The Death of John Lennon | With A Little Help From My Friends | 219

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A childhood of abandonment leaves John Lennon desperate to make a new family out of a group of young, ragtag musicians. But when the band finds itself in the spotlight, they’re going to have to up their game – and learn to play their instruments.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can
0:01.7	convince the newest season of Even the Rich
0:03.3	before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wundary Plus in the Wundery app
0:05.9	or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.8	A brief heads up that this episode contains references to violence
0:11.2	that some listeners may find disturbing.
0:13.0	We also swear a lot.
0:15.0	So if you don't like it, you can piss off.
0:18.0	A quick note about our scenes.
0:19.0	Some fictionalized dialogue has been added for dramatic and narrative cohesiveness.
0:23.2	It's a cold winter night on December 8th, 1980.
0:34.0	40-year-old musical mega star John Lennon is walking with his wife,
0:38.0	Yoko Ono, down a street in midtown Manhattan.
0:41.0	The cold air fogs up his glasses and he grips
0:44.9	Yoko's hand to keep his fingers from freezing. The two of them have had a very
0:50.2	long day. They spent the better half of it doing a photo shoot with
0:54.4	legendary photographer Annie Leibowitz.
0:56.8	Ereisha, do you remember that photo where John is naked and he's like curled up around
1:01.6	Yoko? Of course I do.
1:03.0	We recreated it to be the cover art for this show.
1:06.0	Yes, and it's breathtaking if we're being honest.
	...

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