’My friend Richard Harris. Joe Jackson recalls some fiery encounters.’ Joe Jackson reads his own article.

<p>'My friend Richard Harris. Joe Jackson recalls some fiery encounters.' That was the headline on the front cover of the Irish newspaper, the Sunday Independent, on September 4th 2022. It was a 'hook' for 'A Turbulent Journey,' a 4-page article in the newspaper's Life magazine. The strap for that article said, 'Richard Harris and Me: The Journalist who cracked the actor's 'fake facade,' revealing the human behind the hellraiser. Journalist Joe Jackson interviewed Richard Harris for the first time in 1987. A deeply insightful and occasionally fiery encounter, it was the catalyst for a friendship that would endure until Harris's death in 2002. Here, Jackson looks at the conversations that inform his forthcoming biography of the star.' </p> <p>That book, Richard Harris: Raising hell and Reaching for Heaven is now published. In this podcast, I read the above article. </p>