Pierce just finished reading Please Kill Me, an oral history of the meteoric rise and fall of punk rock in the 1970s in New York and London. This week, he and Sean are talking about oral histories. Why are they so effective as a storytelling device? And why don't we see more of them?
MUSIC
"Midway" - Bad Bad Hats
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
Meet Me in the Bathroom Is the First Great History of New York’s 21st Century Rock Scene (SPIN)
Blue Chips:An oral history of Shaq, Penny, and the Orlando Magic’s lost NBA dynasty (Grantland)
The Greatest Paper That Ever Died (Grantland)
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