None But The Brave
None But the Brave takes a comprehensive look at the music and career of Bruce Springsteen. Hosted by film producer Hal Schwartz and Backstreets Magazine contributor Flynn McLean.
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April 27, 2026 • 33 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report on last Monday's Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band show that took place at Prudential Center in Newark. It was the first show that Flynn has seen on the tour and he discusses what he thought of the performance. Later in the episode, Hal and Flynn discuss the differences in watching a show where the setlist is known in advance versus shows...
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April 23, 2026 • 33 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report on the Springsteen Center For American Music’s 4th annual American Music Honors event, which took place Saturday night on the campus of Monmouth University. The honorees this year were Dionne Warwick, The Doors, Dr. Dre, The E Street Band, and Patti Smith. There was also a special tribute to The Band. At the start of the episode, Hal gives hi...
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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's two shows in Los Angeles on April 7 and 9 as part of the 2026 Land Of Hope & Dreams American Tour. Hal attended both shows and talks about the very powerful performance that Bruce is delivering on the tour.
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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by longtime fan Josh Jacobson to discuss the opening night of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's Land Of Hope & Dreams American Tour, which kicked off in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. At the start of the episode, they discuss the President's angry response to Bruce's remarks during the show and also the Nugs livestream of the show's ...
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March 30, 2026 • 33 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean preview Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's upcoming Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour, which kicks off in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. At the start of the episode, they also discuss Bruce's performance at the 30th anniversary event for Democracy Now and the interview he did this week with Jon Bream of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
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March 16, 2026 • 60 mins
In the first episode of the seventh season of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are very excited to be joined by Al Teller, who has had a legendary career in the record industry. Most importantly to listeners of this show, Teller was the President of Columbia Records from 1981-1985, which coincided with the period that Bruce Springsteen released Nebraska and Born In The USA. In a wide ranging conversation, ...
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March 11, 2026 • 34 mins
In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the March 2026 release from the series, which was recorded on June 22, 2000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fifth night of the legendary ten night stand at the Garden that closed the Reunion Tour with the E Street Band, the show features 3 previously unreleased songs including the world premiere of Another Thin Line as well...
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February 19, 2026 • 21 mins
In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's announcement that he will be doing a short tour with the E Street Band in the Spring, starting in Minneapolis and ending in Washington, D.C. Bruce issued a passionate statement about his views on the state of the country and said that he will be bringing joyous rock and roll in defense of the American experience.
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February 17, 2026 • 36 mins
In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the February 2026 release from the series, which was recorded on February 12, 1997 at the Capitol Theater in Sydney. The final night of a 5 show stand, this marked Bruce's first appearance in the city since the Born In The USA Tour. The show features several unreleased songs and is notable for also being the only show on the tour with bot...
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February 3, 2026 • 27 mins
In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's performance with Tom Morello at the Defend Minnesota protest concert on Friday in Minneapolis. They are joined by Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter and critic Jon Bream, who attended the show. Jon first saw Bruce at the Bottom Line in 1975!
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January 30, 2026 • 21 mins
In this special edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss Bruce Springsteen's surprise release of a protest song, Streets Of Minneapolis, that he was inspired to write in the past few days following the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. Hal and Flynn break down the song, which harshly criticizes President Trump and ICE, and talk about how it continues Bruce’s long history o...
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January 20, 2026 • 22 mins
In this special edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean report on Bruce Springsteen’s surprise appearance at the 26th annual Light Of Day WinterFest. Bruce joined Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers for a high intensity set that contained 13 songs, including two with special guest Gary U.S Bonds. Bruce also once again made news with a powerful speech on the state of the country right before he launched in...
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January 14, 2026 • 53 mins
In the season finale of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the massive year that fans of Bruce Springsteen had in 2025. Bruce released two long awaited box sets, toured Europe, had a biopic released, and put himself firmly in the cultural conversation with his thoughts on the state of America at the moment. Later in the episode, Hal and Flynn look at what might be ahead in terms of releases and with ...
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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the special 2025 Christmas release from the series, which was recorded on December 31, 1975 at The Tower Theater in Philadelphia. The triumphant final night of a 4 show stand that concluded a year that saw Bruce's career take off following the release of Born To Run. The show was originally released in 2015 very early on in the archive se...
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December 23, 2025 • 61 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean conclude their coverage of Bruce Springsteen's Tracks 2 box set with the seventh episode in a series that looks at each of the seven albums in the box. This episode is dedicated to the LA Garage Sessions from 1983, which is material that Bruce recorded shortly after the release of Nebraska. He moved to Los Angeles (as depicted in Springsteen: Delive...
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December 12, 2025 • 39 mins
In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by long time fan and former Backstreets Magazine contributor, Glenn Radecki, to discuss the December 2025 release from the series, a show from the Wrecking Ball Tour recorded live in Turku on May 8, 2013. The show is filled with surprises and is most known for featuring the one and only performance of the Born In The USA outtake, Wages...
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December 4, 2025 • 45 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their coverage of Bruce Springsteen's Tracks 2 box set with the sixth episode in a series that will look at each of the seven albums in the box. This episode is dedicated to Perfect World, which is the most rocking album of the set and is comprised of a group of songs that Bruce had been holding onto that date all the way back to 1994.
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November 18, 2025 • 26 mins
In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the November 2025 release from the series, a show from the Magic Tour recorded live in Oakland on October 26, 2007. Only the second show released from the opening leg of the tour, the show features a compact ultra-tight setlist including the final performance ever of Racing In The Street with Danny Federici and a rare appearance of Tunnel...
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November 12, 2025 • 44 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean continue their discussion about Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska '82 Extended Edition box set that was released on October 24th. In this episode, they give their thoughts on the acoustic outtakes disc. Later, they also discuss the 2025 Ct. Basie performance of Nebraska in its entirety and the remastered version of the original album.
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November 4, 2025 • 38 mins
In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean talk about Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, which was written and directed by Scott Cooper. The film stars Jeremy Allen White as Bruce and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau. It focuses on Bruce's life in 1982 and 1983, a period that Hal and Flynn have discussed in great detail over the life of the podcast and they have a lively discussion on what the...
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