“The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast,” the official Grateful Dead podcast, is a series devoted to exploring the music and mythology behind one of the most enduring, progressive, and influential bands in the history of recorded music. The podcast’s tagline is “For The Committed And The Curious,” as episodes will invite new fans to explore the band’s enormous mythology in digestible chunks and enlighten life-long Dead Heads about corners of the band’s history they never knew existed. No topic will be off limits on “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” as hosts Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow explore the band’s outrageous history, innovations, and impact from 1965 to today.
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Latest episodes
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Summer Magic 1985: Merriweather Post Pavilion, 6/30 & 7/1
#24 trending · Music History
Concluding the Deadcast’s Summer Magic 1985 run, we pull into Maryland for 2 over-the-top shows, explore the band’s ‘80s gear, the Dead Heads’ ‘80s pipecraft, & the enthr
Aug 27 1 h 44 min
Summer Magic 1985: Hersheypark Stadium, 6/28
The Grateful Dead made their only visit to the land of chocolate on a rainy night in summer 1985, a pivotal show for different reasons for lighting crew member Dan Englis
Aug 13 1 h 12 min
Summer Magic 1985: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 6/27
The Deadcast points to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York, set inside the lush green of a state park & home to some of the wildest Grateful Dead shows of the
Jul 30 1 h 36 min
Summer Magic 1985: Greek Theatre, 6/14-6/16
#41 trending · Music History
Set the controls for the heart of 1985 and the Dead’s 20th anniversary shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, with a look at the band’s very busy year, plus Dead Head ad
Jul 16 1 h 37 min
Independence Ball, 7/3/66
We explore the very high times of the Grateful Dead’s 1966, touring Rancho Olompali with Rosie McGee, swan-diving into Owsley’s magical banana box of mystery reels, and c
Jul 2 1 h 32 min
Steal Your Face 50, Part 3
The Deadcast explores Steal Your Face’s iconic artwork & visits the Grateful Dead’s June 1976 return to the road, including a tour of the Dead Head culture that bloomed i
Jun 25 1 h 40 min
Steal Your Face 50, Part 2
The Deadcast tells the dramatic story of when the Hells Angels put ex-Grateful Dead Records president Ron Rakow on trial for walking away from the Dead with $225,000 he b
Jun 11 1 h 27 min
Steal Your Face 50, Part 1
The Deadcast uncovers the secrets of Steal Your Face, the Dead’s 1976 live album with a checkered reputation, dramatic backstory, & sonic experimentation by Phil Lesh & O
May 28 1 h 09 min
Bobby Weir, Part 2
The Deadcast concludes its extended 2-part tribute to Bobby Weir, ranging into the evolution of his songwriting, stage persona, guitar playing, and unexpected career beyo
May 14 1 h 44 min
Bobby Weir, Part 1
The Grateful Deadcast returns for its 13th season, beginning with a 2-part tribute to the great Bobby Weir, mixing interviews with archival audio to tell the story of how
Apr 30 1 h 15 min
Blues For Allah 50: Blues For Allah
The Deadcast’s overstuffed season finale unpacks Blues For Allah’s oft-misunderstood title track, the unlikely story of its album art, & the remarkable coalition that man
Nov 20 2025 3 h 01 min
Blues For Allah 50: Sage and Spirit
The Deadcast explores Bobby Weir’s guitar étude, “Sage and Spirit,” speaking with one of the song’s namesakes, Sage Scully, before taking an extended trip to legendary De
Nov 6 2025 2 h 19 min
Blues For Allah 50: Crazy Fingers
We explore how the dreamy delicacy of Crazy Fingers came about at a time of great tumult in Grateful Dead history, with visits from new record company boss Al Teller of U
Oct 23 2025 1 h 50 min
Blues For Allah 50: The Music Never Stopped
Bobby Weir & John Perry Barlow’s classic “The Music Never Stopped” came into being when the music was briefly in danger of stopping, the song transforming from live jam t
Oct 9 2025 1 h 45 min
Blues For Allah 50: King Solomon’s Marbles/Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’ The Turkey
The Deadcast unpacks the two-part extra-heady “King Solomon’s Marbles”/’Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’ the Turkey,” using the instrumental to get into the Dead’s 1975 dall
Sep 25 2025 1 h 37 min
Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower
The Deadcast examines how Franklin’s Tower bucked every trend on Blues For Allah to become one of the Dead’s all-time classics, including a tape of its studio creation, a
Sep 11 2025 1 h 20 min
Blues For Allah 50: Slipknot!
The Deadcast uses Blues For Allah’s complicated instrumental Slipknot! to explore the musical and creative ambiguity the Grateful Dead pursued in early 1975, when there b
Aug 28 2025 1 h 49 min
Blues For Allah 50: Help On the Way
The Grateful Deadcast points itself towards 1975 to begin a song-by-song celebration of Blues For Allah’s 50th anniversary, loaded with raw session tapes, early lyric dra
Aug 14 2025 1 h 30 min
Bonus Rerun: From the Mars Hotel 50: Ship of Fools
The Grateful Deadcast visits the set for the Grateful Dead Movie, aka the Dead’s five “retirement” shows at Winterland in 1974, with heads who attended. This bonus episod
Aug 7 2025 1 h 41 min
Dan Healy 80
The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast is thrilled beyond all audible frequencies to begin its 12th season by welcoming Dan Healy, the Grateful Dead’s in-house sound wizard for m
Jul 31 2025 1 h 27 min
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This podcast series is what I imagine getting a college degree in Dead history would be like. It is so detailed, so well curated and the production value is top notch. If you’re not already listening, start today.
JMS32205 · May 2025
I LOVE this podcast so much! It’s a phenomenal oral record of a piece of our history that is so hard to fully describe. The stories, music, and history masterfully piece together brings me right back to the beautiful days of seeing The Dead in my teens and 20s - it’s a complete treasure!
zzzzzzzzxzxzxxxxxxxxxxx · Apr 2025
So many layers to the Dead onion. So much fun! So many rabbit holes! My new favorite podcast.
Always looking forward to the next episode, always replay the last. Saved many. Each one is a work of art and love. Thank You!
Sprucenbirch · Apr 2025
As a head who never got to see Jerry, it is astonishing how the GOGDC connects its listeners to the rich and kaleidoscopic history of arguably the greatest rock and roll band to have ever put tune to ear. When I listen to an episode, it pulls me into the scene of the day or time period being featured and does so from multiple angles of perspective. A listener feels like they are there, in the action, as it was happening. The work which Jesse Jarnow and Rich Mahan put in, along with all of the fantastic interviews and commentary from David Lemieux and others, brings the Dead to life in a truly unique, thoughtful and engaging way such that even those of us who were unable to partake of that epic 30 year trip can vicariously feel as though we were a part of the long strangeness of it all. From this head, I can truly say, I’m so very grateful for this. RIP Steve Silberman, your commentary brought so much joy to the post-Jerry generations of Deadheads.
A Grateful Dude · Feb 2025
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