Pigs in a Podcast

Jann Haworth is an American Pop artist. A pioneer of soft sculpture, she is one of the founders of Pop Art in the 1960s and is well-known as the co-creator of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover. Her art work has been exhibited in major museums around the world and is included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Tate Modern, the Walker Art Center, and the Smithsonian Institution.

In this 2017 phone interview, "Sleepy" John Sandige talks with Jann about the Beatles' specific suggestions for people on the cover and her artistic influences that went into this Grammy-award winning iconic work. Listening tip: Have your copy of Sgt. Pepper at the ready as Jann and John going into detail about how specific famous people ended up on the cover.