Two years ago, Paul McCartney released a book of lyrics to and the stories behind 154 of his songs. And while he was working on the book, Macca discussed many of the songs with Paul Muldoon, in preparation for the forward he would write to the book. Fortunately, Muldoon had the good sense to record these meetings.

Quoth Muldoon, “When we listened back to the tapes, we realized there was something very special happening in these conversations.” He also added that they constituted a sort of oral history of popular music. Or, indeed, the often-requested, but always-rejected autobiography people always wanted Macca to write. He says that, if they’re not tied directly to his life, they’re often tied to vivid memories of Paul’s.

And now, Macca and Muldoon are working on releasing those tapes to the world. They figured that the best way to do so is in podcast form.