In our Season 8 premiere, host Ken Womack welcomes legendary musician, band leader, actor and comedian Paul Shaffer! In addition to being David Letterman's musical director and sidekick for 33 years, Shaffer has been a featured performer on "Saturday Night Live," guest star in multiple TV and film productions, and served as musical director and producer for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony since its inception. In this episode, Womack and Shaffer discuss how the Beatles put their own spin on American rock 'n' roll, Shaffer's own career pivot while growing up in Canada, whether guitar groups are on their way out, and if Lorne Michaels or Letterman was the bigger Beatles fan.

Host Kenneth Womack welcomes acclaimed documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville to discuss his new film on Paul McCartney's career after the Beatles, "Man on the Run." Neville's films include "20 Feet from Stardom," which won an Oscar and a Grammy, and "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" about the legendary TV host Fred Rogers. "Man on the Run" is out in select theatres February 19, and will be streaming on Amazon Prime on February 27.

Rob Sheffield joins host Kenneth Womack for a spirited discussion on "Rubber Soul," the Beatles' songwriting, and everything Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift have in common. Sheffield is a longtime writer and critic for Rolling Stone magazine, where he started in 1997. He is the author of the 2024 New York Times bestseller "Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music" and "Dreaming The Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World," winner of the 2017 Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism, as well as "Love Is A Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time," "Talking to Girls about Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut," "Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke," "On Bowie" and "The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks." Sheffield was a special guest at the recent Everything Fab Four Fest celebrating the enduring majesty of "Rubber Soul," which he often cites as his favorite Beatles album.