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Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life
Episode #161 Release Date: 02.20.24
Andy Warhol: Fame, the Future, and Back from the Dead
Episode #162 Release Date: 02.27.24
Hunter S. Thompson (All Access): Fear, Loathing, and Gonzo Baby Gonzo
Episode #163 Release Date: 02.29.24
Peter Tosh (Part 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor
Episode #164 Release Date: 03.05.24
Peter Tosh (Part 2): A Home Invasion, an Assassination, and No Compromise
Episode #165 Release Date: 03.12.24
Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson’s Hit List
Episode #166 Release Date: 03.19.24
Van Halen: Bootleggers, U.S. Marshals, and Protecting Innovation at Any Cost
Episode #167 Release Date: 03.26.24
Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley (All Access): The Rooster, the Jungle, and Dying Young
Episode #168 Release Date: 03.28.24
Heath Ledger: Cowboys, Junkies, and Maniacal Clowns
Episode #170 Release Date: 04.16.24
Public Enemy: Revolution, Scandal, and a Message Louder Than a Bomb
Episode #171 Release Date: 04.23.24
Jean-Michel Basquiat (All Access): New York City Squalor, Art-World Slumming, and the 27 Club
Episode #172 Release Date: 04.25.24
Garth Brooks: Earthquakes, Internet Rumors, and Missing Persons
Episode #173 Release Date: 04.30.24
Coming Soon…
William S. Burroughs: Obscenity, a Decapitated Mouse, and the Deadly William Tell Routine
Episode #174 Release Date: 05.07.24
Coming Soon…
Season 14
U2: Death Threats, a Song that Inspired a Killer, and the Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer
Episode #151 Release Date: 11.14.23
Blondie: Punk vs. Disco, Held Hostage by Phil Spector, and Riding with Ted Bundy
Episode #152 Release Date: 11.21.23
INXS’ Michael Hutchence: All-Night Gigs, All-Night Orgies, and a Tragic Climax
Episode #153 Release Date: 11.28.23
Jane’s Addiction: Taking Risks, Enduring Pain, and a Killer on the Loose
Episode #154 Release Date: 12.5.23
Sean “Diddy” Combs: A Nightclub Shooting, a Fatal Stampede, and the Cost of Doing Business
Episode #155 Release Date: 12.12.23
Mariah Carey: Armed Guards, Gang Burglaries, and the True Meaning of Christmas
Episode #156 Release Date: 12.19.23
Serge Gainsbourg: Brigitte Bardot, Bonnie & Clyde, and Orgasmic Pop Songs
Episode #157 Release Date: 1.16.24
Stu Sutcliffe: Reeperbahn Debauchery, Gangs, and the Birth of the Beatles
Episode #158 Release Date: 1.23.24
Scott Weiland: Psych Wards, Demonic Forces, and a Kidnapping in Paris
Episode #159 Release Date: 2.6.24
The Clash: Guns on the Roof, Chased out of Kingston, and a Riot in Times Square
Episode #160 Release Date: 2.13.24
Season 13
The RZA: (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 1): Kung Fu in Times Square, Weed on Wall Street, and Attempted Murder in Ohio
Episode #141 Release Date: 9.5.23
Raekwon (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 2): Dealing Crack, Caught in the Crossfire, and the NYPD Goes TNT
Episode #142 Release Date: 9.7.23
Method Man (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 3): Dice Games, Dodged Bullets, and Murder in the Street
Episode #143 Release Date: 9.12.23
Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 4): Angel Dust, an Unlicensed .357 Magnum, and Attempted Robbery
Episode #144 Release Date: 9.14.23
Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 5): Running Scams, Doing Time, and NYC’s Ongoing War Against the Drug Trade
Episode #145 Release Date: 9.26.23
Cappadonna (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 6): Someone Else’s Crack Rocks, Turning State’s Evidence, and a Rat in the Inner Circle
Episode #146 Release Date: 9.28.23
U-God (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 7): Police Raids, Vengeance, and Mopping Floors at the Statue of Liberty
Episode #147 Release Date: 10.3.23
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 8): An Attempted Murder Rap, Bloodthirsty Rottweilers, and Self-Immolation
Episode #148 Release Date: 10.10.23
Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 9): A Mafia Hit, an Alleged Assault, and the Student Becomes the Master
Episode #149 Release Date: 10.10.23
GZA (Wu-Tang Chapter 10): Quantum Physics, Cop Killers, and a Stock-Trading Scumbag
Episode #150 Release Date: 10.19.23
Season 12
Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska
Episode #129 Release Date: 5.16.23
Justin Bieber: Murder Plots, Drag Racing, and Deportation Threats
Episode #130 Release Date: 5.23.23
Eazy-E: A Hidden Coke Stash, Domestic Terrorists, and Death Threats
Episode #131 Release Date: 5.30.23
Jeff Buckley: Dreaming of Music, Drowning, and Eternal Life
Episode #132 Release Date: 6.6.23
Jimi Hendrix: Tear Gas, a Kidnapping, Heroin Hostages, and the Great Escape
Episode #133 Release Date: 6.13.23
Lil’ Kim: Shootouts, Lusty Lyrics, and Loyalty in the Land of the M.A.F.I.A.
