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Back to SearchBonus Episode: RIP David Johansen and Gene Hackman
Season 22 Episode 224
This week, Jake reflects on the recent passing of two legends: David Johansen and Gene Hackman. Plus, we hear from you on rock n' roll actors, great guitarists, and day drinking with punk legends in …
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Dennis Hopper: Dynamite, Cocaine, Cheating Death, Subverting Hollywood, and Life on the Fringe
Season 22 Episode 224
Dennis Hopper revolutionized American cinema by bringing the counterculture to the mainstream with his 1969 film Easy Rider. But he also lived his life in tandem with his art, on the fringes of socie…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: The Madness of Moviemaking
Season 22 Episode 223
This week, Jake talks about his experience trying to get a movie made and reflects on the obsessive drive that is required for filmmakers like Martin Scorsese to take a film from concept to the scree…
Published on 10 months ago
Martin Scorsese (Pt. 2): One Night. One Murder. Five Directors.
Season 22 Episode 223
Hollywood:1975. Martin Scorsese sits in his apartment, enraged. He wants to literally kill the man who is ruining his to-be-released film, Taxi Driver. Scorsese’s friends, filmmakers Stephen Spielber…
Published on 10 months ago
Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder
Season 22 Episode 222
Dorthy Stratten went from Dairy Queen counter girl to Playboy pinup to murder victim – in just two years. Hugh Hefner called her the next Marilyn Monroe. A major Hollywood director wrote a role in hi…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Bonus Episode: Jay-Z Developments, Sid and Nancy, and a One Buck Utopia
Season 22 Episode 221
This week, Jake shares some surprising developments in the Jay-Z case and their ramifications for the ongoing Diddy cases. Plus we hear from you on the Sid and Nancy story, and Jake imagines a better…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Bonus Episode: Satchmo and Secret Agents
Season 22 Episode 221
This week, Jake is thinking about the CIA and its role in our culture. Has the CIA played a part not just in political dirty tricks overseas, but also in the music and culture that are part of our da…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Louis Armstrong: Gangsters, the CIA, and Hot Music
Season 22 Episode 221
You know Louis Armstrong, right? Jazz icon? Satchmo? Nice guy from the movies with the trumpet? Did you know he was part of a CIA coup in Africa? Did you know he compelled a President into civil righ…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: Strange Celebrity Deaths, Great Comedians, and Hot Takes
Season 22 Episode 220
This week, Jake is thinking about Richard Pryor. If Pryor had died after setting himself on fire, would that be the strangest celebrity death of all time? Jake takes a look at some strange celebrity …
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F***ing, Burning, and Freebasing
Season 22 Episode 220
Richard Pryor was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He elevated stand-up comedy to an art form. But the real life that informed his stand-up – a life of pool halls, brothels, stabbings, shoo…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago