!This was our

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52:02

EP#9 - I Want a Danville Girl

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2025/12/15

Was Dylan’s voice “at its peak of nasality” on I Want You? How does it figure in A Complete Unknown? Why was the lonesome organ grinder crying? Who was Joni Mitchell’s biggest influence as a songwriter? What’s the possible Brian Jones connection? Who said, “love and sex hang everybody up… it’s just whatever two souls happen to be.”Which album is worse: Knocked Out Loaded or Down In the Groove? Which song is superior: Brownsville Girl or New Danville Girl? Which 80’s Road movie do they remind you of

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20:36

Bonus EP#8 (TEASER) - Chronicles: Volume One (Part...

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2025/12/08

This is a teaser of Bonus EP# - Chronicles: Volume One (Part III) (BDA Book Club III). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now for just £5 a month.Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast. Thanks for your listenership!Is America

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50:46

EP#8 - The Men the Authorities Came to Blame

Bob Dylan Approximately ·

2025/12/01

Is Dylan’s Lenny Bruce an execrable song, or actually quite good? Which chat show host interviewed both Bob and Lenny? Which seminal album cover featured both of them? What links Peter Cook, Robert de Niro and Bob Fosse? Who is Dylan talking to when he describes Lenny as “more of an outlaw than you ever were?”Was Rubin Carter ever the Number One contender for the Middleweight crown? Who was the portly Irishman who cried out “My God! They’ve killed them all” in Dylan and Levy’s Hurricane? How many

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