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Pop culture, memes, and secret histories take a fast, fun frolic with Destiny

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Christmas special (on the RU Sirius Show)

Destiny pays a holiday visit to the podcast of RU Sirius. Hear seven strange Christmas songs, including a rare track by Leonard Nimoy from Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space. Stories about Christmas with Elvis lead to punk Christmas tunes by Root Boy Slim and the Vandals — plus a cover by [...]...

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[ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:50:03 +0000 ]

Whatever happened to the Little Rascals?

Children inspire comedies - but then fame changes the young actors’ lives. Alfalfa floats from a 1930s world of black-and-white romps into one of the most notorious Hollywood scandals. As a grown-up world abandons Buckwheat, Waldo, Porky, and Darla, did struggling Robert Blake move from playing cold-blooded killers to becoming one? Destiny skips [...]...

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[ Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:59:17 +0000 ]

Dog Stars: from Lassie to Rin Tin Tin

World War I leads an American soldier to an abandoned kennel in Lorraine, and a shell-shocked dog becomes a Hollywood star. Destiny follows Rin Tin Tin through an impossible 50-year dog-life of fame — encountering Lassie, young Robert Blake, troubled child star Tommy Rettig, and an unlikely Swedish hit single. Meme-track: The abandoned kennel [...]...

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[ Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:45:57 +0000 ]

The Lone Ranger vs. Spade Cooley

America’s favorite TV cowboy lives another 40 years, confronting beer commercials and lawsuits with his faith in cowboy justice. Meanwhile in Modesto, Spade Cooley starts his rise to Los Angeles notoriety, as the poor fiddler becomes a popular singer and Los Angeles’s first TV star. He retires to a desert paradise where everything turns awful [...]...

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[ Sat, 07 Oct 2006 07:07:14 +0000 ]

Blossom Dearie: the secret sweetheart of Schoolhouse Rock

Meet the singer behind Unpack Your Adjectives and Figure 8. She’s a legendary New York chanteuse who mingled with Miles Davis, and knew everyone from Johnny Mercer to John Lennon. Destiny play songs from her 40-year career, showing how she won the heart of the man who sang “I’m Just a Bill.” Meme-track: Listeners speak [...]...

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[ Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:02:40 +0000 ]

Schoolhouse Rock: behind the music

Beloved short cartoons transcend their 70s educational origins and conquer the hearts and minds of a generation, as dabbling ad agency executives turn legendary jazz singers into schoolteachers across America. Destiny uncovers the secrets and controversies of Schoolhouse Rock, exploring the magic-making men and women behind songs like Conjunction Junction and Shot Heard Round [...]...

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[ Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:54:08 +0000 ]

The crazy spiral of Dana Plato

Former child star Dana Plato descends through the ultimate degradation — from hit network TV show to video game, porn film, the Howard Stern show, and death. And then exploitation of her corpse. As surreptitious recordings turn up on the web, Destiny takes an unpredictible and instructive joyride down that low road [...]...

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[ Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:37:24 +0000 ]

Disney legends and secrets

Walt Disney fights an animator rebellion, Disneyland vandals, and the ravages of time. Hear creepy stories about child actors behind Peter Pan, Bambi, and The Mickey Mouse Club, while taking an A-ticket ride through the lurid and debunked legends about an unfrozen corpse and the Snow White orgy. Meme-track: “Professor Wonderful” - Art Spiegelman’s Nixon [...]...

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[ Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:36:01 +0000 ]

Disney legends and secrets

Walt Disney fights an animator rebellion, Disneyland vandals, and the ravages of time. Hear creepy stories about child actors behind Peter Pan, Bambi, and The Mickey Mouse Club, while taking an A-ticket ride through the lurid and debunked legends about an unfrozen corpse and the Snow White orgy.Meme-track: “Professor Wonderful” - Art Spiegelman’s Nixon [...]...

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[ Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:36:01 +0000 ]

Dark side of the Hampster Dance

It’s crazy randomness and greed, as pop music sensations spring from the explosive popularity of the Hampster Dance. Meet the poor, the proud, and the cocky as awful craziness collides with ambition, frustration, and insanity, and vast after-life fame descends on the voice of a real-life drifter. An account of the Internet’s most promiscuous [...]...

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[ Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:17:39 +0000 ]

Singing Rodents at War

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[ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:27:16 +0000 ]

Singing Rodents at War

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[ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:27:16 +0000 ]

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