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Episode 138: Tony Smith - Former Metallica Tour Manager, Part 2

Episode 137: Tony Smith - Former Metallica Tour Manager, Part 1

Episode 136: Sphere - Life Burns Faster with Kirk Hammett & Lars Ulrich

Episode 135: Anatomy of A Song with Kirk Hammett on Fuel and Creeping Death

Episode 134: Hardwired To Disagree featuring Victoria Anderson & Brian Sharma

Episode 133: Robert Trujillo on “The Call of Ktulu,” “Orion,” and the Spirit of Cliff Burton

Episode 132: Dr. Martens x Metallica & The Fans

Episode 131: Song Breakdown with Robert Trujillo: “You Must Burn!"

Episode 130: Adding (Virginia) Fuel to the Fan Debate

Episode 129: James Hetfield Checks In

Episode 128: Hardwired to Disagree: Fan Debate ft. Chris Cantz, Chris Clark, and Daniel Guthormsen

Episode 127: Happy New Year - Revisiting the Best of 2025

Episode 126: Happy Holidays from James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and The Metallica Report

James Hetfield - “Twas The Night Before Christmas"

Episode 125: Get The Load Out Special

Episode 124: Robert Trujillo Roving Reporter: Formula 1 & Middle East Shows

Episode 123: James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett on Music, Surfing, and Humor

Episode 122: James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett Give Thanks, Australian Chapter Heads Gather for a Roundtable

Episode 121: James Hetfield & Robert Trujillo Check In from Australia

Episode 120: Metallica Brings the M72 World Tour to Australia & New Zealand

Episode 119: The Metallica Fan Debate Rages On

Episode 118: The Metallica Fan Debate

Episode 117: Kirk Hammett - The Collector

Episode 116: Digging Deeper into Metallica’s Vault

Episode 115: Get The Load Out Contest and Josh Rezz

Episode 114: Robert Trujillo’s Radio Roots

Episode 113: Exodus’ Gary Holt Talks Kirk Hammett and Bay Area Thrash

Episode 112: Catching Up With Robert Trujillo

Episode 111: Back To The Metallica Vault

Episode 110: Maximum Metallica with Lars Ulrich

Episode 109: More Metalli-archeology at the Inveniem Vault

Episode 108: High Voltage: A Return To Metallica’s Vault at Inveniem

Episode 107: Steff & Renée’s Top Metallica Songs

Episode 106: The Bob Rock & Dan Nykolayko Chat Continued (Part 2)

Episode 105: A Chat Between Bob Rock & Dan Nykolayko (Part 1)

Episode 104: Jason Newsted on The Load Era

Episode 103: Fans Put Together A Deep-Dive Playlist

Episode 102: Back To The Beginning - Farewell to Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne featuring Robert Trujillo

Episode 101: All Hail Black Sabbath & Ozzy - James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert Share Stories Ahead of Sabbath’s Legendary Farewell Appearance

Episode 100: Roundtable Q&A with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo

Episode 99: “Metallica Saved My Life” Premiere at Tribeca Festival, featuring Robert Trujillo & Metallica Fans

Bonus Ep: DanLoad Extra! More from Inside the Load Box Set

Episode 98: James Hetfield & Robert Trujillo, plus the Third DanLoad Installment

Episode 97: Metallica’s Marching Band Magic & The Latest DanLoad of Unreleased Content

Episode 96: Robert Trujillo, Mike Muir, and Tye Trujillo plus the DanLoad

Episode 95: The Load Box Set Chat featuring Curators Dan Nykolayko and Eleni Psaltis

Episode 94: M72 - From Virginia Tech- to Band Relationships with James, Kirk, and Robert

Episode 93: Enter Sandman

Episode 92: James Hetfield on the Return of M72, Songs, and Superstitions

Episode 91: M72 Relaunch in Syracuse Starring Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, and the Fans

