Shows
Let It Roll EXTRA1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1960, a year when the American corporate brass thought they had tamed the rock and roll rebels of the 1950s.
2025-12-0156 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1959, a year that started with tragedy for rock n’ roll and went on to see the first flowerings of soul music and the Brill Building pop that would dominate the early 60s.It was also the year that the music business figured out how t…
2025-12-0154 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1958, the backlash year. This was the year that Elvis got drafted and Jerry Lee Lewis ruined his career with a bigamous marriage to his 13-year-old cousin.It was also the year that the music business figured out how to package pretty…
2025-11-2647 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at what Ed calls the “Miracle Year” of rock and roll. The year when Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and others were at the peak of their powers and dominated the charts.
2025-11-241h 02
Let It Roll EXTRA1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at rock and roll in 1956, focusing on the rocky yet productive relationships between African-American recording artists and the Jewish entrepreneurs who brought their work to market. We discuss the relationship between James Brown and Syd N…
2025-11-2127 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at 1955 and 1956. These are the years when the “American Prometheus” brought forth Elvis Presley, when Chuck Berry culturally appropriated Western Swing for his first hit and Hollywood shocked the masses with the first rock and roll movies. As al…
2025-11-1943 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at the period when Rock and Roll really got started.We’ll hear about the woman who discovered Elvis Presley, a pair of Jewish music fans who become legit R&B legends, how a Turkish record mogul wrote Ray Charles’ first hit, when country music disco…
2025-11-1742 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Early 1950s & Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at the legendary song “Good Rockin’ Tonight” and the two simultaneous hit versions that came out in 1949 plus the early work of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Ruth Brown, and the late, great Johnny Ace.
2025-11-1444 min
Let It Roll EXTRAEd Ward's History of Rock & Roll: 1945-1950 The Post-War YearsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward kick off their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at some of the factors that made the first five years after World War II so critical to the evolution of Rock and Roll.
2025-11-1242 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.20: How Dance Music Conquered America With Michaelangelo MatosThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAn interview with Michaelangelo Matos author of “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness ask Michaelangelo Matos the questions raised over the course of TechnoRoll series 3
2025-11-1038 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the MainstreamThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at EDM’s Animal Farm moment when the genre and its practitioners were finally accepted by the American music industry.
2025-11-0739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music BizThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at EDMs commercial triumphs in the early 2010s, epitomized by Electric Daisy Carnival’s move from LA to Las Vegas, the rise of Skrillex and brostep, and the cross-over success of David Guetta and others.
2025-11-0541 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the book’s treatment of EDM’s breakthrough moment when Daft Punk played Coachella 2006 and blew away Madonna and Kanye West.
2025-11-0338 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the MillenniumThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Matos’ treatment of electroclash, mashups and the impact of 9/11 on the electronic dance music scene in America.
2025-10-3140 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave SceneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Disco Donnie, the DEA and the rave bust that brought the first era of rave to an end.
2025-10-2940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into LifeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival which finally brought the Techno pioneers a measure of popular acclaim in their home city.
2025-10-2739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the US music industry’s continuing efforts to make “electronica” the next big thing, culminating in Moby and Fatboy Slim’s appearances at the rave tent of Woodstock ‘99, an infamous debacle that epitomized the worst of lat…
2025-10-2441 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the continuing efforts of the American music business to promote the genre they now called “electronica” via live events and CD releases.
2025-10-2241 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in WisconsinThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the Even Further event and Daft Punk’s American debut.
2025-10-2042 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave PromoterThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Richie Hawtin’s transition to minimal techno and his boom and bust as a US rave promoter. Other Detroit area producer/DJs like Carl Craig and Robert Hood are discussed as is the relationship between Berlin and Detroit.
2025-10-1739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at The Rave New World and See the Light Tours of 1993.
2025-10-1535 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Rave America and the rise and fall of indie rave in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.
2025-10-1340 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose & Fell on the East Coast in 1992This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Storm Raves and their various downtown rivals, club kids and others involved in the first wave of rave on the US East coast.
2025-10-1038 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop ChartsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness take a break from “The Underground is Massive“ to discuss the emergence of Tribal House on the international gay party circuit and its rise to the top of the charts.
