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Even the Rich

The Death of John Lennon | Tomorrow Never Knows | 221

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.311.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

John spirals out of control when he becomes an enemy of the US government, falling back into patterns of drugs, alcohol, and self-sabotage. And just when he digs himself out, he becomes the victim of a shocking an act of violence.


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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:08.0

This episode contains references to drug use, death, and violence.

0:12.0

There's also some strong language.

0:13.7

Please be advised.

0:14.9

And a quick note about our scenes,

0:16.4

some fictionalized dialogue has been added

0:18.4

for dramatic and narrative cohesiveness. It's a hot, stuffy, August afternoon in a London TV studio.

0:25.0

Crew member scurry around in a London TV studio.

0:31.0

Crew members scurry around in t-shirts sticky with sweat. But John

0:36.1

Lennon feels cool and collected as he watches them through his signature amber tinted

0:40.4

glasses. Yoko sitting next to him waiting to go on a talk show to discuss

0:45.2

their life together and the new music they're making. It's been a rough couple of

0:49.3

years since the breakup of the Beatles. John and Yoko have been the target of a lot of insults and

0:54.4

abuse. But thankfully, today's conversation isn't going to be about the

0:58.7

Beatles. It's going to focus on

1:03.3

and Yoko and who they are now. At least that was the plan, but once the show starts,

1:07.2

the host goes rogue.

1:09.2

Can I put something to both of you about this sort of creative phase that you're both going to a present.

1:14.3

I think you've got to accept John and the other, I mean particularly you John, that it's alienated you from the people who

1:20.6

originally loved you in this country.

1:22.3

Yes, I think they don't. John clenches his jaw.

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