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Season 18 Episode 187
Motörhead influenced some of the most important acts in heavy metal and punk rock history. Led by the inimitable Lemmy Kilmister, they invented a sound and a style that didn’t exist before the origin…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.
Season 7 Episode 71
No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the imaginations of music fans all over the world with a dizzying array of creative alter egos; Major Tom…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Bonus Episode: Suspicious Deaths, Small-Town Myths, and the Record Store That Helped Make Me
Season 24 Episode 245
This week in the After Party, we’re digging up the stories they didn’t want told. Jake throws back to a formative encounter with a record store burnout who unknowingly set him on the path to Disgrace…
Published on 3 weeks ago
The Temptations Pt 2: The Tammi Terrell Tragedy
Season 24 Episode 245
When Motown singer Tammi Terrell died at the age of 24, Marvin Gaye was the only one from her label allowed at her funeral. The rest – especially her former boyfriend, the Tempations’ David Ruffin – …
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Temptations: Fame, Drugs, and Paranoia
Season 9 Episode 103
The Temptations were one of Motown’s signature vocal groups, and they remain one of the most successful R&B acts of all time. But fame and drugs corrupted them from the beginning. Lineup changes were…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Britney Spears (Pt. 2): Lithium, Las Vegas, and a Long-Awaited Emancipation
Season 10 Episode 106
Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship was an arrangement so strict and unfeeling that it left her without any control of her career, loopy on lithium, and completely silenced for the sake of seeing…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Britney Spears (Pt. 1): Trauma Pop
Season 10 Episode 105
No musician owned pop music quite like Britney Spears at the turn of the century. After graduating from Mississippi tween queen to full-fledged American superstar, her fame exploded at a time when ta…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Bonus Episode: The Culture Changed Every Ten Years… Until It Didn’t
Season 24 Episode 244
From the Beatles to Nirvana to Pulp Fiction and Friends, every decade used to bring a cultural reset—new sounds, new voices, new aesthetics that changed the way we dressed, talked, and thought. But f…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Run-DMC (Pt. 2): Loyalty, Betrayal, and Who Shot Jay
Season 24 Episode 244
Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay helped take hip-hop global, but behind the decks was a man under pressure – fiercely loyal yet financially strapped, and secretly entangled in a dangerous world he couldn’t s…
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
Run DMC Pt. 1: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterious Death of Jam Master Jay
Season 5 Episode 55
Run DMC is directly responsible for elevating hip hop to previously unimagined heights. They took rap music into an entirely different direction and helped mainstream the genre. They were beloved as …
Published on 1 month ago