Podcast Episodes

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 months, 3 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 months, 3 weeks ago

Bonus Episode: Sanitized Biopics, California Wildfires, and Underrated Rock Stars

Season 24 Episode 243

This week in the After Party, Jake looks further into the CASSM (Corporate Algorithmic Studio Storytelling Machine) and explores the reasons behind the sanitized versions of music history that are s…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Mark Lanegan: Kurt Cobain’s Drug Runner, Liam Gallagher’s Tormentor, and Matt Dillon’s Firestarter

Season 24 Episode 243

Mark Lanegan was grunge’s darkest secret – a gravel-voiced hellraiser who ran dope for Kurt Cobain, scared Liam Gallagher into quitting Oasis, and nearly lost his arm (and his mind) chasing the next …

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Bonus Episode: Uncovering Grift, Country Punks, and RIP Ozzy

Season 24 Episode 242

This week, Jake looks into some possible malfeasance related to the proceeds of a benefit concert for the victims of the LA fires and shares his thoughts on the passing of the legendary Ozzy Osbourne…

Published on 5 months ago

Introducing: HOLLYWOODLAND…

 …the Hollywood and true crime spinoff from the award winning music and true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND, and the newest expansion from the folks at Double Elvis.

The most dramatic non-fiction stori…

Published on 5 months ago

Presenting Hollywoodland - Robin Williams: A Manic Mind at Breakneck Speed, an Addiction to Laughter, and the Devil’s Dandruff

Robin Williams’ manic mind moved at such a breakneck speed that cocaine had the opposite effect than it had on most other people: it slowed him down. Robin’s primary addiction, however, wasn’t cocain…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Bonus Episode: CASSM, Nikki Sixx, and the Gospel According to Jimmy Buffett

Season 24 Episode 241

This week, Jake dives deeper into Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe, Part 2), calls out the Corporate Algorithmic Studio Storytelling Machine (CASSM), and explains why he’s suddenly obsessed with Jimmy Buffett…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Motley Crue Pt. 2: The Ballad of Nikki Sixx – Dead, Doped Up, and Running Naked with a Loaded .357

Season 24 Episode 241

He was broke, strung out, and cleaning up other people's puke. Then he got stiffed by a gangster with ties to the infamous Wonderland Murders. A few years later, he was dead on the floor – for the se…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Bonus Episode: The Greatest Band That Never Was

Season 24 Episode 240

This week in the after party, Jake looks at the bands that could've been huge, but never were, and hears from you on the subject. Plus, Jake talks about the challenge of writing the upcoming Brian W…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago