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Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Beatles go to the US and become an overnight sensation. But when John can’t cope with the pressure of fame, he finds solace in someone outside the band – experimental artist Yoko Ono.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can
0:01.7	the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.4	This episode contains swearing, sex, and one funky acid trip.
0:13.1	Please be advised.
0:14.6	And a quick note about our scenes.
0:16.2	Some fictionalized dialogue
0:17.5	has been added for dramatic and narrative cohesiveness. It's February 11th, 1963.
0:27.7	It's February 11th, 1963.
0:30.6	22-year-old John Lennon sits up in bed and pushes his shaggy hair out of his eyes.
0:35.1	For most of London today is just a plain old Monday, but for John Paul, George, and
0:41.0	Ringo it's Judgment Day.
0:43.4	And finally, we have the four.
0:45.8	Yeah, so Pete Best is out and Ringo is in.
0:49.5	John said Pete didn't get their jokes,
0:51.3	so they kicked him out of the band. I think guests of
0:54.7	our infamous game nights can understand the importance of such a philosophy. Yes like
0:58.9	get the joke or get out. Exactly yes. So the boys are due at Abbey Road at 10 a.m. sharp to record their first studio
1:05.7	album. As John walks barefoot into his grimy little bathroom and looks at himself
1:10.6	in the busted mirror, he's sure of one thing and one thing only.
1:15.0	Today is going to suck.
1:18.1	He opens his mouth and looks at his red swollen throat.
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