Music, Movies, and Healing: MaryAnn Janosik Returns to Talk Springsteen, Sinners, and Health Journeys

Podcast: Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast · Jesse Jackson

Opublikowano: 2026-11-03

On the eve of Bruce Springsteen’s birthday, host Jesse Jackson welcomes returning guest MaryAnn, a historian and film scholar behind the blog “MJ at the Movies,” to talk about the intersections of music, spirituality, and American identity. Mary Ann discusses her upcoming Monmouth University “Music America” conference paper connecting the film Sinners, American roots music, and Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions, and they reflect on Coogler’s filmmaking. The conversation also covers Springsteen’s live “revival” energy, artists being political, and concerns about free expression and the press. Jesse and Mary Ann share personal cancer experiences—his prostate cancer treatment and her earl...