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The History of Standup

Wayne Federman & Andrew Steven / The Podglomerate

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Comedian and professor Wayne Federman has spent his life studying the art and history of standup comedy. Join him and fellow student, Andrew Steven, as they look back at some of standup’s most interesting moments, places, and people.
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Battleship Pretension

Tyler Smith & David Bax

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Battleship Pretension is a podcast that represents the kind of conversations that film geeks have when they get together. There are strong opinions, in-jokes, obscure references, and wild tangents. And, since Tyler and David are two of the sharpest wits ever fused together, there are laughs aplenty.
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Iggy and the Stooges only had one day to mix the final version of the album, leading to its raw and unpolished sound. Luckily, they had David Bowie to help on that one day. Maria joins Josh to discuss the tracks and the delayed impact …
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Before recording Remain In Light, the Talking Heads and producer Brian Eno sought to dispel the notion that the group was simply a vehicle for frontman David Byrne by emphasizing collective groove, rhythm, and collaborative composition…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** When “Marquee Moon” was released, it baffled some and enthralled others. Television emerged from the 1970s CBGBs scene and was one of the pioneers of the indie college rock sound. Wil Wheaton joins Josh to discuss his favorite tracks o…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album introduced the world to heavy metal, but it was their second album, “Paranoid” that basically became a “Best Of” album in itself, with some of metal’s most recognised anthems. Jim Norton joins th…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack became far more than just the companion album to the movie. It emerged as a cultural phenomenon where genre, commerce, culture, and cinema intersected. Martha Plimpton joins the podca…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** This is the Springsteen album where he embraced R&B, jazz-tinged swing, horn sections, extended narratives, and cinematic moods. It makes a bridge between his folk‐inflected beginnings and the grander rock epics to come. Eric Roberts j…
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Long Description ***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** At a time when West Coast rap was on the rise and dominating the scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready To Die” that shifted much of the focus back to the East Coast. Comedian Godfrey…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur joins Josh to talk about her connection to Pavement, and how the low-fi production “Slanted & Enchanted” influenced her writing, and provided the foundation for the early 90s indie college radio…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Elton John’s Greatest Hits was the best-selling album of 1975 in the United States, and the first in Elton’s catalog to receive diamond certification. Wayne Federman discusses all of the top hits, including “Your Song”, “Rocket Man,” a…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Replacements lead singer and guitarist Paul Westerberg once described “Tim” as an example of the band’s longevity “Sometimes you just love the little acoustic songs, and other times you want to crank the amp up, and those two parts of …
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Here’s a preview of another music podcast we love, Broken Record. Music and storytelling meet on Broken Record, where artists across genres and generations sit down to explore the joy, chaos, and vulnerability of creating—and what it means to devote a life to music. From legendary icons to groundbreaking new voices, each episode captures artists in…
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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** The Chronic is considered to be one of the most innovative hip hop albums in history. Kanye West once referred to it as the “hip hop equivalent to Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key Of Life”. B-Real discusses the impact the album had on …
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