Episode #134 Release Date: 6.20.23
Aerosmith: Toxic Twins, M-80s, Cocaine Eyeliner, and Living on the Edge
Episode #135 Release Date: 6.27.23
Ariana Grande: Terror on Tour, Tragedy in Manchester, and Learning to Sing Again
Episode #136 Release Date: 7.11.23
New Order: Blood on the Dance Floor, E in the Bloodstream, and Inventing the 1980s
Episode #137 Release Date: 7.18.23
Merle Haggard: 17 Arrests, 17 Breakouts, Hard Time at San Quentin, and the Lonesome Fugitive
Episode #138 Release Date: 7.25.23
Sonny Rollins: Armed Robbery, Rikers Island, and the Return of the Saxophone Colossus
Episode #139 Release Date: 8.1.23
The Velvet Underground: Heroin, S&M, and the Attempted Assassination of Andy Warhol
Episode #140 Release Date: 8.8.23
Season 11
50 Cent: Crack, Police Raids, Motorcycle Chases, and a Nine-Bullet Wake-up Call
Episode #117 Release Date: 2.14.23
AC/DC: A Satanic Serial Killer, A Police Man Hunt, and a Media Witch Hunt
Episode #118 Release Date: 2.21.23
Mac Miller: Hallucinations, Counterfeit Pills, and a Standoff with the Most Powerful Man in the World
Episode #119 Release Date: 2.28.23
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Busted Teeth, Saturday Night Specials, and the Smell of Death
Episode #120 Release Date: 3.7.23
Otis Redding: A Chitlin Circuit Shootout, a Fatal Plane Crash, and Crossing Over to the Other Side
Episode #121 Release Date: 3.14.23
Sly Stone: Guns, PCP, a Psycho Mutt, and a Fugitive from Justice
Episode #124 Release Date: 4.3.23
Skip James: A Sawmill Shootout, Pimping, Bootlegging, and the Son of a Preacher Man
Episode #126 Release Date: 4.18.23
Willie Nelson (Part 1): Shootouts, House Fires, and the Ballad of the Red Headed Stranger
Episode #127 Release Date: 4.25.23
Willie Nelson (Part 2): Grifters, Con Men, Thieves, and the Reinvention of the Outlaw
Episode #128 Release Date: 5.2.23
Season 10
Britney Spears (Part 1): Family Trauma, Predatory Paparazzi, and Mrs.-Extra-Extra-This-Just-In
Episode #105 Release Date: 7.12.22
Britney Spears (Part 2): Lithium, Las Vegas, and a Long-Awaited Emancipation
Episode #106 Release Date: 7.26.22
Pink Floyd: Acid Overload, a Psychotic Breakdown, and a Crazy Diamond
Episode #107 Release Date: 8.9.22
The Sex Pistols (Part 1): Anarchy, Thievery, and the Death of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Episode #108 Release Date: 8.23.22
The Sex Pistols (Part 2): Crashing the Queen’s Jubilee, Shocking America, and Leaving a Trail of Blood, Spit, and Junk
Episode #109 Release Date: 9.6.22
Jennifer Hudson: An American Idol, a Triple Homicide, and Undying Faith
Episode #110 Release Date: 9.20.22
Ringo Starr: Busted by Mexican Federales, Threatened by French-Canadian Separatists, and the King of Feel
Episode #111 Release Date: 10.4.22
Chris Brown: Police Standoffs, Rejected from Rehab, and America’s Most Hated Pop Star
Episode #112 Release Date: 10.18.22
Robert Johnson: Voodoo, Delta Blues, Cursing God, and a Crossroads
Episode #113 Release Date: 11.1.22
Charles Manson the Music Man (Charles Manson Chapter 3): Lost Records and a Prosecutorial Song too Crazy to Sing
Episode #114 Release Date: 11.15.22
Mama Cass (Part 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career that Should’ve Been
Episode #115 Release Date: 11.29.22
Mama Cass (Part 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave
Episode #116 Release Date: 12.13.22
Season 9
