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Hosted by Hayley St. John · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 45 episodes
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Music interviews are great. The stories that happen before, after, and completely away from the interview? Even better. The Real MP3s is packed with artist conversations, backstage memories, career disasters, unexpected kindness, festival chaos, and all the weird little moments that make music memorable. Hosted by Hayley St. John.
Hayley St. John hosts The Real MP3s, a music show with 45 episodes published.
...That was my husband's reaction when he found out he'd been invited to a songwriting workshop with the legendary Eagles guitarist. (For the record... he was a teenager.) In this episode, Josh shares what it was like le
I hate camping. So naturally, I've spent years camping at music festivals. In this episode, I'm sharing stories from Bonnaroo and beyond, including the time I accidentally snuck into the festival, the borrowed air mattre
Kyle Morris from The Unlikely Candidates joined me this week, and somehow we ended up talking about a temporarily one-armed drummer, a months-long prank involving Blue October, inflatable llamas, the Goo Goo Dolls, and A
One year later, we’re bringing back the episode that launched The Real MP3s: my interview with Billy Corgan. When this interview originally happened, I was completely in my own head. I was nervous, intimidated, overanaly
This is the story of how a disastrous job interview somehow became the best thing that ever happened to my career. I walked into an interview feeling wildly underqualified… and accidentally started a career in rock radio
If you’re married to a touring musician, I have a question for you: How do you do it?! Because based on one particular night while my husband was out on tour… I’m not entirely convinced I’m cut out for this lifestyle. I’
A Zoom interview with Amy Lee... but make it cozy. We’re talking a hiking injury in Nashville, a boot, stuffed animals, and a conversation that felt way more like FaceTime than a formal interview. It was soft. It was who
Free stuff sounds great… until you’re offered a dragon tattoo, paid in chicken wings you didn’t ask for, and accidentally taken out by a THC cookie. In this episode, I talk about the weird, random, and sometimes question
This week’s guest: Alex Weeden Alex is one of those musicians who makes you realize just how small (and wild) the music world really is. We go way back decades, from his early days playing for Miranda Lambert to now tour
In this episode, I talk about two artists I’d love to sit down with for very different reasons. What I didn’t know while recording was that one of those wishes was about to come true. This is your reminder to knock on wo
This episode is a reminder that doing the work and being a good person still matters. I talk about my conversation with Lee Jennings from The Funeral Portrait... someone who truly embodies patience, hustle, and heart. We
Apparently “working in radio” means I personally control all concert tickets… again. In Part 2, I dive into the unhinged requests and awkward messages I get asking for free tickets. I didn’t plan on getting this fired up
I’ve been thinking a lot about how many people say “I want to start a podcast”… and then never do. In this episode, I talk about why I finally started The Real MP3s, how it came together, and the insecurities I still bat
If Part 1 was about nostalgia, Part 2 is about whiplash... in the best possible way. One of these shows made me feel everything at once, and the others made me question my hearing (worth it). New year, same obsession.
I wasn’t planning on releasing an episode this week, but once I started thinking about the concerts that defined my 2025, I couldn’t stop. In part one of my Top 5 concerts of the year, I’m talking about wildly different
A solo night seeing Andrew McMahon turned unexpectedly magical. After signing every petition available (including the sea turtles... you’re welcome, ocean) and making a few donations, I somehow landed backstage with anot
This week, I’m sharing a listener’s powerful story about how Jack’s Mannequin helped pull her out of depression, and the full-circle moment she had when she finally met Andrew McMahon. She even sent in a poem she wrote.
This interview with Wes Scantlin lives rent-free in my brain… mostly because nothing went right. He spent ten minutes trying to remember a song, didn’t know what year Come Clean came out, and a dog barked the entire time
Midwestern Thanksgiving vs. Southern Thanksgiving: who wins? I'm diving into the foods, the culture shocks, the family traditions, and the hotdish crash course… Fourteen years in Tennessee and the "you guys" streak conti
Remember that one in-studio interview with Seether, masked up and fully sanitized? Here's a peek of what it was like in the world of radio during Covid. No, you can't win concert tickets, but... here's a free pizza?
Billy Corgan
Guitarist and Wrestling Promoter · The Smashing Pumpkins
1 appearance on this show
Amy Lee
President and COO of Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Mass General Brigham
1 appearance on this show
Andrew McMahon
1 appearance on this show
Kyle Morris
The Unlikely Candidates
1 appearance on this show
Lee Jennings
The Funeral Portrait
1 appearance on this show
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