Melissa Auf der Maur makes her debut on the show to talk about the Pavement album that set the stage for “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.”

Wayne Federman checks in to talk about Elton John’s first major compilation that spent 10 weeks at #1 on the charts.

Maura Tierney makes her debut on The 500 to discuss the album where The Replacements hit their stride

Music and storytelling meet on Broken Record, where artists across genres and generations sit down to explore the joy, chaos, and vulnerability of creating—and what it means to devote a life to music.

B-Real of Cypress Hill joins Josh to discuss Dr. Dre’s ground-breaking debut album after leaving N.W.A.

Jonathon “Boogie” Long makes his debut on the podcast to discuss a band that Mick Jagger once called “the best band in the world.”

Courtney Taylor-Taylor of the Dandy Warhols makes his debut to talk about the album that launched Blondie into the mainstream.

Wayne Federman returns to discuss what has been heralded as one of the greatest live Blues performance recordings of all time.

Get into the holiday season early with this collection of Christmas songs from one of the biggest producers of the 1960s!

Wayne Federman is back to break down one of the more obscure, but foundational albums on the list.

Rickey Smiley makes his debut on The 500 to discuss one of the seminal albums in all of hip-hop.

Big Jay makes his return to talk about Donald Fagen & Walter Becker’s 1978 masterpiece.

Current Jefferson Starship singer Cathy Richardson makes her debut on the podcast to discuss the album that put Jefferson Airplane on the map!

Déjà vu took over 800 hours to complete, but Josh and Jeff Daniels managed to break down the highly anticipated album in about 2 hours

A heavy-hitter album requires a big-time guest. Bill Burr returns to The 500 to discuss the album that began Led Zeppelin’s creative shift.

Frankie Quinones returns to talk about Santana’s debut release, just weeks after their Woodstock appearance.

Josh dives deep into Rob’s lifelong love of The Boss and one of the most important albums in his catalog.

Dustin joins Josh to discuss the critically acclaimed album from one of the biggest bands to come out of the early 2000s.

Paul F. Tompkins makes his first appearance to talk about the kitschy quality of The B-52’s

Colton Dunn makes his debut on the podcast to talk about one of the most influential hip-hop albums of all time

Title 154 - Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ In The Moonlight - Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Wayne Federman Clean Title Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ In The Moonlight - Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Wayne Federman Short Description A guitar virtuoso and guitar player aficionado joins Josh to talk about one of the forefathers of the electric blues.

David Wain makes his return to the podcast to talk about his "favorite band ever".

Mike E. Winfield makes his debut on the podcast to talk about the Beastie Boys experimental second album.

Matt Pinfield joins Josh to discuss the short-lived career of Joy Division and the last works of Ian Curtis.

Drumming virtuoso Mike Portnoy makes his debut on the podcast to talk about one of his favorite albums of all time.