Best Happy Robbery Podcasts (2025)

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Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 1 38:19

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Lou Reed is one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll characters of all time, one known to lie and exaggerate his own mythology during interviews about his past. In this special 2-part episode, Lou’s origin story with the Velvet Underground runs straight through Manhattan transgressions, murder mysteries, drug abuse, and all the other crimes, criminals, an…

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Bonus Episode: A Disgraceful Christmas List – Rockstars Set Up, Busted, and Sentenced During the Holidays 43:57

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This week in the After Party, Jake takes a look at all the disgraceful deeds committed by rock stars during the holiday season. Plus, your emails, calls, and DMs! In the exclusive portion of the After Party, Jake and Dr. Zeth Lundy further examine the Christmastime nightclub shooting that allegedly involved Diddy. You can become an All Access membe…

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Top 20 Classic Artist New Albums 2025 and Merry Christmas and Happy New Years 55:39

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Top 20 Classic Artist New Albums 2025. More Dan and Dave Nonsense Merry Christmas and Happy New YearsBy Dave

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Elvis Presley and Johnny Ace: A Deadly Christmas Story 40:34

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Elvis Presley loved the Memphis singer Johnny Ace. Johnny died long before Elvis’ became the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll and the way in which Johnny Ace died was as tragic as it was violent. It involved a game of Russian roulette, a greedy and dubious rock ‘n’ roll impresario, BB King, Big Mama Thornton, Little Richard, and a killer conspiracy and music …

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Enter the Shrine, from Fela Kuti: Fear No Man 29:37

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We couldn't get enough of the podcast Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, so to celebrate the show's finale, we're sharing another episode. As you might remember, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is Jad Abumrad's true tale of one of the great political awakenings in music. In this episode, we hear about Fela’s club, The Shrine. It was an oasis of freedom amidst a brutal…

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Mariah Carey: Armed Guards, Gang Burglaries, and the True Meaning of Christmas 37:57

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Mariah Carey once lived under constant surveillance in her own home. Her husband planted cameras and recording devices around their prison-like mansion to watch her every move. He hired armed guards to follow her everywhere but the bathroom – the same armed guards who nearly shot Mariah’s collaborators when she unexpectedly dipped for a 30-minute j…

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#585 | Is AI Really Destroying the Planet? 20:55

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🎄 It's almost Christmas 🎄 Christmas Gift Memberships: https://bit.ly/XmasGiftELFCM Take The 2025 "Christmas Quiz": https://bit.ly/ELFCMXmasQuiz2025 --- Is AI really a disaster for the environment, or are the fears exaggerated? In this episode, we'll discuss the environmental cost of Artificial Intelligence. From a water controversy in Scotland to t…

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Bonus Episode: Let’s Make a Non Traditional Christmas Mix and Load the Chamber for Russian Roulette 33:29

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You guys love non-traditional Christmas songs so Jake took all of your favs and put them into a special Non Tradish Christmas Disgo Mix. From Sufjan Stevens to Dio to Prince, Paul Kelly, Shane MacGowan and a ton of others— you called, texted, dm’d and commented on Patreon with your favs and in this episode we unpack it all with your voicemails, tex…

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Louvre Robbery and Things you might not know about the Reiner's 50:09

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Louvre Robbery - they had to be armature thieves. Things you might not know about the Reiner's. Rock n' Rollers Birthdays. Happy Birthday to Dave's Lovely Wife!By Dave

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Shane MacGowan: Outsiders, Underdogs, and Christmas Eve in the Drunk Tank 40:14

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Shane MacGowan lived his life as an outsider. He was an Irishman living in England, a troublemaking jug-eared punk with rotten teeth and a voracious appetite for drugs and alcohol. And with his band, The Pogues, he created a powerful synthesis of the traditional music of his homeland and a modern punk attitude. It was this gift for melding the sacr…

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John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.” 28:52

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John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove back he was gunned down by Mark David Chapman, a self-loathing narcissist obsessed with his contradictory hero, as well as Lennon’s musical rival, Todd Rundgren and J.D. Salinger’s angsty Holden Caulf…

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John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.” 30:02

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John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove back, he was gunned down by Mark David Chapman, a self-loathing narcissist who was obsessed with his contradictory hero, as well as with Lennon’s musical rival, Todd Rundgren and J.D. Salinger’s angst…

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Bonus Episode: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Other Great Music History Christmas Moments 34:54

16d ago34:54

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This After Party features a very special announcement plus a look into the greatest Christmas moments from music history, your voicemails, texts, emails, and as always a whole lotta (Christmas) Rosie. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit h…

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Phil Spector: Silent Night, Loaded Gun 42:03

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A gun-waving showdown with the Ramones. A death threat from the Genovese crime family. A terrorized Ronnie Spector locked inside a gilded cage. And a Christmas record crushed by one of the darkest days in American history. Listen to find out how producer Phil Spector created a joyful holiday masterpiece before fear and violence turned his quest for…

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Cyber Monday and "Whiskey in the Jar" (54) 53:51

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Winter driving in the Omaha Metro Area - Just be responsive and drive CAREFULLY! Cyber Monday. "Whiskey in the Jar" origins and popularity. (Irish History Song). Rock and Rollers Birthdays within last weeks - listen in we do this every week and it is interesting to a lot of listeners. The OMAHA LANCERS are partners of 2 Omaha Fools - Send email to …

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Blondie: Punk vs. Disco, Held Hostage by Phil Spector, and Riding with Ted Bundy 36:32

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Blondie got their start as part of New York’s fertile punk scene in the late ‘70s, a time of great musical innovation. Also a time of great fear. Violent crime had the five boroughs in a stranglehold. Muggers, rapists, thieves, criminal deviants of all stripes ran wild in the streets. Or so they said. True New Yorkers like Blondie were tough, jaded…

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Blink-182: Tom Was Right. Aliens Exist. 43:44

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Everyone thought Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge was a joke, until he proved them all wrong. This is the story of government control, aliens, an arrest, a plane crash, a cancer diagnosis, redemption, and (of course) anti-authority punk rock. Do you believe in Non-Human Intelligence? Have you had an experience with UFOs? Let Jake know and tell your story at…

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#582 | Piazza Fontana & The Accidental Death of An Anarchist 25:30

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🎄 It's almost Christmas 🎄 Christmas Gift Memberships: https://bit.ly/XmasGiftELFCM Take The 2025 "Christmas Quiz": https://bit.ly/ELFCMXmasQuiz2025 --- A deadly bomb. A death in a police station. A secret kept from the public. In 1969, an explosion in Milan killed 17 people. The police accused a group of anarchists, but the story was not that simpl…

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Post Thanksgiving Show (53) 56:46

21d ago56:46

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Our Post Thanksgiving Show. Best and worst ways to prepare leftover turkey from a National Poll. Best and worst side dishes from a National Poll. DUFF DID NOT GET STUMPED. ROCK N ROLLERS BIRTHDAYS 12/1 TO 12/4.By Dave

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Bonus Episode: Are Rockstars Part of the UFO Disclosure Theory? Plus Psychopedia’s Brooke Slater on Slayer and Ed Gein 1:00:56

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On the heels of the release of the excellent new documentary The Age of Disclosure, and our own recent mini and full episodes on Merle Haggard’s UFO obsession, we discuss the likelihood that rockstars from John Lennon to Tom DeLonge are part of the UAP disclosure theory. We also talk to Psychopedia’s Brooke Slater about Slayer and Jake’s Ed Gein he…

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Merle Haggard (Pt. 2): Surviving Christmas, Cosmic American Aliens, and Cocaine Clarity 36:30

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A cosmic-country dust-up with Gram Parsons. A months-long cocaine spiral. An alien obsession, and a bleak Christmas single that wouldn’t quit. Death threats, pistols, pardons, and “Pancho & Lefty.” Listen to find out how Merle Haggard survived another December and lived to rewrite country music. For the full list of contributors, visit ⁠⁠disgracela…

