Best Prog Report Podcasts (2025)

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Producer/Musician Paul Meany on his work with Mutemath, Twenty-One Pilots, and his new solo album 26:55

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Producer/Musician Paul Meany is known for his band from the mid-to-late 2000s called Mutemath, but has since gone on to work as a producer with the hugely successful Twenty-One Pilots, and others. We talk about his career and his new solo album Forever Phase, which is out now.By The Prog Report

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Prog Takes - Is Rush touring again a good thing? 26:39

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By The Prog Report

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Ian Thornley of Big Wreck on the band's latest album 'The Rest of the Story', songwriting, and more. 25:40

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Big Wreck songwriter, vocalist, and guitar player, Ian Thornley, returns to the podcast to talk about the band's new album, 'The Rest of the Story,' his songwriting process, and more.By The Prog Report

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New Music Reaction: Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Echolyn, Soen, Jonas Lindberg, Time's Forgotten 36:22

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Reaction to new music from Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Echolyn, Soen, Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side, and Time's Forgotten.By The Prog Report

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Steve Howe on Dylan, “Fragile” & more! 31:08

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Always a pleasure to have Steve Howe on the podcast. The Yes guitarist joins me this time to discuss a couple of reissues from his solo back catalogue; “Natural Timbre” and “Portraits of Bob Dylan”. The former being an all acoustic record, and the latter being, as you may have inferred, a Dylan covers album. It was a nice excuse to talk about Dylan…

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Prog Takes - Modern Prog is better than Classic Prog! 14:39

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Welcome to our new Prog Report series called Prog Takes. In this episode, Roie and Kyle debate whether modern prog is actually better than classic prog? What do you think?By The Prog Report

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Prog Takes - Vinyl Is Overpriced Nostalgia! 16:06

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Welcome to our new Prog Report series called Prog Takes. In this episode, Roie and Kyle debate if vinyl is just overpriced nostalgia or something that should be valued? What do you think?By The Prog Report

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New Music Reaction: Lunatic Soul, Gazpacho, Moron Police, JackTheJoker, Asymmetric Universe, Leprous 35:36

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Reacting to new music from Lunatic Soul, Gazpacho, Moron Police, JackTheJoker, Asymmetric Universe, and Leprous. Host: Roie Avin Panel: Vic Giol, Daniel Levy, Kyle FagalaBy The Prog Report

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Tommy Rogers and Dan Briggs from Between the Buried and Me on their new album 'The Blue Nowhere' 25:38

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Tommy Rogers and Dan Briggs from Between the Buried and Me talk about their new album 'The Blue Nowhere,' songwriting, touring, and more. 'The Blue Nowhere' is out on Sept. 12th. 2025By The Prog Report

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Feeder’s Grant Nicholas on “Comfort In Sound” 38:17

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The past 3 decades have brought their share of ups and downs for Feeder. They’ve enjoyed 11 top ten albums, and various hit singles, but had to weather the tragic loss of drummer Jon Lee in January 2002. It was against this backdrop that frontman Grant Nicholas returned to studio alongside bassist Taka Hirose to produce Feeder’s most poignant and l…

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James LaBrie on the Dream Theater 40th Anniversary & Parasomnia Tours 31:13

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Dream Theater singer James LaBrie joins the podcast to talk about the 40th Anniversary Tour, working with Mike Portnoy again, the Parasomnia comic, Ozzy and more.By The Prog Report

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Arjen Lucassen on his latest solo album 'Songs No One Will Hear' 20:56

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The multi-talented Arjen Anthony Lucassen returns to talk about his latest solo album 'Songs No One Will Hear', the upcoming 30th Anniversary of Ayreon, and more.By The Prog Report

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Steve Rothery (Marillion) 33:41

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Steve Rothery is a founding member of one of my all time favourite bands, Marillion. Despite various personnel changes in the early years of the band, Marillion have maintained a stable line-up for the past 36 years. One of the keys to their ongoing unity is surely their tolerance for band members to indulge in side-projects, and Rothery is about t…

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Steve Rothery joins the podcast to talk about his new project Bioscope with Thorsten Quaeschning, and catch us up on Marillion. 16:27

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Steve Rothery joins the podcast to talk about his new project Bioscope with Thorsten Quaeschning, and catch us up on Marillion.By The Prog Report

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Quid Prog Quo - Native Construct and Ephrat - Bands with only one album 28:50

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Roie and Notes (from the Notes Reviews YouTube channel) check out albums by bands with only one album - Ephrat's 'No One's Words' and Native Construct's 'Quiet World'. What do you think of these albums?By The Prog Report

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Richard Hawley on “Coles Corner” 20th Anniversary 54:11

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This summer sees the release of an expanded edition of Richard Hawley’s breakthrough masterpiece “Coles Corner” with an accompanying tour. Richard joins me for an epic chat about the making the record, his family history, his prodigious session work, the closing of the beloved Sheffield Leadmill, and working (remotely) with Hank Marvin. Enjoy. Find…

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Reaction: New Music from BEAT, Karnivool, Asymmetric Universe, BTBAM, Arjen Lucassen, Royal Sorrow 26:07

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We react to new music from BEAT, Karnivool, Asymmetric Universe, BTBAM, Arjen Lucassen, and Royal Sorrow Host: Roie Avin Panel: Vic and JeremyBy The Prog Report

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Prog Takes - Is Selling Out A Bad Thing? 21:26

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Welcome to our new Prog Report series called Prog Takes. In this first episode, Roie and Kyle debate what is selling out, and if it is bad thing or just a band evolving? What do you think?By The Prog Report

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Styx guitarist and producer Will Evankovich talks about the new album Circling From Above and more. 21:42

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Styx guitarist, songwriter, and producer Will Evankovich talks about the new album Circling From Above, his history with the band, how he joined, touring, and more.By The Prog Report

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Ben Kweller 45:56

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On February 27th 2023 Ben Kweller received the worst phone call imaginable. His 16 year old son Dorian had died in a car accident. An oncoming truck had veered into Dorian’s lane and a downed tree had gone through his windscreen as he swerved over. Dorian himself was a budding musician, releasing music under the name Zev, and had been due to tour w…

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Jakko Jakszyk talks about his new solo album Son of Glen, King Crimson and more. (Interview) 26:25

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Guitarist/vocalist Jakko Jakszyk joins Roie Avin and Geoff Bailie to talk about his new solo album Son of Glen, how his book inspired the new music, King Crimson, and more. Son of Glen is out on June 27th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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Avkrvst - Waving at the Sky (Interview) 19:20

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Simon Bergseth and Martin Utby of Avkrvst join the podcast to chat about their new album 'Waving At The Sky, which is out on June 13th, working with Ross Jennings, playing live, and more.By The Prog Report

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Reaction: New music from Styx, Big Wreck, Edensong, Ihlo, Nad Sylvan, and Avkrvst. 30:01

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Roie, Vic, and Jeremy check out new music from Styx, Big Wreck, Edensong, Ihlo, Nad Sylvan, and Avkrvst.By The Prog Report

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Photographer Tom Sheehan on Oasis, Weller, Springsteen and more. 44:22

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Tom Sheehan was born in Camberwell, South London. He was an in-house photographer for CBS Records in the 70s, and went on to be the chief photographer for Melody Maker. He enjoyed long-term working relationships with the likes of REM, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, and Oasis, the subject of a new book of Tom’s work entitled “Roll With It: Oasis …

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Drummer Mark Zonder on the new A-Z album 'A2Z2' (Interview) 24:11

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Drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord) returns to talk about the second A-Z album 'A2Z2', working with Ray Alder again, Nick Van Dyke from Redemption and more. The A-Z album is out on June 6th, 2025.By The Prog Report

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Derek Shulman (Gentle Giant) Interview - Playing The Fool Live Reissue 26:20

