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Bonus Episode: Top 5 Most Surprising Musician True Crimes

5/8/202651 min

The “smart” folks over at The New York Times aren’t the only ones with a list this week. We use the (mostly solid) Times list of Thirty Greatest Living American Songwriters as a jumping off point into a discussion of our Top 5 Most Surprising Musician True Crimes. Warning: You will learn things. Plus your voicemails, texts, dms, emails, and more.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Alex English· Soundbite0:00

    [instrumental music] This is exactly right.

  2. Jake Brennan· Host0:03

    [upbeat music] Double Elvis.

  3. Sam Jay· Soundbite0:11

    On the Look Back At It podcast.

  4. Jake Brennan· Host0:15

    1979, that was a big moment for me.

  5. Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:17

    8- '84 was big to me.

  6. Sam Jay· Soundbite0:18

    I'm Sam Jay.

  7. Alex English· Soundbite0:19

    And I'm Alex English.

  8. Sam Jay· Soundbite0:21

    Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors, like Marc Lamont Hill on the '80s.

  9. Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:31

    '84 was a wild, I mean, it was a wild year.

  10. Jake Brennan· Host0:33

    It was a wild year.

  11. Sam Jay· Soundbite0:33

    It was a wild year.

  12. Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:33

    Yeah. I don't think there's a more important year for Black people.

  13. Alex English· Soundbite0:36

    Listen to Look Back At It on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

  14. Michelle McPhee0:43

    [instrumental music] I'm Michelle McPhee, and I've been unraveling the strangest criminal alliance I've ever reported on, a Mormon polygamist and an Armenian businessman.

  15. Matt0:54

    Multi-million dollar house, Ferraris and Lamborghinis, private jets. A billion-dollar fraud.

  16. Michelle McPhee0:59

    But how long can this alliance last? Tell me what you know. Is somebody coming after me? Listen to Kingdom of Fraud starting on May 12th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

  17. Dani Shapiro1:14

    [instrumental music] Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was. Your identity is formed by a secret history. I'm Dani Shapiro, and these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th

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