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Questlove Part 1
Season 2 Episode 1
Questlove talks about how he got involved with D’Angelo’s Voodoo record, the evolution of his drumming style, how he approaches DJ’ing, and tells the…
7 years, 5 months ago
Introducing Broken Record Season 2
Season 2
From Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam: Conversations. Arguments. Stories. Remembering old music. Discovering new music. Broken Record:…
7 years, 6 months ago
Tom Petty and the Creation of “Wildflowers”
Season 1 Episode 7
For the season one finale of Broken Record, Malcolm Gladwell talks with Rick Rubin about Tom Petty, who died in October 2017 at the age of 66. Rubin…
7 years, 8 months ago
Dave Hill and the Epistemology of Norwegian Black Metal
Season 1 Episode 6
Malcolm Gladwell sits down with comedian, guitarist, and legendary metalhead Dave Hill, as he recounts how an email exchange between his alter ego La…
7 years, 9 months ago
Rosanne Cash
Season 1 Episode 5
“She Remembers Everything” is the name of the latest Rosanne Cash album, the 14th of her amazing career. Rosanne and her husband and musical collabor…
7 years, 9 months ago
Nashville Revolution: Bobby Braddock, Don Schlitz, and Don Henry
Season 1 Episode 4
Malcolm Gladwell talks to three songwriters who helped transform country music in the 1970s. Gone were cowboy hats, train whistles and church suppers…
7 years, 9 months ago
Rufus Wainwright
Season 1 Episode 3
Elton John has called Rufus Wainwright “the greatest songwriter in the world today.” Broken Record’s Bruce Headlam sits down with Rufus in Los Angele…
7 years, 9 months ago
Nile Rodgers and Chic
Season 1 Episode 2
Nile Rodgers, the mastermind behind the disco band Chic and producer of artists like David Bowie, Daft Punk and Madonna, plays live with his band and…
7 years, 10 months ago
Rick Rubin
Season 1 Episode 1
Our introductory episode is a conversation between Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell, covering everything from Rick’s role in the very beginning of hip…
7 years, 10 months ago
Introducing Broken Record
Season 1
From Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam: Conversations. Arguments. Stories. Remembering old music. Discovering new music. Broken Record:…
7 years, 10 months ago