February 13, 2022
In this episode, Mike Messner and his guest John Klapproth discuss -- and John performs! --"Christian Island" from Gordon's 8th album, Don Quixote. Also featured are notifications about the show's new website and Patron account, as well as spots from fellow podcasts Sinister Story Hour and How Good It Is. Newsly is an audio app for IOS and Android. It picks up web articles about the most trending topics on the web at any given moment and reads them to you in a natural human voice. For the first time in the history of the internet, the web becomes listenable! Browse articles from topics you choose and start playing. And they have podcasts as well! Explore trending podcasts from over 40 countries, including, of course, Carefree Highway Revisited! Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code CHR2022 to receive a 1-month free premium description.
January 31, 2022
In this episode, Mike Messner and his guest Adele Chalifoux discuss "Home From The Forest" from Gordon Lightfoot's second album, The Way I Feel. Newsly is an audio app for IOS and Android. It picks up web articles about the most trending topics on the web at any given moment and reads them to you in a natural human voice. For the first time in the history of the internet, the web becomes listenable! Browse articles from topics you choose and start playing. And they have podcasts as well! Explore trending podcasts from over 40 countries, including, of course, Carefree Highway Revisited! Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code CHR2022 to receive a 1-month free premium description.
January 1, 2022
In this episode, host Mike Messner and his guest Ron Skelton discuss the title track from Gordon Lightfoot's 1972 album Don Quixote.
December 12, 2021
In this episode, Mike Messner and his guest Deb Radwan discuss "Ordinary Man" from Gordon Lightfoot's eighth album, Don Quixote. This is the last in a four-part mini-series about Lightfoot's autobiographical songs.
November 30, 2021
In this episode, Mike Messner visits with Claude Call, host of the How Good It Is podcast, for a discussion of Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" from his 1974 album of the same name.
November 23, 2021
In this episode, Mike Messner and his guest Deb Radwan continue their exploration into Gordon Lightfoot's autobiographical songs with this track from his 1982 album, Shadows. Also included are promos for podcast partners All Those Years Ago, How Good It Is, and Fait La Force.
November 12, 2021
In this episode, host Mike Messner and his guest, Deb Radwan, continue their mini-series into Gordon Lightfoot's autobiographical songs as they examine the title track from his 1998 album, "A Painter Passing Through."
October 27, 2021
In this remastered episode (originally released on 9/15/21), host Mike Messner and his guests Kevin and Erin Hester examine Gordon's song "I'm Not Supposed To Care" from the Summertime Dream album, and Kevin reads two of his Lightfoot-inspired poems.
October 15, 2021
In this episode, host Mike Messner and his guest Deb Radwan discuss Gordon Lightfoot's song "Oh So Sweet" from his most recent album, Solo.
October 6, 2021
In this episode, Mike and his guest, Martin Brandt, examine what Gordon considers to be his finest song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" from his 1976 album, Summertime Dream. Also included is a farewell to a former guest, Pete Fullerton.
