Open Road Edition: Billy Joel's Life On and O...

Join award-winning actor Alec Baldwin in conversation with some of the most dynamic artists, policymakers, and performers working today. This season, Alec speaks with composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, Vanity Fair journalist Chris Whipple, conductor and violinist Karina Canellak ...  Show more

E Jean Carroll was once described by one of her editors as being “institutionally incapable of being uninteresting” - and Carroll is exactly that. Elizabeth “E” Jean Carroll is a journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her “Ask E Jean” column was one of the longest-running advi ...  Show more

Jimmie Allen stops by the studio to talk about how he got famous, deciding to move to Nashville out of nowhere and running into country artists as he was just getting his start in music. We talk to Chris Stapleton about his single “You Should Probably Leave” and how he actually w ...  Show more

This week, Billboard senior editor Frank DiGiacomo comes on to discuss an album that he's loved for 40 years: Billy Joel's The Stranger. Released in 1977, The Stranger would go on to become the best-selling album in Columbia Records history. On the podcast, DiGiacomo shares his m ...  Show more

Elton and Billy’s parallel careers intersected with a long-running duets tour, but things went south after Billy abruptly backed out in 2010. Elton publicly blamed Billy’s alcoholism and criticized his lack of recent musical output. An irate Billy fired back by saying Elton’s lat ...  Show more

Bobby and Eddie talk about famous songs that are actually misunderstood. The artists wrote them about one subject but over time people have taken them to mean something completely different. From Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton, "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen, "Closing ...  Show more