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The Ben Maynard Program

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"Tell Your Story". Everyone has a story. Not just the famous. This is a guest driven program but when we are "guest free", It's just YOU and ME! I love music and we will talk a lot about it. Enjoy the ride! #podcast #benmaynardprogram #music #tellyourstory #music #spotify #maynard #videopodcast #thebenmaynardprogram@buzzsprout.com #socialmedia #journey

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43%

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Selective

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What is The Ben Maynard Program about?

"Tell Your Story". Everyone has a story. Not just the famous. This is a guest driven program but when we are "guest free", It's just YOU and ME! I love music and we will talk a lot about it. Enjoy the ride!

Who hosts The Ben Maynard Program?

The Ben Maynard Program is hosted by Ben. The show has published 150 episodes to date.

What has The Ben Maynard Program covered recently?

Recent episodes include "EP. 151 1982 BILLBOARD HOT 100 - OCTOBER 16, 1982!" (17 October 2026, 73 minutes), "EP. 150 Claude Carmichael: The Music Stories You’ve Never Heard & His New Album Tennessee Hill" (10 October 2026, 110 minutes), and "EP. 149 Bob Dylan’s Country Roots Explain More Than You Think" (3 October 2026, 77 minutes).

How often does The Ben Maynard Program publish?

The Ben Maynard Program publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 82 minutes across 150 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Ben Maynard Program?

Booking probability for The Ben Maynard Program is 43%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Ben Maynard Program requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Ben Maynard Program's contact route on record: verified email.

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Ben hosts The Ben Maynard Program, a music podcast with 150 episodes published.

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    EP. 151 1982 BILLBOARD HOT 100 - OCTOBER 16, 1982!

    Oct 17, 20261h 13m

    Send us Fan Mail One chart date can tell you everything about an era, and October 16, 1982 is one of those weeks. We go guest-free and turn the Ben Maynard Program into a playlist workshop, running the Billboard Hot 100...

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    EP. 150 Claude Carmichael: The Music Stories You’ve Never Heard & His New Album Tennessee Hill

    Oct 10, 20261h 50m

    Send us Fan Mail Claude Carmichael joins The Ben Maynard Program to discuss his new Americana and country-leaning album, *Tennessee Hill*, and a remarkable music career filled with legendary artists, studio stories...

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    EP. 149 Bob Dylan’s Country Roots Explain More Than You Think

    Oct 3, 20261h 17m

    Send us Fan Mail Bob Dylan gets labeled a hundred different ways, but one connection keeps coming back: COUNTRY. On this episode of The Ben Maynard Program, I sit down with author, producer, and longtime music business...

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    EP. 148 DARLENE KOLDENHOVEN — FROM CHURCH SOLO TO HOLLYWOOD, GRAMMY SUCCESS & YANNI

    Sep 26, 20261h 23m

    Send us Fan Mail What does it take to build a music career that lasts more than 45 years? GRAMMY Award-winning singer, pianist, composer and educator Darlene Koldenhoven joins me to talk about her incredible...

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    EP. 147 VAN HALEN....THE SAMMY YEARS!

    Sep 19, 202643 min

    Send us Fan Mail Van Halen loses David Lee Roth, and the world starts writing the obituary. Then Sammy Hagar walks in—and everything changes. We go record by record through the Sammy years: 5150 , OU812 , For Unlawful...

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    EP. 146 9/11 Never Forget

    Sep 13, 202642 min

    Send us Fan Mail You can watch 9/11 footage any day you want, but it still doesn’t recreate what it felt like when the second plane hit and an entire country realized the truth at the same time. We go back to Tuesday...

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    EP. 145 We Revisit 1986 By Counting Down Albums That Still Hit Hard

    Sep 13, 20262h 3m

    Send us Fan Mail 1986 isn’t just a year in music history, it’s a whole ecosystem: MTV turning videos into rocket fuel, labels chasing crossover singles, and artists trying to evolve without losing the thing that made...

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    EP. 144 A Rock Radio Memoir That Ends At The Dakota And John Lennon's Last Interview

    Sep 5, 20261h 17m

    Send us Fan Mail One ordinary walk out of the Dakota turned into a memory Laurie Kaye has carried for decades. Laurie is the author of Confessions Of A Rock And Roll Name Dropper, and she joins me to trace the wild...

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    EP. 143 Charlie Calv Explains How A Modern Indie Label Survives On Quality And Trust

    Aug 29, 20261h 37m

    Send us Fan Mail Vinyl is back, CDs are creeping up again, and streaming still pays less than most fans realize. So what does it actually take to run a successful independent record label right now without turning into...

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    EP. 142 ANSON CORSAIR - What If One Song Could Save Someone

    Aug 22, 20261h 26m

    Send us Fan Mail He walked away from a dead-end lab job, flew to India for 40 days of yoga teacher training, and came home with a new relationship to music, purpose, and faith. Musician Anson Corsair joins us for a...

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    EP. 141 "FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE"! Raul Explains Why Trades Work Still Wins

    Aug 8, 20262 hour

    Send us Fan Mail One wrong answer and you’re chewing a jelly bean that tastes like wet dog. That’s the deal we make on a live Friday night, and it somehow becomes the perfect way to talk about what really matters...

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    EP. 140 How Hugo Valenti And Adam Holland Keep Journey Alive On Stage

    Aug 1, 20261h 9m

    Send us Fan Mail You can fake a lot online, but you can’t fake a band that actually sounds right in the room. We sit down with vocalist Hugo Valenti and guitarist Adam Holland to talk about the real journey behind a...

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    EP. 139 Ben Franklin As A Rock Star & The Day MTV Begged Reporters To Watch TV

    Jul 26, 20262h 19m

    Send us Fan Mail A bronze statue on a bench sounds simple until you hear what it takes to make it real and why it changes the feel of a town. I’m joined by Pam Lewis, founder of PLA Media and a true music and media...

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    EP. 136 Celebrating 40 albums from 1986 PT. 1

    Jul 11, 20261 hour

    Send us Fan Mail Some years don’t just age well, they keep proving their point. 1986 is one of those years, and I’m celebrating the 40-year anniversary by ripping through 20 albums that still deserve a spot in your...

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    EP. 135 BREAKFAST WITH BEN - No Ties For Dad And No Mercy For Bad Wi-Fi

    Jun 20, 20261 hour

    Send us Fan Mail Saturday morning starts simple: I’m adjusting the mic, talking breakfast, and chasing the kind of easy conversation that feels like radio you can actually live inside. Then the calendar gives us two...

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    EP. 134 Donald Mustang Meets Steve Perry

    Jun 13, 20262h 6m

    Send us Fan Mail Raul Ortega hijacks the Ben Maynard Program and turns the tables on me with one goal: trace the exact moments that built my music brain. It starts with a scene that’s almost too perfect to be real, my...

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    EP. 133 "FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!" We Put “No Hangover” Vodka And Aged Tequila To The Test

    Jun 6, 20261 hour

    Send us Fan Mail We tried to go live, realized we weren’t actually live, and somehow that set the perfect tone for a Friday night that spirals from goofy to surprisingly useful. After we kick around the day’s “national...

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    EP. 132 My Record Store Day Haul....So Good!

    May 29, 202652 min

    Send us Fan Mail They can take your seat, shrink your legroom, and apparently now charge you for a carry-on, but they can’t take the joy of a great live show and a fresh stack of vinyl. I’m back from a quick Vegas hit...

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    EP. 131 THE BEST OF THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 MAY 7, 1983!

    May 8, 20261h 20m

    Send us Fan Mail One week. Forty songs. A whole time machine. We’re building a Billboard Top 40 playlist from May 7, 1983, and the deeper we go, the more you can hear the early 80s music world colliding: rock guitars...

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    EP. 130 "FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!" The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Keeps Getting It Wrong

    Apr 18, 20261h 2m

    Send us Fan Mail The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame just dropped its latest class and I’m equal parts pumped and irritated. Some picks feel overdue and undeniable, and others make me wonder what the Hall thinks “rock and...

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