2025-10-0835 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.5: The Second Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at Matos’ treatment of Rave’s expansion into the upper midwest from its initial bases in Chicago and Detroit.
2025-10-0639 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at the early days of Rave culture in Northern California in the early 1990s.
2025-10-0339 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern CaliforniaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” This episode focuses on the domestic failure of Madchester and HipHouse and the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s.
2025-10-0138 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a SequencerThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness mull the second chapter of “The Underground Is Massive“ by Michaelangelo Matos which tells of the emergence of the first wave of Detroit Techno, led by the Belleville Three: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.As May said, “The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It’s like George Clinton and Kr…
2025-09-2940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance MusicThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness kick off their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at the role of radio, dance clubs, DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Hot Mix 5 in the first outbreak of modern electronic dance music in the USA.
2025-09-2644 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM ContinuumThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness wrap up their discussion of “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ with an interview of the author, Simon Reynolds.
2025-09-2435 min
Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: The State of the UnionNate Wilcox joins Plutopia News Network with a wide-ranging critique of U.S. politics, media, technology, and foreign policy. He argues the political center has collapsed, institutions lack credibility, and executive power dominates, while both parties fail in different ways: Democrats with performative resistance and hollow policy, Republicans with anti-democratic drift. He connects domestic dysfunction to global overreach, from NATO tensions to surveillance and deepfake threats. He is sharply skeptical of AI, seeing persuasion and control, not productivity, as its main value. Touching on topics from super-PAC influence and generational turnover in Congress to conspiracy-laced histories of state violence...
2025-09-221h 04
Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: The State of the UnionNate Wilcox joins Plutopia News Network with a wide-ranging critique of U.S. politics, media, technology, and foreign policy. He argues the political center has collapsed, institutions lack credibility, and executive power dominates, while both parties fail in different ways: Democrats with performative resistance and hollow policy, Republicans with anti-democratic drift. He connects domestic dysfunction to global overreach, from NATO tensions to surveillance and deepfake threats. He is sharply skeptical of AI, seeing persuasion and control, not productivity, as its main value. Touching on topics from super-PAC influence and generational turnover in Congress to conspiracy-laced histories of state violence, Nate...
2025-09-221h 04
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of AmericaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the final chapter of the last edition of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash" which covers the back-from-the-dead bigger-than-ever re-emergence of EDM in North America in the 2010. We talk dubstep, brostep, ghettotech, and a little bit of Daft Punk.
2025-09-2240 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half DecadeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the developments in dance music in the first decade of the 21st century including the beginnings of dubstep, grime, and breakcore.
2025-09-1939 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the MillenniumThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the electro revival that began in the early 90s, got a lot of attention as electroclash when it moved to Brooklyn around the turn of the millennium and has had a surprising amount of influence…
2025-09-1737 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage SceneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Ryan Harkness and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at Speed Garage and 2Step, the sounds that pushed jungle aside and briefly ruled the English charts, airwaves and dance floors at the turn of the millennium.
2025-09-1542 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes GlobalThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comOn this episode, hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the evolution of trance in the second half of the 1990s: psy-trance, progressive trance, and Euro or uplifting trance.
2025-09-1242 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of dance music in the 1990s with a look at how House evolved down multiple paths in the 1990s as producers and DJs from Chicago to New York to London gave it their own personal twist.
2025-09-1041 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers & Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International SuccessThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK dance music in the 1990s with a look at Big Beat. For many Americans Big Beat was the first style of electronic dance music that they saw in concert, purchased on CD or heard in TV ads and movie soundtracks. We discuss this briefly popular genre, how it evolved alongside other genres of E…
2025-09-0840 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-RaveThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the avant-garde of late 90's post-rave, post-rap, post-rock artists who abandoned the dance floors and strived to advance the boundaries of the form.
2025-09-0539 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & TechstepThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at what happened when Jungle rose to prominence and the scene fragmented into competing subgenres.
