The Great Divide Podcasts

Hosted by Thomas Kercheval and Svein Børge Hjorthaug

"The Great Divide - The Big Country Podcast" is an audio fanzine for Big Country fans around the world. Listen to two longtime fans - an American Yankee and Norwegian Viking - displaying incredible levels of geekitude when it comes to the discussion of Big Country minutiae. Let us know what you think at: bigcountrypodcast@gmail.com.

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1 July 2022

Episode 96 (Wishart-Palooza) (1:27:21)

11 April 2022

Episode 95 (Wonderland Deep Dive - Part 1 (2:57:40)

30 Jan. 2022

Episode 94 (2022 New Year's Yule Comeback) (1:51:34)

24 May 2021

Special Podcast PSA The Robin Millar Mix Petition
2021 Edition (1:04:17)

27 Dec. 2020

Episode 93 (2020 Yuletide Episode) (1:50:33)

30 Sep. 2020

Episode 92 (Q&A with Bruce Watson) (1:50:58)

11 Jun. 2020

Episode 91 (WKW Pledgers 3) (1:50:12)

17 Apr. 2020

Episode 90 (A Big Corona Country Update) (1:54:20)

5 Apr. 2020

Episode 89 (WKW Pledgers 2) (1:51:38)

6 Feb. 2020

Episode 88 (WKW Pledgers 1) (1:24:24)

18 Dec. 2019

Episode 87 (2019 Yuletide Episode) (2:46:40)

19 Oct. 2019

Episode 86 (Return to Steeltown @ The Cavern Club) (2:23:11)

23 May. 2019

Episode 85 (The Crossing Deep Dive - Part 6) (3:00:59)

8 Apr. 2019

Episode 84 (The Crossing Deep Dive - Part 5) (3:13:22)

11 Mar. 2019

Episode 83 (The Crossing Deep Dive - Part 4) (3:19:11)

23 Dec. 2018

Episode 82 (2018 Yuletide Episode) (2:15:24)

19 Dec. 2018

Episode 81 (The Crossing Deep Dive - Part 3) (2:55:47)

4 Dec. 2018

Episode 80 (The Crossing Deep Dive - Part 2) (2:45:53)

6 Nov. 2018

Episode 79 (The Crossing Deep Dive - Part 1) (2:13:20)

1 Oct. 2018

Episode 78 (Introducing: WKW) (1:41:21)

18 Aug. 2018

Episode 77 (The 2018 Housecleaning Episode) (2:06:40)

20 Dec. 2017

Episode 76 (2017 Yuletide Episode) (3:48:24)

5 Nov. 2017

Episode 75 (Driving to Damascus Deep Dive - Part 6) (3:29:38)

24 Oct. 2017

Episode 74 (Driving to Damascus Deep Dive - Part 5) (2:38:59)

10 Oct. 2017

Episode 73 (Driving to Damascus Deep Dive - Part 4) (2:29:24)

24 Sep. 2017

Episode 72 (Driving to Damascus Deep Dive - Part 3) (2:10:46)

9 Sep. 2017

Episode 71 (Driving to Damascus Deep Dive - Part 2) (1:34:02)

29 Aug. 2017

Episode 70 (Driving to Damascus Deep Dive - Part 1) (1:57:16)

16 Jun. 2017

Episode 69 (Tony Butler Interview - Part 3) (1:20:19)

10 Jun. 2017

Episode 68 (Tony Butler Interview - Part 2) (1:22:02)

6 Jun. 2017

Episode 67 (Tony Butler Interview - Part 1) (1:19:34)

29 Mar. 2017

Episode 66 (The Return of the Egg Timer) (1:17:50)

24 Dec. 2016

Episode 65 (2016 Yuletide Episode) (3:13:38)

17 Dec. 2016

Episode 64 (Peace In Our Time Deep Dive - Part 4) (2:04:42)

14 Dec. 2016

Episode 63 (Peace In Our Time Deep Dive - Part 3) (1:51:04)

12 Dec. 2016

Episode 62 (Peace In Our Time Deep Dive - Part 2) (1:46:13)

4 Dec. 2016

Episode 61 (Peace In Our Time Deep Dive - Part 1) (2:14:29)

12 Sep. 2016

Episode 60 (Bruce Watson Bonanza) (1:34:12)

6 July 2016

Episode 59 (BC Down Under) (1:50:49)

6 May 2016

Episode 58 (Early Days of the Country Club:
An Interview with Martin Warner) (1:45:48)

31 Mar. 2016

Episode 57 (Buffalo Skinners Deep Dive - Part 4) (2:21:17)

24 Mar. 2016

Episode 56 (Buffalo Skinners Deep Dive - Part 3) (1:59:33)

5 Mar. 2016

Episode 55 (Buffalo Skinners Deep Dive - Part 2) (1:58:17)

21 Feb. 2016

Episode 54 (Buffalo Skinners Deep Dive - Part 1) (1:55:51)

13 Feb. 2016

Episode 53 (Buffalo Skinners Roundtable Discussion) (2:31:08)

21 Dec. 2015

Episode 52 (Yuletide 2015-16) (2:29:11)

