Episode #261 | 1.20.26


The Runaways: Exploited by the Music Industry, Escape, and Excellent Rock ‘N’ Roll

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In this episode

This is the story of five teenage girls who used rock ‘n roll to escape their lives, their names, and their futures—only to find themselves trapped in a nightmare of fame, exploitation, and identity turned inside-out. From the Sunset Strip to a jail cell in England, from David Bowie fantasies to Kim Fowley’s real-life horrors, this is how the Runaways reinvented what rebellion could be—and paid the ultimate price in the process.

 

 

Credits

Hosted by Jake Brennan.

Written by Zeth Lundy.

Copyedited by James Sullivan.

Mixed by Sean Cahalin.

DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.

*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak