Dennis Quaid's New Podcast Tells the History of Americana — and Includes Original Music!

Dennis Quaidhas long been both an actor and a musician, but now he’s found a way to combine his love of storytelling and his love of rock and roll with his new podcast,Bear and a Banjo.

In the show’s first episode, they find themselves on a midnight train right with Sonny Liston, the mob and Muddy Waters — Bear and Banjo unwittingly influence and define events that shaped America between the 1930s and 1970s.

“It has a veryForrest Gumpfeeling about it,” Quaid, who is an executive producer as well as the show’s narrator “Dr. Q,” tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. He adds, “It’s very funny.”

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“The audience reaction to it has been amazing,” says Quaid, 65, noting that they release a new song with every episode out on Thursdays.

Quaid, who recently gotengaged to his girlfriend Laura Savoie, says he’s also excited about the podcast sphere in general, which has rapidly been gaining traction in Hollywood.

He likes listening to scripted podcasts to days of yore when families would gather around to listen to fictional shows on the radio. “It’s amazing how old ideas keep coming around to renew themselves,” he says.

Listen to Bear and a Banjo at iHeart Radio or wherever you get your podcasts.

source: people.com