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Back to SearchThe 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 corr…
4 years 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 corr…
4 years ago
Miles Davis Pt. 2: Mountains of Pills, Bitches Brew, and the Reinvention of the Original Motherf#%*er
Season 9 Episode 102
When it came to music, Miles Davis wasn’t about no safe, tired yesterday bullsh*t. After kicking his heroin addiction, he traded bespoke suits for fr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Miles Davis Pt. 2: Mountains of Pills, Bitches Brew, and the Reinvention of the Original Motherf#%*er
Season 9 Episode 102
When it came to music, Miles Davis wasn’t about no safe, tired yesterday bullsh*t. After kicking his heroin addiction, he traded bespoke suits for fr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Miles Davis (Pt. 1): Blasting Bebop, Blasting Racism, and a Devastating Heroin Habit
Season 9 Episode 101
Miles Davis is jazz’s first and only rock star, with the rap sheet to prove it. He did enough cocaine to run down the entirety of 52nd street, and pi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Miles Davis (Pt. 1): Blasting Bebop, Blasting Racism, and a Devastating Heroin Habit
Season 9 Episode 101
Miles Davis is jazz’s first and only rock star, with the rap sheet to prove it. He did enough cocaine to run down the entirety of 52nd street, and pi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Juice WRLD: Percocets, Lucid Dreams and a Whole Lotta Lean
Season 9 Episode 100
The loss of emo-rap trailblazer Juice WRLD is one of the most sudden, tragic, and graphic celebrity deaths in recent memory. His adolescence experime…
4 years, 1 month ago
Billie Holiday: Heroin Hounds, ‘Whorehouse Music,’ and the Queen of Jazz
Season 9 Episode 99
Billie Holiday ascended from the rough and tumble streets of Baltimore and Harlem, through reform school, brothels, and Welfare Island, right to the …
4 years, 2 months ago
Billie Holiday: Heroin Hounds, ‘Whorehouse Music,’ and the Queen of Jazz
Season 9 Episode 99
Billie Holiday ascended from the rough and tumble streets of Baltimore and Harlem, through reform school, brothels, and Welfare Island, right to the …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Eagles Pt. 2: Death, a Plane Crash, and Innocence Lost at What Cost
Season 9 Episode 98
In the 1970s, The Eagles made taking off into the upper stratosphere of the charts look easy. Their near decade-long reign of rock afforded them hobb…
4 years, 2 months ago