Best Tablo Podcasts (2025)

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Introducing: Party Crews: The Untold Story 37:26

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For many Latinx kids in the ‘00s, the party crew scene was a safe space to express themselves as they came of age in the grit and glitter of Los Angeles. A space to make friends, forget about your problems and dance the night away. But the scene wasn’t always physically safe. There were shootings and police raids. Many adults saw the scene as gang-…

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Steve Toltz on writing fear, Here Goes Nothing, and nailing why we do what we do 50:00

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Steve Toltz is the author of A Fraction of the Whole, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award and Quicksand, which won the Russell Prize for Humour. Booklist called A Fraction of the Whole ‘a deliriously philosophical novel . . . with uproarious ruminations on freedom, the soul, love, death, and the meaning …

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BONUS: Acquaintances vs Friends 25:32

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There’s even more! We go deeper on K- pop, fandom and conspiracy. You heard a lot from Professor Hye Jin Lee of USC in the series but she has a lot more to say. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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BONUS: The Music 42:39

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Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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The Fever and the Flowers 38:03

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Still, today, more than a decade later the effects on the online campaign have real world consequences. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Family 33:44

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After the scandal, everyone thought Tablo had won. But by then it was too late. The conspiracy would change his family forever. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Jeong-ui (Justice) 38:53

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To get closer to why this all happened, we go on a journey to find a Tajinyo leader. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Consequences 30:26

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An international hunt leads to a national police investigation. As the truth is finally revealed, the investigation takes an unexpected turn. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Hell Korea 33:18

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Why would hundreds of thousands of people join a forum dedicated to finding out if someone lied about their Stanford diploma? There’s history here. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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The Sellout 36:19

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Underground Korean hip-hop heads accused Tablo of appealing to the K-pop mainstream. Tablo’s success was a double edged sword that Tajinyo would use against him. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Tajinyo 40:57

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Parents loved Tablo for his Stanford pedigree and teens for his rebellious attitude. But this dichotomy that made for great TV, would also draw in a new set of haters. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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God-Blo 38:11

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A Korean superstar. A genius rapper. A liar and a cheat. Labels like these have followed Tablo for more than a decade. And now, he’s ready to tell the whole truth, once and for all. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Introducing Authentic: The Story of Tablo 2:43

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Tablo was a Korean hip hop superstar in 2010. Then it all came screeching to a halt, when a rumor on the internet ballooned out of control. From VICE and iHeart Podcast Network, a series that explores why a bizarre conspiracy divided a country and turned into an international obsession. Hosted by Dexter Thomas Jr. Learn more about your ad-choices a…

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Claire Messud on A Dream Life, self-deception and the pursuit of truth 1:05:08

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Claire Messud is the author of seven works of fiction, including the bestselling books The Emperor’s Children, The Woman Upstairs and The Burning Girl, as well as a book of essays, Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write. She has received Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships, and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy …

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Hannah Kent on the freedom and delight in writing Devotion, not being shackled to history and her writing life 57:30

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Australian novelist Hannah Kent’s first novel Burial Rites, about the last woman executed in Iceland, was a bestseller internationally and translated into 30 languages. It won a mountain of awards including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier’s People’s Choice Award and is being adapted for film. Her second novel Th…

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Charlotte Wood on taking out the lies, The Luminous Solution and following the heat 1:07:28

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Charlotte Wood is one of Australia’s finest, most original writers. She is the author of six novels; a collection of interviews called The Writers’ Room; Love & Hunger; and The Luminous Solution, about creativity and resilience. Charlotte’s most recent novel The Weekend is funny, tender and often uncomfortable, and won the ABIA Literary Fiction Boo…

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Sinéad Gleeson on the power of your own story 1:09:39

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Sinéad Gleeson is a writer and editor, based in Dublin. Her book of personal essays Constellations: Reflections from Life, won the Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer. It explores an array of subjects from Sinéad’s experience with illness, to friendship, grief, falling in love, mot…

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Anna Gerber on playful storytelling, channeling Sylvia Beach and bringing creatives together 1:05:21

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Anna Gerber is an award-winning Creative Director, working with storytelling, design and technology. For over 20 years, she’s worked with global teams and companies like Google, Penguin, Mercedes and WeTransfer. Anna co-founded Visual Editions, a publishing house with refreshingly innovative book design and ideas. It won many awards and each book t…

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Katie Kitamura on her new novel Intimacies, building dread and unconventional endings 1:00:25

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Katie Kitamura’s writing is taut, morally complex, beguiling, and gets under your skin. Garth Greenwell described her as ‘among the most brilliant and profound writers at work today’ and as Evie Wyld said she’s ‘one of the best living writers I’ve read, and she gives the dead ones a run for their money'. Katie has written for publications like the …

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Doireann Ní Ghríofa on A Ghost in the Throat and the mystery of writing and life 1:09:25

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Doireann Ní Ghríofa has published in both Irish and English and has written six acclaimed collections of poetry. Her most recent, To Star the Dark was described by The Irish Independent as ‘playful, serious, joyful, and moving’. Her book of prose called A Ghost in the Throat received Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and had phenomenal revi…

