The Origins of Rock and Roll

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts the biggest celebration of movies and moviemaking: The Oscars. Thousands of members vote in multiple categories to honor the best films and performances of the previous year. …and in many years, they get it complet ...  Show more

For thousands of years, one animal shaped the ecology, culture, and history of an entire continent. In vast herds that once numbered in the tens of millions, the North American bison dominated the Great Plains, sustaining Indigenous societies and transforming the landscape itself ...  Show more

In this prequel to the 'ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet' podcast, David talks Marques and Andrew through the wildly interesting history of the internet. There's plenty of information out there about the beginning of the World Wide Web in 1989, but what was happening before t ...  Show more

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the Champs chop it up with the legends themselves, The Isley Brothers!
The iconic group share stories of their journey than spans nearly seven decades! The brothers share stories of Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, ...

A song about a play, crime, and football. About The Origin of ThingsA short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, ...  Show more

From the moment grunge music went mainstream in the fall of 1991 the clock was ticking down toward its tragic end just a few years later. But in the meantime, the huge success of Seattle bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and SoundGarden led to a frenzy by record labels to sign other ...  Show more