

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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Oct 29, 2025 • 1h 36min
136 - Elton John - Greatest Hits - Wayne Federman
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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,” and “Crocodile Rock".
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: The Charlatans
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Oct 22, 2025 • 1h 26min
137 - The Replacements - Tim - Maura Tierney
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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 me are forever entwined”. Maura Tierney joins Josh to discuss the impact the band had on her.
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Oct 16, 2025 • 55min
Introducing...Broken Record: Shirley Manson
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 conversation sharing the inspirations and experiences that shape their craft. Shirley Manson, frontwoman of 90s rock band Garbage, joined to chat about the one piece of advice that shapes her creative process, the challenges of communicating with bandmates, and the time she met one her musical heroes, Patti Smith. If you like what you hear, find more episodes of Broken Record on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 15, 2025 • 1h 54min
138 - Dr. Dre - The Chronic - B-Real
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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 Cypress Hill, as well as their own innovative project, performing with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Cypress Hill with the London Symphony Orchestra
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Oct 8, 2025 • 1h 18min
139 - The Meters - Rejuvenation - Jonathon “Boogie” Long
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The Meters had become a name as Allen Toussaint’s backing band, but by the time they released their fifth album, Rejuvenation, in the mid-1970s, they had successfully merged groovy funk with swamp rock. Boogie Long talks about the impact The Meters have had on his writing and style.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Jonathon “Boogie” Long
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Oct 1, 2025 • 1h 52min
140 - Blondie - Parallel Lines - Courtney Taylor-Taylor
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Although Blondie had been on the scene for over four years and already released two albums with a cult following, Parallel Lines, shot them into pop-superstardom. Courtney Taylor-Taylor of the Dandy Warhols discusses the album with Josh and talks about collaborating with Debbie Harry for a track on their most recent album.
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Sep 24, 2025 • 1h 21min
141 - B.B. King - Live At The Regal - Wayne Federman
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Universally hailed as the king of the blues, B.B. King was one of the most important electric guitarists of the last half of the 20th century. Wayne and Josh discuss how this album marked the beginning of his rise to a household name, and the impact it had on the late 1960s music scene and beyond.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Eric Gales featuring Joe Bonamassa
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Sep 17, 2025 • 1h 22min
142 - Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector - Wayne Federman
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Spector used his “Wall of Sound” production approach on some of the more secular Christmas standards and featured the vocal performances of Spector's regular artists during this period. Wayne Federman returns to discuss what Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys said was his favorite album of all time.
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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: The Jayhawks
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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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DistroKid Artist Of The Week: Collective Soul
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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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