Music History X Podcast · Scott Cardinal

The Truth About John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Stories Only Elliot Mintz Could Tell

·1 hr 12 min·5 clips
Elliot Mintz recalls watching John Lennon and Yoko Ono dance in the snow during a private New Year's Eve celebration.
In this interview, Elliot Mintz discusses his deep friendship with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, sharing intimate stories from his new book. He recounts how he overcame a stutter to build a broadcasting career, his first interactions with Yoko, and personal moments like a romantic New Year's Eve with the couple. The conversation explores themes of sacrifice, numerology, and the lasting impact of these relationships.

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A close look at Lennon and Ono that values memory, process, and private perspective.

This episode follows Elliot Mintz as he looks at John Lennon and Yoko Ono as people, not just names on a poster. The setup spends a lot of time on the contrast between a distant, cinematic view and the closer one Mintz says the book offers, and that point lands cleanly.

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For Lennon-and-Yoko lore told by a close friend, this gets unusually intimate.

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