Cameron Crowe
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
The Questlove Show kicks off with Academy Award–winning filmmaker and legendary music journalist Cameron Crowe in a captivating conversation that spans decades of music, movies, and cultural change in celebration of his new memoir, The Uncool. Crowe reflects on his early Rolling Stone interviews, his transition to Hollywood with classics such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Say Anything, and what it takes to tell an artist’s story both in print and on screen. Hear behind-the-scenes stories of working with icons like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, insights into crafting great biopics, and reflections on how live music has evolved. It is an intimate, wide-ranging exploration of creativity, memory, and the moments that shape our cultural history, only on The Questlove Show.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | The Questlove show is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 0:16.6 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Questlove show. |
| 0:21.4 | What can I say? |
| 0:22.6 | In 1972, at the ripe age of 15, our guest today, took my dream job. |
| 0:32.5 | But being as though I was just a year old and unable to read or write or form sentences or thoughts. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm willing to forgive him this one time only. |
| 0:44.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:44.5 | But I will say during this period, he will have conducted career defining, both for him and the artist, career defining interviews at Rolling Stone Magazine |
| 0:55.2 | with the likes of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Elton John, Neil Young, Johnny Mitchell, |
| 1:04.5 | Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, and so on and so on and so forth. |
| 1:08.9 | As a filmmaker, I mean, he's pretty much, I believe, |
| 1:13.1 | giving us the definitive movies of our day, be it Fast Times of Richmond High, say anything, |
| 1:20.8 | singles, Jerry McGuire, Vanilla Sky, and for Almost Famous, of which he is an Academy Award recipient |
| 1:27.4 | for Best screenplay. |
| 1:29.8 | I mean, the list goes on and on. |
| 1:31.1 | He's currently right now working on a film based on the life of Joni Mitchell. |
| 1:37.9 | Right now, he is promoting his memoir of his time as a music critic called The Uncool. |
| 1:47.4 | Please, please welcome to The Questlef Show, QLS, Cameron Crow. |
| 1:52.7 | How you doing right now? |
| 1:54.0 | I'm good. |
| 1:54.8 | I'm psyched to be talking with you again. |
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