Beautiful Possibility

Were John and Paul lovers? And if so, why it matters far more than we might realise.

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Beautiful Possibility is, as far as I’m aware, the first serious mainstream scholarly inquiry into the question of whether John and Paul were a literal romantic couple. It’s presented within a tightly constrained set of ethical boundaries, uses only publicly available, primary research (mostly from John and Paul themselves), and does not speculate on either their sexual orientation or the intimate details of their relationship.

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NOTE ➡️ Beautiful Possibility is not a traditional podcast in which the episodes are standalone, separate episodes. This is a serialised book, in which each episode (but really chapter) builds on the one before, with the accompanying Rabbit Holes providing additional perspective in the context of each episode/chapter.

You’ll get the most out of this series if you listen/read in sequence.

The possibility of John and Paul as lovers is introduced in episode 1:3 (Hope of Deliverance). Episodes 1:1 and 1:2 lay the groundwork for why that possibility matters. Episodes 1:4, 1:5 and 1:6 explore the credibility of John and Paul as a romantic couple. Episodes 1:7 gathers all of the pieces laid out in the prior episodes and pulls them together into the fuller answer for why the possibility that John and Paul were lovers might be the single most important unanswered question when it comes to understanding the story and music of The Beatles, and its seismic influence on our world. And finally, episodes 1:8 and 1:9 offer an answer to the question of how we can consider the possibility of John and Paul as lovers in an ethical and respectful way, and the deeper and more urgent reason why it matters that we do.

Much of this story is told in the footnotes.

If you choose only one episode to listen to/read, please choose 1:8/1:9 Ecce Cor Meum.

(News/updates post wrap-up are here: https://www.beatlesabbey.com/p/news)