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MadPod's Amityville Horror

10-part podcast documentary

Parts 1–4 out now · Part 4 “Not a Hoax” is new · next: Part 5, Thu Oct 22 · new parts every couple of days through Oct 31

01 Death in the Family02 The Night Exposed03 The Confession04 Not a Hoax

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Podcasting since 2005 · Over twenty awards

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ABBA to Zappa. More than 2,000 interviews with the artists who made the last seven decades of music.

Hosted by JADonnelly and musicologist Shadoe Steele.

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From the archive

A few names from a very long list.

Sample interviews from the public shelf. The full 2,000+ live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  1. 01

    Art Garfunkel

    Simon & Garfunkel. Harmonies, “My Little Town,” and the years after the duo.

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  2. 02

    Carly Simon

    2006. A conversation still sitting in the MadPod archive.

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  3. 03

    Sammy Hagar

    Red Rocker. Recorded by JADonnelly, with Shadoe Steele.

  4. 04

    Jan Hammer

    Miami Vice. The theme, from the composer who wrote it.

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  5. 05

    Jack Blades

    Night Ranger’s frontman, with JADonnelly and Shadoe Steele.

  6. 06

    Patti Boyd

    George Harrison and Eric Clapton — from a MadPod interview promo.

  7. 07

    Tommy Chong

    Cheech and Chong promo interview from the MadPod shelf.

  8. 08

    The Outfield

    2008. The band behind “Your Love.”

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Also on the sample shelf: Men at Work, Peter Criss, Rocky Rhodes, Savage Garden, and more — open Apple or Spotify for the full catalog.

From the vault

Original MadPod promos, restored.

Vintage promos from the original run, cleaned up. The “coming up” lines and dates are from when they first aired.

  1. Promo

    Art Garfunkel

    0:59

    On picking the songs for his new CD: “I just tried to fulfill Richard's vision.”

  2. Promo

    Deborah Harry

    1:04

    Blondie's Deborah Harry on a new sound from “that particular blend” of people.

  3. Promo

    Trans-Siberian Orchestra

    1:09

    Mark Wood: Juilliard on a scholarship at 16, and the rock he always wanted to play.

  4. Promo

    Charlie Daniels

    1:04

    “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” man, on the early days with the Marshall Tucker and Allman Brothers bands.

  5. Promo

    Jan Hammer

    1:08

    How a cassette in his pocket became the Miami Vice theme, before he'd even heard of the show.

The booth

A host and a musicologist.

JADonnelly

Host and producer

Podcasting since 2005. Over twenty television, radio & podcasting awards. The voice behind MadPod and the long shelf of artist interviews.

Shadoe Steele

Musicologist

Twenty years on satellite systems, then a lifetime in radio. His Apollo 11 / Summer of ’69 documentary won a 2003 Associated Press award.

“We have everyone, except the Beatles and Elvis, and I’m working on that too.”

— Shadoe Steele

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