Episodes
Homemade bombs, bricks of weed, deranged stalkers, an old family curse, an attempted presidential assassination, and one of the most violent murder crews in American history. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands. Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland launches August 9, 2023, with new episodes on Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Brandon Lee, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, and Jane Fonda. New episodes are released every Wednesday, with bonus episodes...
Published 08/03/23
Published 08/03/23
Anna Nicole Smith transcended the laws of celebrity. She was a blond sexpot who was famous for being famous, and that was reason enough for pop culture. People around the world recognized her Marilyn Monroe-esque curves filled out Guess jeans, and her squeaky baby speaking voice on The Anna Nicole Show. In the early 2000s, the FBI investigated her regarding an alleged hit she organized to take out her 60-year-old “stepson.” But when Anna Nicole and her grown son Daniel died under eerily...
Published 06/14/23
Dear Young Rocker: you can spend your whole life wondering, obsessing over the “what if’s” -- but no matter the circumstances, it’s still your life. In the Dear Young Rocker Season 4 finale, Nadia catches up to her 23 year old self and reflects on how it all happened -- her own weekday weekend. Nadia thinks back on what brought her back to Atlanta, what helped her start making music again, the importance of telling your own story… and what a weekday weekend really means. This season of...
Published 11/30/22
Dear Young Rocker: the most challenging times can also be the most beautiful times. Someday you’ll look back and realize it all passed so quickly, just like youth. Nadia reflects on her time spent in New York City and how she ended up finding exactly what she needed - herself and music. This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the...
Published 11/23/22
Dear Young Rocker: there will be things that you will spend the rest of your life trying to piece together and figure out. Certain things you just never get over. And you don’t have to! It’s ok... to not be ok. Nadia revisits the event that pushed her, once again, back into music, and how it became something she depended on.  She reflects on where and how she formed her first real band after high school.  This episode includes original recordings and music of Nadia from when she was 14-18...
Published 11/16/22
Dear Young Rocker: Make a note — keep a diary that you share with your friends, the ones you love and random people you meet. Nadia spends time looking back on the moments that shaped her most...Sometimes the things in life that feels like setbacks, lead to the most incredible moments of your life. This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also...
Published 11/09/22
Dear Young Rocker: It's okay to feel restless. You'll bounce around a lot and feel that no one knows you, except your new friends on the internet and the people who watch you sing — the ones you think you'll never meet IRL, and maybe will, decades later. In this episode, Nadia plays her first show, begins high school in a new town, dreams of living in the city — and gets an unexpected email that will change her life forever. This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia...
Published 11/02/22
Dear Young Rocker: Sometimes, when you least expect it, you meet someone who changes everything, who shifts your life's path forever. Finding herself at her seventh school in eight years, Nadia enters eight grade to a surprise: Everyone thinks she's someone else. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including references to suicide and sexual assault. This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker...
Published 10/26/22
Dear Young Rocker: No matter how many places you move to, your closest friends are always in the exact same place—right on your computer screen. In this episode, we flashback to LiveJournal and the dawn of the social-media age, as Nadia breaks a limb, receives her first guitar, and draws out the parallels between her 12-year-old internet awakening and her later experience of amnesia.   This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker...
Published 10/19/22
Dear Young Rocker: The restlessness you feel in amnesia is similar to the restlessness you felt in youth—stuck, begging time to pass as quickly as possible. There will be moments that will feel new and fun, and other moments that will be painfully, catastrophically, slow. In this episode, Nadia moves between the worlds of her parents' families, and meets her musical heroes, only to prompt them to experience a mid-life crisis. This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia...
Published 10/12/22
Dear Young Rocker: Is anyone ever really an adult? Nadia reflects on the sounds and feelings of childhood freedom. She brings us back to growing up on 90’s MTV, McDonalds happy meals and punk music while she pieces together how to regain her own independence.  This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram...
Published 10/05/22
Dear Young Rocker: Starting over is not always what you think it will be. In this episode, Nadia uses music to help her keep track of what’s around her, recording music on her iPad to help exercise her recovering brain. She also reflects on the first times she started to become independent and how she came to be who she is.  This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia...
Published 09/28/22
Just days after a bike accident leaves her with a concussion, Nadia experiences memory loss as she attempts to play a solo gig with her beloved harp. She reflects on her live performances from her youth, and wrestles with the thing that truly haunts her: The biggest, gut-wrenching lie she ever told.   This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can...
Published 09/21/22
“I was born and born again at the age of 23.” In the Season 4 premiere of Dear Young Rocker, Atlanta’s Nadia Marie shares her life story and the disorientation one feels when starting completely over after a bicycle crash. Also: Reminiscing of youth in the early 2000's—the fan-crazed Conor Oberst era that led to a generation of over-articulate somber adolescents.  This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect...
Published 09/14/22
Dear Young Rockers: This season is going to be different. To introduce a new season-length story, DYR creator Chelsea Ursin interviews Atlanta-based musician and artist Nadia Marie, who will tell her own incredible coming-of-age story, in Season 4, debuting this week. Like Chelsea, Nadia began her musical career early and came of age in the early 2000s. In 2013, Nadia had her life severely interrupted, and inner world reset, when at 23 she was hit by a car while on her bike. As a result, she...
Published 09/14/22
Dear Young Rocker is a scripted non-fiction storytelling and audio memoir podcast featuring stories from women and trans musicians. In Season 4, launching September 14, 2022, series creator Chelsea Ursin hands the baton to Atlanta musician and photographer Nadia Marie, who will be telling her own story. Like Chelsea, Nadia started her creative life young and came of age in the early 200os. But Nadia had her life severely interrupted, and her inner life completely reset, when at 23 she was hit...
Published 09/07/22
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Published 03/02/22
Which silver screen superstar honed his comedic chops behind bars while doing time for slinging cocaine? Which movie mogul's home in the Hollywood hills played host to one of the most heinous and notorious crimes of the 1970s? And how did ONE movie franchise supposedly curse FOUR different actors, leading them each to an early grave? Hear the unbelievable but true stories behind these questions and more in BADLANDS Season 3: HOLLYWOODLAND.. BADLANDS is a true-crime anthology podcast from...
Published 02/16/22
Deranged stalkers, heroin hounds, and the leering eyes of the FBI; find out who’s visiting Disgraceland this winter in the Season 9 trailer of Disgraceland. The newest season of the award-winning music and true crime podcast premieres January 11, 2022. Check out the first 8 seasons, and the NEW season of Disgraceland, only on Amazon Music. For episode notes and other great shows, visit doubleelvis.com and join the Disgraceland community  on Twitch and Instagram for behind the scenes talks,...
Published 01/07/22
Listen to Season 4 of the 27 Club to hear the insane details behind the life of one of rock's greatest icons — Amy Winehouse. With a voice that seemed to come from another time and an attitude that defied time itself, Amy Winehouse fused the past with the present to make music for the future. But as a central figure in the dawn of 24/7 tabloid and social media celebrity coverage, Amy Winehouse’s story is about much more than the music. At times, it’s about everything but the music. It’s a...
Published 12/02/21
Tom Mullen of Washed Up Emo has a special announcement for Double Elvis rock-n-roll history purists. Washed Up Emo explores the history, cultural significance, and societal impact of emo music. Tom Mullen, a staunch supporter of the full and long history of the emo music genre since 2007, created Washed Up Emo to shed light on the mid 90s/early 2000 emo and post-hardcore scene and to create a curated historical archive for the genre as a whole. Follow @WashedUpEmo and @DoubleElvis. For more...
Published 11/15/21
Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast Disgraceland, introduces four new music-centric podcasts via his company Double Elvis. Home to podcasts such as 27 Club, Blood on the Tracks, Dear Young Rocker, About A Girl and more, Double Elvis now expands its roster of creatives to include a new slate of independent artist and hosts. In this preview, hear clips from three established podcasts (Washed up Emo, Sounds and Vision with Andrew Loog Oldham, and...
Published 09/29/21
BADLANDS is a true-crime anthology podcast from Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND.  BADLANDS Season 2: Sportsland is all about the shocking rise and fall of sports legends. Beginning September 22, 2021, listen each week for wild stories about Mike Tyson, Oscar Pistorius, Aaron Hernandez, Evel Knievel, Tonya Harding, Pete Rose, Sonny Liston, Spider Sabich, Ty Cobb, and, of course, O.J. Simpson. Follow BADLANDS on Amazon Music, Apple...
Published 09/22/21
Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams didn't start playing bass and writing songs until she was 25. It's hard to believe listening to her songs today, but she was raised in a Jack Mormon household with limiting beliefs about what women and girls could and couldn't do that shaped her way of thinking early on. One night, feeling alone and desperate, a song came to her out of thin air. She picked up a bass, and her musical career started almost immediately after that. After her story, Shannon...
Published 06/23/21