The Paul Weller Fan Podcast is the creation of former Radio Broadcaster, Dan Jennings
Dan Jennings is a journalist, former radio presenter, and multi-award-winning content creator. His acclaimed Paul Weller Fan Podcast, Desperately Seeking Paul, debuted in December 2020, and featured 180 in-depth interviews, culminating in a two-hour conversation with Weller himself. The series’ success led to Dan’s involvement in the official marketing of Paul’s seventeenth solo studio album, 66,and a nomination for Best Music Podcast at the 2024 Independent Podcast Awards.
The podcast returned in 2025 for a third series with episodes about Paul Weller’s new covers album, Find El Dorado, and coverage / conversations for Dan’s book, Paul Weller: Dancing Through the Fire – The Authorised Oral History – which became an instant Sunday Times Bestseller on launch in September 2025.
Season 2 – The Story of 66 – 2024
Conversations with those involved in the creation of Paul Weller’s 17th solo studio album – 66
… including Noel Gallagher, Suggs from Madness, Dr. Robert from The Blow Monkeys and many more…
We also have an exclusive track-by-track chat with Paul.
Season 1 – Desperately Seeking Paul – 2020-2023
A radio broadcaster who gave up a career with one big regret. Never getting to interview his hero, the legendary Singer – Songwriter – Musician – Paul Weller.
The podcast series – Desperately Seeking Paul – was created purely to solve that issue.
Season 1 was a celebration from In The City to Will of the People with everything in between.
Across 180 episodes, we were joined by fans, musicians and band members who have played with Paul or simply loved & been influenced by his music, the studio teams, producers, engineers, tea-boys and more, the video directors and documentary makers, the journalists, radio & TV presenters, photographers and authors who have interviewed him, taken photos of him, written about him, hung out with him or who simply dug his career, friends, family… and more!.
You can find 180 episodes of Desperately Seeking Paul anywhere that you get your podcasts from…
Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon… You can even ask Alexa to ‘Play the Paul Weller Fan Podcast’…