Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=vM83IX0oaV7 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter John Mellencamp WITH Bob Costas [gz5BpXi4BxO] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT In the season opener, musician and longtime painter John Mellencamp talks with journalist Bob Costas about fame and his dual paths of creativity, being an upstander, having control over one’s art, breaking the rules, and his influences from Woody Guthrie to German Expressionism to his grandmother. Filmed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mellencamp expresses both sides of his artistry as he plays his guitar amidst a selection of his self-portraits and drawings assembled for the episode. kiDACtl9GNN ifwvmvHuN3l 9URg6Oircah fopYLlEdLvP Fe6bxSosubT uEQ4xiUesrz
In the season opener, musician and longtime painter John Mellencamp talks with journalist Bob Costas about fame and his dual paths of creativity, being an upstander, having control over one’s art, breaking the rules, and his influences from Woody Guthrie to German Expressionism to his grandmother. Filmed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mellencamp expresses both sides of his artistry as he plays his guitar amidst a selection of his self-portraits and drawings assembled for the episode. kiDACtl9GNN ifwvmvHuN3l 9URg6Oircah fopYLlEdLvP Fe6bxSosubT uEQ4xiUesrz