Mark Ronson
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Nine-time Grammy-winning producer and DJ Mark Ronson sits down with Questlove to discuss the many elements of his life and love of music, particularly as they intersect with the era explored in his New York Times best-selling book, Night People. Ronson reflects on a formative period in New York City nightlife, his awkward beginnings as a club DJ, and the experiences that sparked his passion for Hip-Hop and playing music for others. Drawing from the book—originally conceived as a companion piece to an album—he also opens up about balancing family life with a demanding career. Along the way, Ronson and Questlove compare notes on the evolving rules of DJ’ing, making this conversation a perfect groove for music lovers.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | The Questlove show is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 0:14.1 | As if Nabbing producer of the year for Amy Winehouse's groundbreaking, |
| 0:24.4 | Back to Black wasn't enough, not to mention two record of the year nods for rehab from set Back to Black and his own uptown funk with |
| 0:32.6 | Bruno Mars, not to be outdone by the Oscar he won for Lady Gaga's Shallow for Stars Board. |
| 0:40.5 | And you can also add in the executive producer of the phenomenon known as the Barbie soundtrack. |
| 0:48.3 | Our guests can now add New York Times bestselling author. |
| 0:53.7 | There you go. |
| 0:54.5 | This is his love letter to a music era that's also near and dear close to my heart of the late |
| 1:02.8 | 90s, early arts, New York Nightlife. |
| 1:05.5 | This is called Night People. |
| 1:06.6 | I highly recommend this essential reading. |
| 1:09.6 | Our guest today, of course, goes without an introduction for his accolades and his roster. We'll be all day saying it. Myles Cyrus, Duleepa, Adele, Parma Cartney, Wale, Ronfest, Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera, close face killer, most deaf, cuetip, yabba, yabba, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, ladies and gentlemen, once again, Mark Ronson. |
| 1:29.1 | What's up, pal? |
| 1:29.8 | How are you? |
| 1:30.5 | Thank you for doing this for me. Thank you. You know what the great thing about the New York Times best seller thing is? What? You only need one week on there. You can say for the rest of your life. As long as you get that first week. and they're like they weren't put the sticker on their New York Times |
| 1:44.2 | but so they put the sticker on my grave |
| 1:46.1 | anyway no I mean first week. And they're like, they weren't put the sticker on there. New York Times best selling. |
| 1:44.7 | And put the sticker on my grave. |
| 1:47.0 | Anyway, no, I mean, you've kind of blazed the path of like that, I guess, |
| 1:52.0 | pivoting. |
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