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Derek Shulman returns to the podcast to talk about the new Gentle Giant 'Playing The Fool' The Complete Live Experience’ Reissue, signing Dream Theater and Pantera, and more.By The Prog Report

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Reaction: New music from Katatonia, Jakko Jakszyk, Avkrvst, Haken, A-Z, and Lux Terminus! 30:50

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Roie, Vic, and Dan check out new music from Katatonia, Jakko Jakszyk, Avkrvst, Haken, A-Z, and Lux Terminus.By The Prog Report

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Nels Cline (Wilco) 53:58

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Nels Cline was born in California in January 1956. He started played guitar at the age of 12 and his early career is fairly jazz-based, before stretching into other directions. He has played guitar for Wilco, one of my favourite bands in the world, since 2004. He has a new solo album out on Blue Note Records entitled “Consentrik Quartet”, featuring…

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Alex Lifeson on the new Envy of None album, playing guitar, and jamming with Geddy Lee 28:28

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Guitar legend Alex Lifeson joins the podcast to talk about his new band Envy of None and their new album Stygian Waves, as well as his love of playing guitar, getting together to jam with Geddy Lee, and what the future might hold for them. Stygian Wavz is out now.By The Prog Report

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Producer/Musician Paul Meany on his work with Mutemath, Twenty-One Pilots, and his new solo album 26:55

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Prog Takes - Is Rush touring again a good thing? 26:39

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Ian Thornley of Big Wreck on the band's latest album 'The Rest of the Story', songwriting, and more. 25:40

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New Music Reaction: Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Echolyn, Soen, Jonas Lindberg, Time's Forgotten 36:22

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Steve Howe on Dylan, “Fragile” & more! 31:08

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Prog Takes - Modern Prog is better than Classic Prog! 14:39

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Prog Takes - Vinyl Is Overpriced Nostalgia! 16:06

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New Music Reaction: Lunatic Soul, Gazpacho, Moron Police, JackTheJoker, Asymmetric Universe, Leprous 35:36

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Tommy Rogers and Dan Briggs from Between the Buried and Me on their new album 'The Blue Nowhere' 25:38

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Feeder’s Grant Nicholas on “Comfort In Sound” 38:17

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James LaBrie on the Dream Theater 40th Anniversary & Parasomnia Tours 31:13

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Arjen Lucassen on his latest solo album 'Songs No One Will Hear' 20:56

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Steve Rothery (Marillion) 33:41

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Steve Rothery joins the podcast to talk about his new project Bioscope with Thorsten Quaeschning, and catch us up on Marillion. 16:27

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Quid Prog Quo - Native Construct and Ephrat - Bands with only one album 28:50

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Richard Hawley on “Coles Corner” 20th Anniversary 54:11

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Reaction: New Music from BEAT, Karnivool, Asymmetric Universe, BTBAM, Arjen Lucassen, Royal Sorrow 26:07

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Prog Takes - Is Selling Out A Bad Thing? 21:26

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Styx guitarist and producer Will Evankovich talks about the new album Circling From Above and more. 21:42

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Ben Kweller 45:56

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Jakko Jakszyk talks about his new solo album Son of Glen, King Crimson and more. (Interview) 26:25

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Avkrvst - Waving at the Sky (Interview) 19:20

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Reaction: New music from Styx, Big Wreck, Edensong, Ihlo, Nad Sylvan, and Avkrvst. 30:01

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Photographer Tom Sheehan on Oasis, Weller, Springsteen and more. 44:22

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Drummer Mark Zonder on the new A-Z album 'A2Z2' (Interview) 24:11

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Derek Shulman (Gentle Giant) Interview - Playing The Fool Live Reissue 26:20

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Reaction: New music from Katatonia, Jakko Jakszyk, Avkrvst, Haken, A-Z, and Lux Terminus! 30:50

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Nels Cline (Wilco) 53:58

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Alex Lifeson on the new Envy of None album, playing guitar, and jamming with Geddy Lee 28:28