2025-09-0338 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead, & Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of BristolThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK rave in the 1990s with a mental trip to Bristol and chat about how the 1990s Bristol sound emerged from a city not much known for innovative music until the 1980s. This episode draws heavily from Phil Johnson’s book “Straight Outa Bristol: Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky and The Roots …
2025-09-0137 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter on "America The Rave: US Rave Culture 1990-1997" an era when rave became a significant underground youth music in the US but never reached the mainstream nor did American EDM make m…
2025-08-2940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UKThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the chapter "Marching Into Madness: Gabba and Happy Hardcore." It was a time when the sounds in Holland and Scotland got more martial and extreme while a backlash against Jungle sent many …
2025-08-2737 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop and Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave SceneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at how hardcore breakbeat evolved into Jungle in London in the early 1990s, changing the sound and bringing more Black dancers into the scene.
2025-08-2539 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the AirwavesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss Pirate Radio in the UK in the 1990s. The discussion is based on Simon Reynolds' chapter "This Sound Is For the Underground" from "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture."
2025-08-2240 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of TechnoThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about the second wave of Detroit Techno -- artists like Underground Resistance, Richie Hawtin’s +8 label and Carl Craig. Based on Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture."
2025-08-2038 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to DarkcoreThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAs Ecstasy lost its charm for many in the UK dance scene, some producers and DJs led an evolution that saw the music's themes get grimmer and the sounds get stranger. Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture.
2025-08-1838 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog & Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and TranceThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a focus on chapter called “Feed Your Head: Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance” and the attempt by some producers and DJs to push the music into a serious album-oriented music made for listening rather than dancing.
2025-08-1541 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton & Triggered a BacklashThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a talk about The Spiral Tribe, the 1992 Castlemorton Common Festival and the crusty-raver alliance that saw the last gasp of mass illegal raves in Britain.
2025-08-1336 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UKThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter titled "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga…
2025-08-1138 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into RockThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture with a look at the second summer of love hit particularly hard in Manchester and the North of England where bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Shamen and Primal Scream attempted to fuse rave and ro…
2025-08-0840 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UKThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Culture" with a look at the chapter title "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989."
2025-08-0637 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York GarageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the Techno scene in Detroit, the House scene in Chicago and the garage scene in New York and New Jersey and how African-Americans in those three cities invented and perfected EDM as we know it t…
2025-08-0438 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance CultureThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why his book “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s.
2025-07-3138 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAfter discussing “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey” for 21 weeks, hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness get the opportunity to ask some questions of the authors. Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton describe their motivation for writing the book, how they worked together and how they decided what to include and what to leave out of t…
2025-07-2832 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this week’s episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness debate the questions raised in the final chapter of "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey" about the values of clubbing and whether or not the current mass success of superstar DJs represents a betrayal of those values.
2025-07-2442 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Changed the GameThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the wave of superstar DJs that emerged in the 21st Century like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim.
2025-07-2140 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the attempts to criminalize rave culture in the UK and US.
2025-07-1739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass AudienceThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the emergence of DJs as recording artists in their own right, people like The KLF.
2025-07-1439 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK GarageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the many new genres that emerged from Great Britain in the wake of the Acid House revolution: hardcore, jungle, drum and bass, and UK garage.
2025-07-1040 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its FoundationsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.
2025-07-0740 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.
2025-07-0338 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, IndiaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of trance music and the cross-pollination between Berlin and Goa, India that made it happen.
2025-06-3040 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in DetroitThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), the "Belleville Fourth" Eddie Fowlkes, the Electrofying Mojo and the birth of Techno in…
2025-06-2441 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in ChicagoThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the birth of House Music in Chicago (and don't forget the Hotmix 5).
2025-06-1643 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise GarageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Larry Levan, his club the Paradise Garage and the post-disco genre named for it.
2025-06-0942 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording StudioThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate and Ryan are joined by hip-hop ringer Steve Juon continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on hip hop’s transition to records with the Sugarhill Gang, Afrika Bambaataa’s epic “Planet Rock” and how hip hop morphed from music for danc…
2025-06-0240 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-HopThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate and Ryan get back to their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of hip-hop in the Bronx and the Holy Trinity: DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa.
2025-05-2643 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the StageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday Nate and Ryan pause their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton to welcome a special guest, hip hop writer Steve Juon. Together, they take a look at the documentary “Founding Fathers of Hip Hop” which fills in some important gaps in the story -- namely what were straight…
2025-05-1940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80'sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at how Hi-NRG, the sound that emerged in the post-disco backlash club scenes of London, San Francisco and New York, spawned the most successful production/songwriting team of a…
2025-05-1238 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70'sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at the high water mark of disco -- Studio 54, Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees and the backlash.
2025-05-0538 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 5: Disco Begins In New YorkThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton.Today's topic is the early days of disco in New York when an innovative wave of DJs like David Mancuso and Francis Grasso created a dancer’s utopia in Manhattan.
2025-04-2837 min
Let It Roll EXTRALed Zeppelin flew their folk flag highThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode, Dave and Nate discuss UK folk-rock’s commercial peaks. We further our discussion of Steeleye Span, their alliance with stalwarts of the 60’s folk scene like Martin Carthy and Bert Lloyd, and commercial success.We also discuss Led Zeppelin’s “Gallows Pole” and the supposed backlash from disappointed fans when they released Led Zeppelin I…
2025-04-2137 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, DubThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday Nate & Ryan takes a look at Jamaica’s unique sound system scene which spurred the creation of ska, reggae and dub and directly influenced the creation of hip-hop.
2025-04-1437 min
Let It Roll EXTRAFairport Convention and Pentangle led the UK folk-rock movementThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comThis episode covers the emergence of UK folk-rock out of the hippie, psychedelic ballroom scene in the late 1960s.Dave and Nate discuss the formation of Pentangle a sort of super group comprised of Jacqui McShee (vocals); John Renbourn (vocals and guitar); Bert Jansch (vocals and guitar); Danny Thompson (double bass); and Terry Cox (drums).They also discuss the formation and evolution of Fairport Convention from a band modeled on the Jefferson Airplane to the greatest and...
2025-04-0752 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern SoulThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode, Nate and Ryan discuss the uniquely British dance culture called Northern Soul where the kids of the British rust belt just wouldn't let go of their favorite up-tempo 60s soul and kept the style alive into the 1980s.Buy the book and support the show.
2025-03-3131 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the ClubsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. In this episode, Nate, Ryan and Steph discuss their personal history with dance music and the introductory chapter of "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", the connection it makes between DJs and shamans, DJs and conductors and DJs and m...
2025-03-1737 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and BeyondThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton.This is the first of three series of dance music history that Ryan Harkness and I did together. We’ll be recasting them bi-weekly for the next 33 weeks.
2025-03-0342 min
Let It Roll EXTRAJoan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the pre-Dylan American Folk BoomThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music. (Note ordering the book using that link will help support the show via Amazon’s affiliate program).This episode discusses the Child Ballads about Robin Hood and the folk revival's odd disinterest i…
2025-02-2443 min
Let It Roll EXTRAAlan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk RevivalThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show.This episode covers the collision of the Child Ballads with the leaders of the first American popular Folk Revival featuring leaders of the movement like Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White and Jean Ritchie.
2025-02-1038 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new traditionThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comThis episode covers the emergence of the commercial recording industry into the story of the Child Ballads with producers like Ralph Peer, performers like The Carter Family, and “songweriters” like A.P. Carter all transforming the ballads for a new popular audience. Dave Thompson and Nate Wilcox also discuss the emergence of the first “folk revivalists”…
2025-01-2740 min
Arjun Khemani PodcastZooko, Nate Wilcox, and Sean Bowe: ZcashMy conversation with Zooko, Nate Wilcox, and Sean Bowe about the Zcash protocol.Zooko is a cypherpunk who co-founded Zcash along with his brother, Nate Wilcox, and others. Sean Bowe is a cryptographer and engineer who has played a crucial role in the development of Zcash and has made significant contributions to advancements in zero-knowledge proofs, particularly zk-SNARKs, which underpin Zcash’s privacy features.Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X fo...