Taylor Swift: Interstate Stalking, Vanishing Masters, and Love Letters Gone Wrong
Episode #93 Release Date: 1.11.22
Tom Petty: House Fires, Hiding a Heroin Habit, and Run-Down Dreams
Episode #94 Release Date: 1.25.22
Sublime: Hoodlums, Police Helicopters, and Getting Dirty at Denny’s
Episode #95 Release Date: 2.8.22
Hank Williams: Sanatoriums, Poison Pills, and Fired from the Grand Ole Opry
Episode #96 Release Date: 2.22.22
The Eagles Pt 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess
Episode #97 Release Date: 3.8.22
The Eagles Pt 2: Death, a Plane Crash, and Innocence Lost at What Cost
Episode #98 Release Date: 3.29.22
Billie Holiday: Heroin Hounds, ‘Whorehouse Music,’ and the Queen of Jazz
Episode #99 Release Date: 4.5.22
Juice WRLD: Percocets, Lucid Dreams and a Whole Lotta Lean
Episode #100 Release Date: 4.19.22
Miles Davis Pt 1: Blasting Bebop, Blasting Racism, and a Devastating Heroin Habit
Episode #101 Release Date: 5.3.22
Miles Davis Pt 2: Mountains of Pills, Bitches Brew, and the Reinvention of the Original Motherf#%*er
Episode #102 Release Date: 5.17.22
George Harrison: Surviving the Beatles, the London Drug Squad, and a Home Invasion
Episode #104 Release Date: 6.14.22
Season 8
Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead, Smuggling Drugs and Composing the World’s Most Beloved Songs
Episode #82 Release Date: 6.15.21
John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI and Pissing off the President
Episode #83 Release Date: 6.29.21
Ray Charles: Busted for Heroin and Busting Genres with the Best Damn R&B
Episode #84 Release Date: 7.13.21
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
Episode #85 Release Date: 8.3.21
Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony Mony and Mafia-Sanctioned Hits
Episode #86 Release Date: 8.17.21
Fleetwood Mac (Part 1): Guns, God, Cocaine and Rumours
Episode #87 Release Date: 9.14.21
Fleetwood Mac (Part 2): Going to #1, and Going Your Own Way
Episode #88 Release Date: 9.28.21
Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of…
Episode #89 Release Date: 10.26.21
Derek and the Dominos: More Clapton, More Cocaine, Flipped Motorcycles, and a Murderous Drummer
Episode #92 Release Date: 12.14.21
Season 7
Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolling Stones and Cosmic American Music
Episode #68 Release Date: 1.12.21
Tupac Shakur (Part One): Sixties Radicalism Gives Way to Socially Conscious Rap, a Charismatic Screen Star and Deadly Violence
Episode #69 Release Date: 1.26.21
Tupac Shakur (Part Two): Life Behind Bars, Suge Knight Saves The Day, East Coast West Coast Beef and What Could Have Been
Episode #70 Release Date: 2.2.21
David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.
Episode #71 Release Date: 2.9.21
The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet Syringes, Turning Tricks and Saving Rock ‘N’ Roll
Episode #72 Release Date: 2.16.21
The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed with Acid, Outrunning Knife Wielding Maniacs and Driving the World to the Brink with Beatlemania
Episode #73 Release Date: 2.23.21
The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid Smuggling, Suicide, Kidnapping and the Breakup of the Greatest Band of All Time
Episode #74 Release Date: 3.2.21
Lil’ Peep: A new hip hop and emo fusion; trap beats, tender lyrics, too much Xanax and a still mysterious overdose.