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Louise Adler on the extraordinary story of her parents, a life in publishing and what she learnt along the way 56:54

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Louise Adler is one of the most significant figures in Australian publishing. Born in Melbourne, Louise was educated locally and studied in Israel at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, then in Britain at the University of Reading, and in America at Columbia University. She taught literature at Columbia for ten years and also taught at t…

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Andrew Solomon on a lifetime writing about humanity, surviving the Pacific Ocean and the power of listening 1:05:32

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Andrew Solomon’s work has had a major impact across the world. His books have made concrete changes for the better, fostering empathy and understanding in everyone who reads them. Andrew writes on politics, culture and psychology and is an activist in LGBTQ rights, mental health, and the arts. He’s a Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psy…

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Evie Wyld on the landscapes of her life, not tying things up neatly, trusting the subconscious, and our remaining monsters. 57:32

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Since Evie Wyld was first published, her writing has been celebrated for its fine observations, and way of pinning down emotional nuance. Her first novel, After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Betty Trask Award and Evie was listed as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. Her second novel, All the Birds…

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Jhumpa Lahiri on paring back, building bridges and her new book Whereabouts 1:00:44

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Since Interpreter of Maladies was published in 1999, Jhumpa Lahiri has written three works of fiction in English, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and the Booker shortlisted, The Lowland. She has also written a work of nonfiction, In Other Words, which was the first book she wrote in Italian, translated into English by Ann Goldstein. In addition J…

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Nikki Gemmell on writing with audacity, her new poetic thriller and surviving financially as a writer 1:00:13

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Nikki Gemmell is one of Australia’s great writers. Since Les Murray printed Nikki’s first short story in Quadrant Magazine, she’s written thirteen novels. One of them, was the erotic blockbuster The Bride Stripped Bare which was published anonymously back in 2003. It was described as a ‘raw and unflinching’ look at sexuality – and it’s that raw and…

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Charles Yu on writers' rooms and Westworld, his National Book Award-winning novel Interior Chinatown and a love of short stories 57:01

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Charles Yu writes playful and inventive novels and short stories, often with a kind of sly irreverence. There’s warmth and wisdom at their heart, he’s very funny. Charles has written two collection of stories, Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You and the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and his latest Interior C…

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Andy Griffiths on the wild ride from punk band to rockstar children's author 1:21:02

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Andy Griffiths is one of the most loved authors in Australia. Andy and his partner in crime illustrator Terry Denton have collaborated on more than 33 bestselling books including the Treehouse series, all of which have sold over 10 million copies – which must make them some of bestselling Australian authors of all time. They’ve been published in ov…

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Melissa Harrison on nature writing, taking risks, advice for new writers and learning birdsongs 57:00

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Melissa Harrison is an award-winning novelist, nature writer and podcaster. Melissa’s podcast The Stubborn Light of Things has the same title as her book that was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year. In the book it feels like she’s taking us by her side as she walks through the greens of London and the English countryside, sharing warm a…

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Janine di Giovanni on reporting war, love, responsibility and her calling to write 50:45

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Janine di Giovanni is an author of various award-winning books and one of the world’s great foreign correspondents. She has had a thirty year career in war zones, reporting on conflicts from the first Palestinian intifadato the siege of Sarajevo, the Rwandan genocide and many other wars across the world. She was a long-time Senior Foreign Correspon…

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Jenny Hewson on her role as a literary agent, looking for a distinctive voice and how rejection is often part of the process 50:06

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Jenny Hewson is a literary agent based in London. She worked for 13 years as an agent at one of England’s best agencies, Rogers Coleridge and White or RCW as it’s known, representing authors across fiction and non-fiction. A year ago she joined the prestigious Lutyens & Rubinstein agency, bringing her list of authors with her, including Sarah Perry…

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Lang Leav on poetry as emotion, September Love and finding her tribe. 41:36

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Lang Leav is a poet and novelist whose work has a rare and powerful way of connecting with readers. Lang was born in a refugee camp, grew up in Sydney’s Cabramatta and now lives in New Zealand. She has received various accolades including a Churchill fellowship and a Goodreads Readers’ Choice Award. Her first book, 'Love & Misadventure' was self-pu…

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Ep. #58 | Epik High Is (Literally) Here 1:10:01

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Welcome to a very special episode of The Tablo Podcast with the members of Epik High: Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz. They discuss the process of creating their 10th studio album "Epik High is Here", the thoughts behind the lyrics and beats, and how Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz have never listened to a single episode of this podcast.If you enjoy this…

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Ep. #57 | I Am Never Coming Back to The Tablo Podcast 43:05

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Tablo is back one last time to reinforce the fact that he will never, ever bring back The Tablo Podcast ever again. Unless you give him a million dollars. Let's see that cash. Also, he missed you all.If you enjoy this episode, make sure to subscribe, leave a comment, and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, Google Podcasts, and YouTube. Con…