Episode 90: Syracuse Inbound - Countdown To The Start Of M72 2025 At HQ

Episode 89: Best Live Memories - Metallica Fans Share Their Favorite Gigs

Episode 88: Metallica Scholars Chat with Robert Trujillo

Episode 87: The Collection - Kirk Hammett Speaks About His New Guitar Book

Episode 86: Smashing Boundaries - A Dive into Metallica’s Immersive Apple Vision Pro Experience

Episode 85: Let There Be Light! A Chat with Metallica’s Lighting Designer Rob Koenig

Episode 84: The HQ Audio Crew Starring Sara Killion & Kent Matcke

Episode 83: Treasures from James Hetfield’s Archives - Further Exploration of Metallica’s Vault

Episode 82: Behind the Doors of Inveniem - A Visit to Metallica’s Archival Vaults

Episode 81: Inside Metallica HQ; Meet the Runners

Episode 80: David Fricke - Metallica’s Journey in Rolling Stone Magazine

Episode 79: Jimmy Clark - Laughter, Loyalty, and Life as Lars Ulrich’s Drum Tech

Episode 78: Justin Crew - Enter the World of Kirk Hammett’s Guitar Tech

Episode 77: Chad Zaemisch - Inside the Mind of James Hetfield’s Guitar Tech

Episode 76: James Hetfield on Words & Lyrics

Episode 75: Best of TMR 2024 with Metallica & More

Episode 74: Lars Ulrich, Rob Trujillo

Episode 73: Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo, Jason Momoa, LA Rams’ Rob Havenstein

Episode 72: Helping Hands Honorees Jeff Ament, Maggie Baird

Episode 71: Zach Harmon Talks Guitar Picks

Episode 70: Happy Thanksgiving from the Metallica Family

Episode 69: Filmmaker Adam Dubin

Episode 68: A Conversation with Robert Trujillo & Jerry Cantrell

Episode 67: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo Remember Jonny and Marsha Zazula

Episode 66: James Hetfield; Robert Trujillo; Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills

Episode 65: James Hetfield; Kirk Hammett

Episode 64: Pinball Wizardry - Jody Dankberg, Stern Pinball; Jeff Yeager; Rhys Cooper

Episode 63: Kirk Hammett; James Hetfield

Episode 62: James Hetfield; Reports from Mexico City; S7N and “Sin Barreras”

Episode 61: James Hetfield; Metallica’s Director of Digital Content, Dan Nykolayko; Members of Mexitallica

Episode 60: Mexitallica Chapter Head Karla Farrugia

Episode 59: Les Claypool of Primus; Metallica Tour Photographers Jeff Yeager & Brett Murray

Episode 58: Robert Trujillo; Metallica’s Director of Digital Content, Dan Nykolayko

Episode 57: Kirk Hammett; James Hetfield; Metallica’s Tour Manager, Eric Johnson

Episode 56: James Hetfield; Metallica's Content & Network Manager, Jeff Yeager

Episode 55: Kirk Hammett; Metallica’s Director of Digital Content, Dan Nykolayko

Episode 54: Rob Trujillo; M72 in Boston; I Disappear Ticket Holders Katrina Anker and Christina Møller

Episode 53: James Hetfield; John Bush; TAMA Drums Artist Relations Manager, Sam Gample

Episode 52: James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich; Mike Bordin

Episode 51: Robert Trujillo; James Hetfield; Michał Labocha (Fan Club Chapter Head)

Episode 50: Best of the Pod featuring Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo

Episode 49: Rob Trujillo; Kirk Hammett

Episode 48: James Hetfield talks Copenhagen; Robert Trujillo talks Hellfest

Episode 47: James Hetfield; Fortnite, 760 Creations, Acai, A Wise Moose, Jason Paradise

Episode 46: James Hetfield & The Heaviest Mail Bag

Episode 45: Kirk Hammett; Francesco Polsinelli, Iveco

Episode 44: Robert Trujillo; M72 Tour from Munich

Episode 43: James Hetfield

Episode 42: Month of Giving - Supporting Trade Education featuring Metallica Scholars Karina, Cha Zong, and Reggie

Episode 41: Local Chapter Super Fans - Oliver, Dereck, James, Glenn, and Eric