Episode #75 Release Date: 3.9.21
The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Killers, and R&B in four-inch heels
Episode #76 Release Date: 3.16.21
Oasis (Part 1): Hooliganism, Hedonism, Rock Star Anthems and the “Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band on the Planet”
Episode #77 Release Date: 3.30.21
Oasis (Part 2): The Biggest Band on the Planet, Fu*king Britop Students, Private Islands, A Drowning Rolls, Liam and Noel Off Their T*ts and at Each Other’s Throats
Episode #78 Release Date: 4.13.21
Lil Wayne: Murder Squads, A Pre-Teen Suicide Attempt, a Year at Rikers and More Hits than Elvis
Episode #79 Release Date: 4.27.21
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
The Notorious B.I.G. (Part One): Dealing Crack on the Corner, Spitting Beef and Creating One of the Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time
Episode #80 Release Date: 5.11.21
The Notorious B.I.G. (Part Two): A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages
Episode #81 Release Date: 5.25.21
Season 6
Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewels and Inventing Gangsta Rap
Episode #62 Release Date: 9.15.20
Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and the James Dean of Jazz
Episode #63 Release Date: 9.29.20
The Grateful Dead (Part Two): The Ballad of Pigpen and Old Weird America, an Origin Story
Episode #64 Release Date: 10.13.20
The Misfits: Special Halloween Episode, Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teengagers from Mars
Episode #65 Release Date: 10.27.20
Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the Madonna of Mexico
Episode #66 Release Date: 11.10.20
Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity, and the Invention of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Episode #67 Release Date: 11.24.20
Season 5
Guns N’ Roses (Part 1): Brawling with David Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Two Dead at Donington
Episode #49 Release Date: 3.10.20
Guns N’ Roses (Part 2): Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories and the Riverport Riot
Episode #50 Release Date: 3.17.20
Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a Near Drug Bust and the God MC
Episode #51 Release Date: 3.24.20
Little Richard: Sex and the Duality of the King and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Episode #52 Release Date: 3.31.20
John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and America’s Darkest Day
Episode #53 Release Date: 4.1.20
Joe Exotic: Tiger King, Budding Country Star, Confidence Man Extraordinaire
Episode #54 Release Date: 4.7.20
Run DMC: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterious Death of Jam Master Jay
Episode #55 Release Date: 4.14.20
Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhodes’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman
Episode #56 Release Date: 4.28.20
Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Activism, Rollin ‘60s and Lost Potential
Episode #57 Release Date: 5.12.20
Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bags of Cash
Episode #58 Release Date: 5.26.20
Rolling Stones (Part One): Swinging London, a Prison Break, East End Gangsters and the Anti-Beatles
Episode #60 Release Date: 6.23.20
The Rolling Stones (Part Two): Swinging London, Keith and Stolen Jewels, Princess Margaret Way Too High, Busted at Redlands and More
Episode #61 Release Date: 6.30.20
Season 4
N.W.A (Part 1): Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture Shifting Violence
Episode #37 Release Date: 9.26.19
N.W.A (Part 2): Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire
Episode #38 Release Date: 9.26.19
Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick
Episode #39 Release Date: 10.1.19
Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America
Episode #40 Release Date: 10.8.19
Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds
Episode #41 Release Date: 10.15.19
Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop
Episode #42 Release Date: 10.22.19
Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady
Episode #43 Release Date: 11.5.19
Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice
Episode #44 Release Date: 11.12.19
A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas
Episode #45 Release Date: 11.26.19
The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the Sixties
Episode #46 Release Date: 12.3.19
The Beach Boys (Part 1): An Endless Summer, LSD, Orgies, Charles Manson and a Steve McQueen Man-Crush
Episode #47 Release Date: 12.17.19
The Beach Boys (Part 2): An Endless Bummer, More Manson, Hollywood Paranoia, On Stage Fist Fights, Incest, Cocaine and the Pacific Ocean Blue
Episode #48 Release Date: 12.19.19
Season 3
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 1: No Direction Home
Episode #25 Release Date; 3.14.19
Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and the Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Episode #28 Release Date; 4.2.19
Grateful Dead: Freedom's Just Another Word For...
Episode #29 Release Date; 4.16.19
Johnny Cash: Pills, More Pills and Playing with Fire
Episode #32 Release Date; 5.28.19
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
Episode #33 Release Date; 6.11.19
Season 2
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”
Episode #13 Release Date; 7.10.18
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye”.
Episode #14 Release Date; 7.10.18
Motley Crue: Sex, Drugs And Holy Sh*t, How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
Episode #15 Release Date; 7.17.18
Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason…. That the President’s Dead
Episode #16 Release Date; 7.31.18
Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill
Episode #17 Release Date; 8.14.18
Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone
Episode #18 Release Date; 8.28.18
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die (Plus Bonus Michael Alig Interview)
Episode #19 Release Date; 9.11.18
Marvin Gaye: Father, Father, There’s Too Many Of Us Dying
Episode #20 Release Date; 9.25.18
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Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away With Murder
Episode #01 Release Date; 2.13.18
Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide
Episode #03 Release Date; 3.6.18
Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
Episode #04 Release Date; 3.20.18
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes: Hit Me Again and I’ll Burn Your House Down
Episode #06 Release Date; 4.17.18
The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin
Episode #07 Release Date; 5.01.18
Tay-K 47: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life
Episode #08 Release Date; 5.15.18
Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It
Episode #10 Release Date; 6.12.18
Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs The Body In a Box and Tells The World About It, Will Anybody Listen?
Episode #11 Release Date; 6.19.18
James Brown: Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag… of Meth
Episode #12 Release Date; 6.26.18