The Bestest 2020: Podcasts
2 min readJan 16, 2021
- Wind of Change — Did the CIA commission the writing of the hit Scorpions song “Wind of Change” to end the cold war? Maybe.
- Dead and Gone — Part history of the Grateful Dead and part murder mystery around an unsolved murder that happened after one of their shows, “Dead and Gone” is compelling rock and roll fare.
- The Dating Game Killer — One of the most notorious serial killers of all time somehow manages to get off countless times and even finds a way to get on “The Dating Game” in the midst of a brutal killing spree.
- Song Exploder — Deconstructing some of the best songs from the best artists from our time, one beat, lyric and musical inspiration at a time.
- Disgraceland — All the criminal and shady bits surrounding some of our favorite musicians told with riveting reporting — truly rock and roll.
- Root of Evil — The Black Dahlia murder was infamous for its gruesomeness, but when the ancestors of one of the suspects dig into the family history it gets even more creepy.
- Guru — When a handful of people die in a sweat lodge ceremony at a self help retreat, who is to blame? In our current “enlightened” world beware of spiritual predators.
- Dead Eyes — A young actor gets fired from his first film role in Band of Brothers by Tom Hanks for having “dead eyes.’ Years later he reasks the question to figure out what was wrong with his eyes.
- Lost Notes: 1980 — Lost notes explores the artists and events of 1980. From Ian Curtis to Grace Jones, these little bits of musical history are a fun and nostalgic trip.
- Floodlines — When Katrina pummeled New Orleans, everyone thought the storm was the worst part, little did they know the aftermath was even more horrifying.
