Podcast Episodes

The Beach Boys Pt. 1: Endless Summer, LSD, Orgies, Charles Manson and a Steve McQueen Man-Crush

In the summer of 1968, the Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson invited a hippie guru and his grungy harem to squat in his Pacific Palisades home. Dennis was the handsome California surfer that his brot…

Published on 6 years ago

The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s

Season 4 Episode 46

The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Altamont speedway outside San Francisco as the triumphant capstone to their 1969 tour: a west coast Woo…

Published on 6 years ago

A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas

Season 4 Episode 45

A$AP Rocky’s upbringing; Harlem, Riker’s, and his own instincts and sense of history informed his world view: A view that included not only a healthy respect for the healing powers of LSD, but also a…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice

Season 4 Episode 44

Whitney Houston was The Voice. A stunning beauty. An early MTV star and leading actress. But when she passed away in a hotel suite bath, the music industry gala downstairs that she was supposed to at…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady

Season 4 Episode 43

On a single Saturday in 2000, Marshall Mathers assaulted two separate men with a pistol and fought with his wife outside a nightclub, resulting in lawsuits and charges that hung over the completion o…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop

Season 4 Episode 42

Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it was Toronto police threatening her for indecency…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds

Season 4 Episode 41

Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored suicide on stage. From his cocaine fueled bromance with David Bowie, to his search for inspi…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America

Season 4 Episode 40

Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors of all time. The music and the megastars Motown produced, like Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5, d…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Led Zeppelin Pt 1: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick

Season 4 Episode 39

Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defined excess. They designed the avatar for the heavy metal rock star: themselves. Along the way there …

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick

Season 4 Episode 39

Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defined excess. They designed the avatar for the heavy metal rock star: themselves. Along the way there …

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago