Disgraceland is the award-winning music podcast hosted by Jake Brennan that explores the alleged tru
This week, Jake is thinking about the CIA and its role in our culture. Has the CIA played a part not
You know Louis Armstrong, right? Jazz icon? Satchmo? Nice guy from the movies with the trumpet? Did
Miles Davis is jazz’s first and only rock star, with the rap sheet to prove it. He did enough cocain
This week, Jake is thinking about Richard Pryor. If Pryor had died after setting himself on fire, wo
Richard Pryor was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He elevated stand-up comedy to an art f
This week, Jake wonders what might be coming in future disclosures about UFOs, the JFK assassination
Everyone thought Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge was a joke, until he proved them all wrong. This is the sto
The Beatles caused fans to enter into manic states, literally. People died because of it. The band s
This week, Jake discusses the Beastie Boys and the challenges of creating an episode about a band th
The news called the London crime wave an “epidemic." The Beastie Boys inspired it. Liverpool wanted
This week, Jake wrestles again with the idea that an artist whose work he admires may, in fact, be a
Before Bill Murray was busting ghosts and living in a loop of deja vu, he was a drug-dealing premed
Who is the most hedonistic entertainer from throughout history? Hint: his name might rhyme with “D.
How does a music mogul satiate himself when he’s rich, famous, and can have whatever he wants? When
Sean “Diddy” Combs is a music producer and rapper, but he is a businessman first. And as every busin
In this week's After Party, Jake shares some music and movie recommendations based on the research t
Your wild tales of rock ‘n’ roll animalism, UFOs, Christmas songs, SNL characters, Jay Z and Diddy,
Everything about Chris Farley was larger than life. His comedy, his laughs, the risks he took in fro
This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the great rock 'n' roll myths: we're talking cocaine en
Elvis Presley loved the Memphis singer Johnny Ace. Johnny died long before Elvis’ became the King of
