E801 - Live Aid Runaways: Chasing a Dream to the Biggest Concert of the ’80s
Published: September 17, 2026
Duration: 59:03
What if you were 16 years old in the summer of 1985, armed with little more than a Sony Walkman, a few cassette tapes and the belief that somehow — some way — you had to make it to Live Aid?
That’s the idea at the heart of Live Aid Runaways, the new novel by Shane Robitaille.
Shane joins the podcast along with researcher Livi Stanford to take us behind the scenes of a story that mixes fictional characters with one of the most unforgettable real-life events of the decade.
The novel follows teenagers Nick Stark and St...