2025-01-223h 20
Let It Roll EXTRASir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad TraditionThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music
2024-12-3049 min
Let It Roll EXTRALet It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built OnThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHost Nate Wilcox welcomes Dave Thopson to kick off a new mini-series on his book “An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music.” The song lyrics collected by Francis J. Child in the 19th Century have contributed mightily to the repertoire of the people we often call “folk singers” from Pete Seeger to Ewan MacColl, from Leadbel…
2024-12-1641 minPlutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: RealpolitikNate Wilcox has many opinions and he is not afraid to use them all. Nate joins the Plutopia podcast this time as we discuss politics, politicians, and other dangerous predators.
Nate is a former political consultant turned MMA blogger (noting the similarity of politics to mixed martial arts). He’s publisher of “The MMA Draw Newsletter” and “Let It Roll” podcast (the latter is currently on hiatus). Nate joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss various political topics, highlighting how Trump’s unexpected rise to presidency was initially a strategy to gain leverage in reality TV negotiations. Wilcox provides an...
2024-07-091h 05Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: RealpolitikNate Wilcox has many opinions and he is not afraid to use them all. Nate joins the Plutopia podcast this time as we discuss politics, politicians, and other dangerous predators.
Nate is a former political consultant turned MMA blogger (noting the similarity of politics to mixed martial arts). He's publisher of "The MMA Draw Newsletter" and "Let It Roll" podcast (the latter is currently on hiatus). Nate joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss various political topics, highlighting how Trump’s unexpected rise to presidency was initially a strategy to gain leverage in reality TV negotiations. Wilcox provides an in-depth analysis of...
2024-07-091h 05
Let It RollThe Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks and Scratch Acid led Texas' crazed punk sceneHost Nate Wilcox welcomes Pat Blashill to discuss his book "Texas Is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk." Pat was part of the Austin, Texas punk scene that lured Nate to Austin and the two compare notes on their musical hometown.Buy the book and support the show.CHECK OUT THE NEW LET IT ROLL WEB SITE -- We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from...
2023-08-2459 min
The MMA Vivisection & 6th Round PodcastsThe Return of ‘The MMA Bunker’ Podcast with 'Kid' Nate WilcoxThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comWelcome to the glorious return of ‘THE MMA BUNKER’ Podcast with ‘Kid’ Nate Wilcox! Bloody Elbow presents our first Paid Substack Subscriber Only BONUS CONTENT podcast. Pull down the blinds, encrypt those communications, Bloody Elbow’s fearless leader, ‘Kid’ Nate Wilcox returns to Active Duty. He is on lockdown back in his bunker after being MIA...
2023-05-1807 min
The MMA Bunker | MMA Tête-À-Tête PodcastsThe Return of ‘The MMA Bunker’ Podcast with 'Kid' Nate WilcoxThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comWelcome to the glorious return of ‘THE MMA BUNKER’ Podcast with ‘Kid’ Nate Wilcox! Bloody Elbow presents our first Paid Substack Subscriber Only BONUS CONTENT podcast. Pull down the blinds, encrypt those communications, Bloody Elbow’s fearless leader, ‘Kid’ Nate Wilcox returns to Active Duty. He is on lockdown back in his bunker after being MIA...
2023-03-2907 min
Let It RollDavid Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on Founding the ByrdsAn interview with Scott B. Bomar co-author of "The Byrds 1964-1967" with Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman. Host Nate Wilcox asks Scott about the book, the formation and amazing run of the band, their management and more.SAVE THE LET IT ROLL PODCASTNate got laid off from his dayjob on Friday with 15 minutes notice. We're running a GoFundMe to pay for a year of Steph's work producing, recording and editing the show. We're more than half-way there. Click here to support the show: https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-let-it-roll-podcast-aliveHost...
2023-01-231h 00
Let It RollAtlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and MoreHosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss "Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music" by Jerry Wexler and David Ritz.Brooks Long is back and that means he and Nate are talking about a book written or co-written by the great David Ritz.While at Billboard magazine in the 1940s, Jerry Wexler coined the term Rhythm & Blues.He went on to become one of the great "record men" at Atlantic Records in the 1950s, 60s and 70s where he produced career-peak recordings by legends such as Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Ray...
2022-10-271h 03
Let It RollThe Dixie Cups Were the Girl Group That Brought New Orleans R&B to the Brill BuildingHost Nate Wilcox interviews Steve Bergsman, co-author of "Chapel of Love: The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups"Steve tells host Nate Wilcox the story of his co-writer, Rosa Hawkins of the Dixie Cups. How the group was formed, went to New York by an unscrupulous manager, met Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and scored one of the great girl group hits of the 60s.Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail...
