Portishead with Rob Fitzpatrick

Bandsplain

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 259 minutes

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Yasi and writer Rob Fitzpatrick head back to Bristol to tell the story of Portishead. They discuss the band’s unique and highly detail-oriented approach to crafting music, the uneasy relationship with fame that followed their success, and how music can be both super popular and wholly misunderstood. Listen to the Portishead playlist here. Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalekGuest: Rob Fitzpatrick @rob_fitzpatrickProducer: Rob SundermannEditor: Adrian BridgesAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, guys, it's Yossi. Just wanted to pop on here real quick for the episode to tell you in case you
0:04.6	haven't heard yet that Bansplain is doing a live show in Boston. We are joining the Incredible
0:12.0	Something in the Way Festival. Chris Ryan and I will be joined by Patrick Flynn of the Godtier
0:18.1	band Fiddlehead at the Sinclair in Cambridge on Friday, January 30th at 8 p.m.
0:24.2	Tickets are on sale right now, and there's a little bit more, babe.
0:27.5	There's a little more because we're also doing a late-night movie screening of one of our
0:31.2	favorite movies of all time.
0:33.2	Repo Man, CR and I will be doing a gorgeous little intro of that film at the Coolidge Corner
0:39.4	Theater on Saturday, January 31st. All the information and where to buy tickets, you can find
0:46.6	that at the ringer.com slash events. So please, if you're in the Boston general area,
0:56.3	come out and join us.
0:57.3	It's going to be really fun.
1:00.8	Friday, January 30th for Bandsplan Live at the Sinclair in Cambridge and Saturday January 31st for the screening of Repo Man at the Coolidge Corner Theater.
1:06.8	And the tickets again are at theringer.com slash events.
1:11.0	Hope to see you there.
1:12.9	What's with this band anyway?
1:16.3	I don't get it.
1:17.3	Can you please explain?
1:20.3	Wait, like, bandsplain?
1:24.6	Never heard this band in my life. Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
1:31.3	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one.
1:35.3	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain.
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