Jason Isbell
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The last couple of years have been huge for Jason Isbell. The Alabama-born singer-songwriter’s latest album Weathervanes won the Grammy for Best Americana album this year. He also snagged a role in Martin Scorsese's film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, which is up for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars.
There was also a critically acclaimed HBO documentary released last year about the making of Isbell’s previous album with the 400 Unit, Reunions, that put his personal life on full display.
On today’s episode I talk to Jason Isbell about his exhilarating experience filming Killers of the Flower Moon and how he prepared to act in scenes opposite Leonardo DiCaprio (heads up—there are some major spoilers in this conversation). Jason also contemplates how he will write about the dissolution of his marriage, and why he struggles to write a balls-out rock song.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:08.8 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:15.1 | The last couple of years have been huge for Jason Isbell. |
| 0:19.6 | The Alabama-born singer-songwriter's latest album, Weathervanes, |
| 0:22.9 | won the Grammy for Best Americana album this year. |
| 0:25.7 | He also snagged a role in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, |
| 0:29.5 | which is up for Best Picture at this year's Oscars. |
| 0:32.4 | Then there was a critically acclaimed HBO documentary released last year |
| 0:36.2 | about the making of Isbell's previous |
| 0:38.1 | album reunions that also put his personal life on display, warts, and awe. On today's episode, |
| 0:44.6 | I talked to Jason Isbell about the exhilarating experience of filming Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 0:49.0 | and how he prepared to act in scenes opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Heads up, if you haven't seen the movie yet, one, you should, and two, there's definitely |
| 0:58.2 | major spoilers in our conversation, so just know that going in. |
| 1:02.6 | Jason also contemplates how he'll write about the dissolution of his marriage and why he |
| 1:06.7 | struggles to write a balls out rock song. |
| 1:11.5 | This is Broken Record. |
| 1:13.5 | Liner Notes for the Digital Age. |
| 1:15.2 | I'm Justin Richman. |
| 1:16.8 | Here's my conversation with Jason Isbell. |
| 1:20.3 | Hey, how are you, man? |
| 1:22.3 | I'm doing well, thanks. |
| 1:23.8 | Having a good day. |
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