Jeff appears on the new Rockonomics podcast, episode 18.
Here's more info, from the website:
"Jeff Slate is a journalist and a musician in his own right who writes about music, TV and film for Esquire magazine and has interviewed a who's who in popular culture including Tom Petty, Jimmy Page, Roger Waters and Willie Nelson to name a few. He also actively leads the band Jeff Slate and Friends in which the friends happen to be some legendary musicians."
Listen here: http://rockonomicspodcast.libsyn.com/e18-jeff-slate-music-journalist-on-tom-petty-jimmy-page-willie-nelson-more