As The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ turns 50 years old, we discuss its musical and cultural significance, explore the origins and Liverpool links of one its most enduring songs and find out more about the Beatles’ interest in meditation.

Our guests on this episode are:
Jeff Young, screenwriter and lecturer in Creative Writing at LJMU.
Dr Andrea Livesey, senior lecturer in US History at LJMU (@andrealivesey)
Dr Peter Malinowski, reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at LJMU (@Meditation_Lab)

The 1823 Podcast team
Writer and presenter: Stuart Arrowsmith (@StuArrows)
Producer: Michael Humphreys (@MykalMouse)
Editor: Ben Jones (@benjamin_jjones)
Artwork: Ryan James (@ryanjleeuk)
Contributors: Siobhan Coghlan (@HonestShuv), Clare Coombes (@coombes_clare)
With thanks to: Kimberly Larkin, Marcy Rick and Lewis Ridley