

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers
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The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers counts down Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time with comedians, actors, and musicians.
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Sep 10, 2025 • 1h 18min
143 - Dr. John, the Night Tripper - Gris Gris - Wayne Federman
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Dr. John first became a star by taking the sounds and traditions of New Orleans blues, jazz, and R&B and twisting them into new forms. The style of Gris-Gris is a hybrid of traditional New Orleans R&B elements and psychedelia. Wayne Federman returns to talk about one of New Orleans’ proudest sons.
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Sep 3, 2025 • 1h 16min
144 - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - Rickey Smiley
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Straight Outta Compton was considered controversial upon its release due to the explicit lyrics that were seen as glorifying criminal behavior and degrading women. Despite little airplay, the album still went triple platinum. Rickey Smiley joins josh to discuss the first and only N.W.A. album to include Ice Cube, who left the group in 1989 due to a financial dispute before he went on to have a successful solo career.
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Aug 27, 2025 • 1h 22min
145 - Steely Dan - Aja - Big Jay Oakerson
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Donald Fagen & Walter Becker built the early part of their career on quirky pop tunes and jingles, but made a creative shift towards jazz-rock fusion that still appealed to a mass audience on the 1978 Grammy winner for Best Engineered Non-Classical recording. Big Jay Oakerson discusses the critically acclaimed album in his first appearance since 2022!
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Aug 20, 2025 • 1h 27min
146 - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - Cathy Richardson
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Several of Jefferson Airplane’s most famous songs, including “Somebody To Love,” “Today,” and “White Rabbit,” can be found on this album. Josh and Cathy discuss those tracks, as well as Jefferson Airplane’s impact on San Francisco’s counterculture movement of the 1960s.
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What Are We Waiting For (Official Video)
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Aug 13, 2025 • 2h 3min
147 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà vu - Jeff Daniels
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The second (and last) studio album by rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash and their first as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, contains songs that span from soft folk to hard rock. Jeff Daniels makes his debut to discuss how the album impacted the music he writes.
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Aug 6, 2025 • 1h 20min
148 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy - Bill Burr
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Houses Of The Holy is the first Led Zeppelin album to have an actual title. Several songs went on to become staples in their concerts, including "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song", and "No Quarter". Bill Burr makes his fourth appearance to discuss Led Zeppelin’s fifth album.
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Jul 30, 2025 • 1h 43min
149 - Santana - Self Titled - Frankie Quinones
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Over half of Santana’s first album is composed of instrumental tracks, recorded by what started off as a free-form jam band. At the suggestion of manager Bill Graham, the band began writing more conventional songs like Evil Ways and Persuasion. Frankie joined us for Abraxas and returns to complete Santana’s appearances on T500.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 2h 9min
150 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Rob Lowe
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We’ve covered Bruce Springsteen before on this podcast, but never like this. Rob Lowe’s love of Springsteen runs deep and for many decades. He and Josh will go track-by-track through the album and discuss how the themes of Bruce’s albums set the stage for Rob’s upcoming chapters in life.
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Jul 16, 2025 • 1h 51min
151 - Arcade Fire - Funeral - Dustin Nickerson
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The title of Arcade Fire’s first album referred to the deaths of several relatives of band members during its recording. These events are prevalent throughout the album, shaping its mood and vibe. Dustin makes his debut to talk about Arcade Fire’s debut release.
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Jul 9, 2025 • 1h 52min
152 - The B-52’s - Self Titled - Paul F. Tompkins
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The B-52’s self-titled zigged when everyone else was zagging. In a time when the band’s new wave and punk contemporaries had a more somber tone in their music, the B-52s were writing songs about aliens and beach creatures. Paul joins Josh to run through the classic tracks from their debut album.
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