2022-02-281h 05Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: Real PoliticsFormer political consultant, current mixed martial arts blogger, editor of SB Nations's Bloody Elbow, and host of the "Let It Roll" podcast Nate Wilcox joins the Plutopian crew for a verbal cage match about politics. He takes a break from blogging about mixed martial arts to take a few swings and kicks at politics and politicians. Jon and Scoop get in a few sucker punches, in a discussion that originally aired on our YouTube livestream.
Nate Wilcox: "The powers that be in the Pentagon were still of the mindset that, like, look, a peaceful transition of power is a core...
2021-11-081h 00Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: Real PoliticsFormer political consultant, current mixed martial arts blogger, editor of SB Nations’s Bloody Elbow, and host of the “Let It Roll” podcast Nate Wilcox joins the Plutopian crew for a verbal cage match about politics. He takes a break from blogging about mixed martial arts to take a few swings and kicks at politics and politicians. Jon and Scoop get in a few sucker punches, in a discussion that originally aired on our YouTube livestream.
Nate Wilcox: “The powers that be in the Pentagon were still of the mindset that, like, look, a peaceful transition of power is...
2021-11-081h 00Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: Politics UnusualNate Wilcox manages Combat Sports properties for Vox Media | SB Nation, running four of the most popular web properties covering MMA/UFC, boxing and pro wrestling. He also hosts the rock and roll podcast "Let It Roll." In a past life, he was a political consultant. He joins Plutopians Jon and Scoop for a deep dive into politics. This session was originally broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
Nate Wilcox: "The Republican Party's a different situation where they've morphed into this proto-fascist party that's way different from the Karl Rove/G.W. Bush party of fifteen years ago, that was...
2021-07-191h 00Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: Politics UnusualNate Wilcox manages Combat Sports properties for Vox Media | SB Nation, running four of the most popular web properties covering MMA/UFC, boxing and pro wrestling. He also hosts the rock and roll podcast “Let It Roll.” In a past life, he was a political consultant. He joins Plutopians Jon and Scoop for a deep dive into politics. This session was originally broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
Nate Wilcox: “The Republican Party’s a different situation where they’ve morphed into this proto-fascist party that’s way different from the Karl Rove/G.W. Bush party of fifteen y...
2021-07-191h 00Plutopia News NetworkEd Ward and Nate Wilcox: Let It Roll!Nate Wilcox is host of “Let It Roll,” a podcast with a series of in-depth interviews with music writers. Nate and his collaborators are assembling a history of popular music in America with a focus on the social, technological and business forces that drive the culture. Rock journalist Ed Ward’s History of Rock and Roll inspired the podcast, and Ed has been a regular guest and key collaborator. The second volume of the History was published recently, and Nate and Ed are just wrapping up a series of discussions inspired by that volume, which covers the late 60s and ea...
2020-08-0353 min
Dunc'd On Basketball NBA PodcastWes Wilcox on the restart, offseason; News; MEM/DAL youngsWes Wilcox, NBATV analyst and former Hawks Executive joins. He puts on his GM hat to discuss what teams are thinking about during the restart, the interesting teams this offseason, what he’s proud of from his Hawks tenure and what he learned that he could improve on.
Wes and Nate also discuss Sports Business Classroom and the time Nate interviewed with the Hawks.
Then the latest news, followed by an evaluation of the season for every young player on the Grizzlies and Mavericks with Danny. Danny and Nate sum up where each player got be...
2020-07-241h 27
TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan PodcastTCBCast 091: Let It Roll feat. Nate WilcoxThis week, Justin & Gurdip are honored to have Nate Wilcox of the Let It Roll podcast on to talk all things Elvis & early rock history. The guys took inspiration from Nate's show in creating TCBCast, so it was a thrill to chat about how Nate got into Elvis, and hitting topics as far ranging as publishing companies, Colonel Parker, "A Star is Born", the unsung black pop heroes who paved the way for rock, and so much more! This is an episode of TCBCast you absolutely do NOT want to miss! Then, for Song of the Week...
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