1 Dec. 2015

Episode 51 (Interview with Kirsten Adamson) (1:16:51)

26 Sep. 2015

Episode 50 (The Big Five-Oh) (1:39:06)

17 Jul. 2015

Episode 49 (Top Ten Big Country Cover Versions) (1:40:58)

19 Jun. 2015

Episode 48 (Tony Butler’s “The Great Unknown” - Part 2) (1:47:40)

4 Jun. 2015

Episode 47 (Tony Butler’s “The Great Unknown” - Part 1) (1:39:14)

15 May 2015

Episode 46 (Big Country in 2015) (1:26:46)

30 Apr. 2015

We Were Here - The Infomercial (1:39:42)

12 Apr. 2015

Episode 45 (A Certain Chemistry - The Audiobook) (1:43:38)

4 Apr. 2015

Episode 44 (A Certain Chemistry - The Discussion) (1:23:31)

23 Dec. 2014

Episode 43 (Yuletide 2014) (1:45:41)

19 Dec. 2014

Episode 42 (Steeltown Deep Dive - Part 4) (1:43:09)

19 Dec. 2014

Episode 41 (Steeltown Deep Dive - Part 3) (1:19:36)

18 Dec. 2014

Episode 40 (Steeltown Deep Dive - Part 2) (2:03:48)

30 Nov. 2014

Episode 39 (Steeltown Deep Dive - Part 1) (1:34:26)

15 Nov. 2014

Episode 38 (Speaktown - Fan SpeakPipe messages about Steeltown) (1:19:21)

24 Oct. 2014

Episode 37 (Steeltown - A Roundtable Discussion) (1:31:29)

28 Sep. 2014

Episode 36 (A new BC tune & the latest batch of remasters) (1:32:36)

3 July 2014

Episode 35 (Top Ten Big Country Videos, Part 2) (1:21:59)

31 May 2014

Special Podcast PSA - The “Millar Mix” Seer Petition (43:37)

24 May 2014

Episode 34 (Top Ten Big Country Videos, Part 1) (1:25:03)

3 Apr. 2014

Episode 33 (Mark Brzezicki Interview Part 2) (1:18:59)

18 Mar. 2014

Episode 32 (Mark Brzezicki Interview Part 1) (1:19:00)

1 Mar. 2014

Episode 31 (Rapid Fire Free-For-All with Bruce Watson) (1:14:57)

9 Dec. 2013

Episode 30 (Yuletide 2013 - Return of the Four-Headed King) (1:17:26)

1 Dec. 2013

Episode 29 (Why The Long Face Part 3) (1:19:59)

25 Nov. 2013

Episode 28 (Why The Long Face Part 2) (1:19:31)

19 Nov. 2013

Episode 27 (Why The Long Face Part 1) (1:19:29)

7 Nov. 2013

Episode 26 (Review of ‘At The BBC’) (1:20:00)

17 Oct. 2013

Episode 25 (The Art of Big Country Part 2) (1:20:00)

20 Sept. 2013

Episode 24 (The Art of Big Country Pt.1 (feat. Julian Balme)) (1:19:44)

5 Sept. 2013

Episode 23 (The Mike Peters Interview) (1:20:00)

4 Aug. 2013

Episode 22 (The Journey Through America Part 2) (1:15:30)

10 July 2013

Episode 21 (The Journey Through America Part 1) (1:17:16)

22 May 2013

Episode 20 (The Journey Part 3) (1:19:51)

9 May 2013

Episode 19 (The Journey Part 2) (1:17:38)

30 Apr. 2013

Episode 18 (The Journey Part 1) (1:19:23)

24 Mar. 2013

Episode 17 (Preparing For The Journey) (1:12:43)

11 Mar. 2013

Episode 16 (The Seer Part 3) (1:15:28)

23 Feb. 2013

Episode 15 (The Seer Part 2) (1:19:30)

7 Feb. 2013

Episode 14 (The Seer Part 1) (1:19:20)

24 Dec. 2012

Episode 13 (The Great Divide Yuletide) (1:19:08)

18 Dec. 2012

Episode 12 (Bruce Watson Interview Part 3) (1:20:00)

26 Nov. 2012

Episode 11 (Bruce Watson Interview Part 2) (1:07:28)

6 Nov. 2012

Episode 10 (Bruce Watson Interview Part 1) (1:20:00)

24 Oct. 2012

Episode 9 (The Mike Peters Years) (1:59:21)

23 Sept. 2012

Episode 8 (The Non-Barren Barren Years) (1:52:30)

3 Aug. 2012

Episode 7 (No Place Like Home Discussion Part 3) (1:16:09)

22 July 2012

Episode 6 (No Place Like Home Discussion Part 2) (1:15:55)

10 July 2012

Episode 5 (No Place Like Home Discussion Part 1) (1:14:00)

16 June 2012

Episode 4 (B-Sides Part 2) (1:14:40)

9 June 2012

Episode 3 (B-Sides Part 1) (1:09:42)

9 May 2012

Episode 2 (The Crossing) (1:11:37)

9 May 2012

Episode 1 (Background & Introduction) (1:00:57)