Is the Shadow Kingdom version of To Be Alone With You the confession of a devoted lover, an incel stalker or a hopeless druggy? Who does Dylan sing the SK Forever Young to? Where do Woody Allen’s Love and Death and Michael Haneke’s Amour fit in? Is What Was It You Wanted addressed to Bob’s fans? Can we recommend Bo Burnham’s “Inside” (Netflix)?

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Theme Music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin.

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What does Dylan expect from his songs? Is Born In Time a barely remembered fever dream? What is it about the song that’s so… revealing? Can numbers help us grab hold of Time? Or Truth? Or Stripes? Is Bob raising the curtain on himself? Who wouldn’t want to sing the phrase “foggy web of destiny”? Why do singing teachers use piano rather than guitar?

In Series of Dreams, who is the umbrella? Why is it folded? Dylan is a combination of which two Jungian archetypes? On which planet would your losing cards make a great hand? Did Dylan approve of the video? How many meanings can you find for “I’d already gone the distance”? Was the song too accessible for O Mercy? Or too chaotic?

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Sound Engineer(s): Nevan Brothers.

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This is a teaser of Bonus EP#17 - Masked and Anonymous. The full version, as well as all bonus episodes, early access to all episodes, ad-free listening and more, are available to our Bobsessives at patreon.com/bobdylanapproximately for just £5 a month.

Is it possible to watch the film without checking your phone? What’s the difference between a honey badger and a dolphin snagger? Can Bob Dylan walk, talk or do anything normally? Why was he rushed to hospital during filming? Is “a Bob Dylan film” a separate film genre? Why did Ed Harris appear in blackface? Who is Sergei Petrov?

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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 stage?

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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 pronounced Sooz or Suzy?

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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 manage to evoke the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness? Why did PETA campaign against use of the phrase “beating on a dead horse”?

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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 Dylan

songs, 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 audition go? Why do lotus flowers only grow in muddy water? Will the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour ever end? How does the name “Jeff” figure in the lore of the podcast?

How can an album as weird as John Wesley Harding end up as a musical hug? Who’s sexier, Bob or Leonard Cohen? Who wants it darker? Which song inspired Bob Dylan Approximately to come into being? Why does Kerry repeatedly call The Bob Dylan Center “The Bob Dylan Museum”? Which director do we both choose for our Desert Island Dylan Films?

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This episode is also available in video format over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XdJM50QwYY0

Was 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 can rot in Hell”? Did Bob manage to integrate his shadow side in Pay In Blood? Why do boxers sometimes blow each other a kiss? Is the band Kiss one of Dylan’s influences? Is Ovid? What was the Lake Sasaginnigak incident? Who do you believe: Adele or Bob? Where is the Southern Zone?

Song 1: 4th Time Around - https://open.spotify.com/track/4i4oDSWluhViEzuYIZYtmJ?si=3a2d882c3f454e96

Song 2: Pay in Blood - https://open.spotify.com/track/7D1GycSf7qgYN4WgplOn0E?si=3ad64bdc9b074458

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Producer: Robin Guise.

Engineer: Roisin King.

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