How Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst Came Back From The Brink
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How Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst Came Back From The Brink

B1IntermediateJuly 24, 20261 hr 12 min

In a career-spanning interview following some recent anniversary concerts, Conor Oberst sat down with Joe and Jon to discuss the highs and lows of his 30-year music career, including navigating early indie stardom, overcoming personal struggles, writing political music and more. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

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I didn't participate, never went to like prom, like went to mom prom. What's mom prom? You go with your mom. Wait, what?

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Yeah, like you take your mom to the dance. You guys don't do like, what? Yeah. No, that did not make it so she said.

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Like a daddy-daughter dance? Basically, but yeah. With moms? They had that in Omaha?

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