You know the myths. You’ve seen the biopics. But if you’re the kind of music fan who craves the rest of the story—the stuff they buried or cleaned up for streaming and theaters—this is your podcast. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning show that reveals the deeply human, highly dramatic, true crime–fueled chaos behind legendary musicians like Amy Winehouse, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Grateful Dead, Blondie, and more. While we dig into the dark side, we do so with reverence for the artists—and an understanding of the extreme highs, lows, and personal costs that come with fame and making great art. This is music history like you’ve never heard it—edge-of-your-seat stories exploding with drama and the kind of information that’ll make you dangerous at dinner parties.
DISGRACELAND has gained a massive following and critical acclaim. It’s the most downloaded music podcast in the world (Podtrac), and has been featured on Rolling Stone’s “10 Best Music Podcasts Right Now” and TIME’s “50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now.” Creator and host Jake Brennan was also named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “40 Most Powerful People in Podcasting.”
Season 1 premiered independently on February 13, 2018, and reached #7 on Apple Podcasts’ overall Top Charts within 48 hours. Since then, the show has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times in over 150 countries. DISGRACELAND is the recipient of the 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Award for Best Music Podcast, the 2021 Webby Award for Best Music Podcast, and the 2023 Ambie Award for Best Original Score and Music Supervision.
New, fully scripted and sound-designed episodes drop every Tuesday. On Thursdays, we hand the mic to you—and feature listener voicemails, texts, and emails in our interactive bonus episodes. And on Fridays, we revisit the wildest stories from our 250+ episode archive with “Rewind” drops that’ll transport you back into music history’s most entertaining moments.
DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast—it’s an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are occasionally fictionalized for dramatic effect, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available on each episode’s show page here on the site.
To hear every episode ad-free—and get access to exclusive monthly episodes, weekly bonus content, and stories too wild for the main feed—become a Disgraceland All Access member at www.disgracelandpod.com/membership.