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Reggae's Influence on Many Musical Genres - Rock, Top 40, R&B, Soul, Hip hop and more... 50:25

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Reggae's influence on ROCK, TOP 40, R&B, SOUL, HIP HOP and many other musical categories. Royal Mint strikes Freddie Mercury coin. Visit Stocks n Bonds OPEN WENDSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 6- 2AM. DJ FROM 9-2. TRY THEIR INCREDIBLE FOODS, AWESOME SERVICE AND STIFF DRINKS OFF OF 84TH AND PARK DRIVE. IF YOU WANT TO PLAN A PARTY CALL THEM AT 531-222-9008…

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Merle Haggard (Pt. 1): A Christmas Robbery Leads To Hard Time at San Quentin 36:01

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Merle Haggard was what authorities liked to call a “repeat offender.” He was arrested for riding trains, for skipping school, for stealing cars, for robbing gas stations, and for attempting to knock over a restaurant – during the Christmas Eve rush. He was committed to juvenile halls, correctional facilities, and reform schools 17 times, and 17 tim…

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Bonus Episode: Killer Concert Films 42:22

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Why The Last Waltz is the greatest concert film of all time plus, in the exclusive section of this bonus episode, a long list of other favorites and some criminally overlooked live gems with Jake and Zeth. You can become an All Access member and hear this and more exclusive content, along with ad-free listening of all Disgraceland episodes, by goin…

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Happy Thanksgiving & Construction and Influential Albums of the past 46:29

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Positive Notes Air travel as per Airlines for America. Street construction and closures in and around Omaha. Influential albums released last couple of weeks and the year released. Duff gets stumped in "Stump the Duff" - The answer is:there are an estimate of 45 million turkeys to be eaten this week.…

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Martin Scorsese, The Band, and The Last Waltz: A Thanksgiving Story 41:02

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Martin Scorsese’s death wish. Bob Dylan’s theft. Robbie Robertson’s cocaine purchase. Four thousand pounds of turkey. Two thousand pounds of candied yams. Eight hundred pounds of pies and ninety gallons of gravy. What’s it all mean? It means that Disgraceland has a Thanksgiving episode about the making of The Last Waltz that you’ll be grateful you …

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Martin Scorsese (Pt. 2): One Night. One Murder. Five Directors 46:36

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Hollywood:1975. Martin Scorsese sits in his apartment, enraged. He wants to literally kill the man who is ruining his to-be-released film, Taxi Driver. Scorsese’s friends, filmmakers Stephen Spielberg, Brian De Palma, John Milius, and Paul Schraeder rush to Scorsese’s side to talk him out of committing murder, but when they arrive, their friend Mar…

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#580 | Operation Valkyrie & The Plot To Kill Hitler 21:55

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🎄 It's almost Christmas 🎄 Christmas Gift Memberships: https://bit.ly/XmasGiftELFCM Take The 2025 "Christmas Quiz": https://bit.ly/ELFCMXmasQuiz2025 --- On 20 July 1944, a bomb ripped through a meeting room in Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair. This episode tells how Operation Valkyrie *almost* managed to kill Adolf Hitler, and the vicious crackdown that came af…

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Bonus Episode: A Brief History of Gun Violence from Music’s Past 39:15

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“The Devil’s Right Hand" – the gun. Many have died by it in music history. From the unknown piano player who helped influence rock ‘n’ roll to iconic stars like Marvin Gaye and John Lennon. On the heels of our Dr. John episode detailing the shooting that changed the trajectory of his career, and in advance of our Martin Scorsese archive episode det…

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Dr. John: A Shooting, Federal Prison, and Voodoo Healing 35:41

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A gunshot ended his career as a guitar player, but opened up a path to becoming an iconic piano man. Heroin, pimping, and federal prison nearly ended him, but Voodoo––and music––saved him. Listen to find out how one of New Orleans’ most notorious musicians, Mac Rebennack, became Dr. John. For a full list of contributors, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracela…