Podcasts by Striped: The Story Of The White Stripes
In 2000, The White Stripes had achieved their wildest dreams: Putting out records and touring the country. But Jack and Meg White were about to find out that maybe their wildest dreams weren't wild enough. From wowing the greatest DJ of all time to being chased by the coolest record labels — Striped Season 2 follows the band as they stand on the brink of international stardom. You'll hear that story from the people who witnessed it firsthand. Hosted by Peabody-winning journalist Sean Cannon, Striped is a production of Third Man Records and No Smiling.
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BONUS: Getchoo from 2020-06-24T09:23:14
In the last two bonus episodes, we heard a lot of interesting stories about Jack and Meg White's touring escapades in 2000. But in this last bonus episode of the season, we have a couple of stor...
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BONUS: To Hear A Sound from 2020-06-12T04:25:41
Last time, we covered anecdotes from Jack and Meg White's first West Coast tour. In this bonus episode, John Baker provides a few extra tidbits from The White Stripes' time in New Zealand and Au...
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BONUS: As I Walk The Floor from 2020-05-27T05:34:42
We weren't able to fit every story from The White Stripes' first West Coast tour in this season, so we've included more of Ben Blackwell's recollections in this Season 2 bonus episode. Some are ...
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S2 E5: Lots Of People In This World from 2020-05-06T04:12:05
So far this season, a lot of entirely unexpected and stuff has happened to The White Stripes. Through it all, you can see Jack and Meg getting a taste of what it's like being an indie rock band ...
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S2 E4: Home Has Run Out Of Space from 2020-04-29T05:25:34
From their very first jam sessions in the attic of 1203 Ferdinand, Jack and Meg White were intent on doing their own thing. You can see that through the early shows, the singles, the first album...
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S2 E3: Got A Letter This Morning from 2020-04-22T05:39:23
The White Stripes' trip out west knocked over some dominos that foreshadowed what was to come as Jack and Meg burrowed further into the new millennium — including a jaunt to the other side of th...
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S2 E2: Nobody To Answer The Phone from 2020-04-15T04:37:12
A catalyst for many of Jack and Meg White's crucial connections in 2000 was The White Stripes' first real tour, out to the West Coast and back. Those three weeks would play a pivotal role in the...
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S2 E1: The Wind Is Blowing from 2020-04-08T04:45:15
As Ben Blackwell says this season, 2000 is a crucial year of connections for Jack and Meg White. One of those connections was the greatest radio DJ of all time. Another was the first member of T...
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Coming April 8: Striped Season 2! from 2020-04-01T04:16:37
For The White Stripes, 1999 might have been a bedrock year, but 2000 is when things got real. From winning over the greatest DJ of all time and being pursued by the coolest record labels, to wow...
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BONUS: My Idols Walk Next To Me (Wayne Kramer Interview) from 2019-12-04T06:48:12
In the first episode of season one, you heard a little from Wayne Kramer of the seminal Detroit band The MC5. While only a few bits ended up in the episode, there was a lot more Wayne had to say...
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BONUS: They're Looking At Me from 2019-11-27T05:00
In the second bonus episode from season one, Blackwell discusses some of the shows The White Stripes played in 1999. This includes tales of Jack White's stage banter, a disastrous lunchtime gig,...
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BONUS: Past The Caution Tape from 2019-11-20T12:25:03
In this first bonus episode from season one, Blackwell dives into many of the songs that made it onto the White Stripes' debut album — and some that didn't.
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S1 E5: Do You Want To Explode Now? from 2019-10-29T09:44:40
When a band releases an album, the easiest way to measure success is the number of records sold. However, sometimes an album is successful because it accomplishes something behind the scenes; it...
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S1 E4: Nothing Could Be Better from 2019-10-22T06:08:13
For some artists, if you have the freedom to make every creative choice — you won't make any choice at all. So you set limits on yourself as a challenge, and as a corrective to make sure...
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S1 E3: Got A Little Feeling Going Now from 2019-10-15T07:44:42
When you're in the recording studio, it takes a lot for everything to go right — but it doesn't take much at all for everything to go wrong. It can feel like the deck is stacked against. For The...
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S1 E2: What A Feeling That's Begun from 2019-10-08T05:46:46
Before The White Stripes closed out Late Night With Conan O'Brien, garnered platinum records, or played SNL, they were just a frenetic boy teaching himself how to play music in an attic and a qu...
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S1 E1: Don't Feed Me Planned Obsolescence from 2019-10-08T05:41:23
The music scene that Jack and Meg White were thrust into didn't form in a vacuum. Detroit has a rich heritage informed by a wide variety of musical stylings, as well as the auto industry — in bo...
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Introducing Striped Season 1! from 2019-09-24T04:47:04
In season 1 of Striped, music journalist Sean Cannon takes you through the early years of The White Stripes by talking to the people who witnessed it all firsthand — from a young Jack White prac...
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