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Famously

A Documentary , Society & Culture and Comedy podcast Explicit

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Famously is a podcast about the wild lives of famous rogues, rockstars and wrong'uns. We're in the gutter, looking up at the stars.

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Elon Musk: ketamine, caves and conmen (part two)

40 min

The year is 2018. Elon Musk is a 46-year-old revered innovator with a $20bn fortune. He’s a hero to millions. But his family life is an absolute mess. Endless kids, crazy relationships and his maniac father has just knocked up his own stepdaughter. Now, Elon’s chaotic personal life is about to spill into public view. Almost overnight, he goes from beloved entrepreneur to a reckless buffoon. Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers  Links from the show: Elon’s cave-diving equipment - https://youtu.be/SM0yk2yJvDs?si=3oen7A8-_pwk-H0l&t=45  Vernon Unsworth interview - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10158544105061509  Joe Rogan - https://www.youtube.com/live/ycPr5-27vSI?si=ArgxyXd7XV1MqL4A&t=7800  Dave Chapelle reception - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpfKJo8aYd8  Nazi salute - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cpdxzjw9p47o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk: may I put my hand on your knee? (part one)

50 min

It’s the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. The awkward nerd from South Africa who made it all the way to the White House. There’s drama at every turn in this story: conmen, ketamine and Johnny Depp threatening to cut his c**k off And yeah, he’s pretty weird. Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers  Links from the show: Commodore VIC-20 - https://www.facebook.com/pineywoodstechnology/posts/what-was-the-first-computer-you-remember-usingmine-was-a-commodore-vic-20-the-th/1602159438586386/  Blastar - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWQ_bTTbMAAA4In?format=webp&name=large PayPal - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0b84129a959816879717a0f4b9a882ec215e8669/0_38_2000_1200/master/2000.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=705eda352f747e6ff433f23912e0bcf0  Whisky Mist - https://www.yonder.fr/sites/default/files/cityguides/rubriques/night-life/CGN-LON-WHISKY-1.jpg  Rocket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpytpkVMNY  Amber Heard - https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/07/13/20/26437182-8516635-Musk_insists_the_34_year_old_actress_had_already_split_from_Depp-a-10_1594667703212.jpg  Mercy from Overwatch - https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5nheRvTC4lj_WrNruYI3Jd7P277PdxxJlVpY42A6axWXOFU9h  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elvis: guns, drugs and 8,000 calorie sandwiches (part 2)

44 min

It’s 1960 and Elvis is a superstar sex symbol. Women want him, men want to be him. He’s a national icon. But in the space of 16 years, Elvis will become a washed up laughing stock, stage the greatest comeback of all time, and come crashing back to earth, ending up dead on the toilet at 42. Links from the show: One Boy, Two Little Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl2n0Eibfgk Elvis curing autism - https://i2.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/change_of_habit.jpg?fit=1020%2C823&ssl=1 Wedding - https://wwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-76884365.jpg?w=1024 Lisa Marie birth - https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/21/8d/a4/218da41751d79199f659088c47290d62.jpg Letter to Nixon - https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/elvis-letter-to-nixon Elvis and Nixon - https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8hAAAOSwqu9VPUVh/s-l1600.webp Divorce - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2gCa17PMLH/ Traffic cop - http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/perspectives101315_files/image001.jpg Coffin - https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-Enquirer-cover-with-Elvis-in-coffin_1977-1104x1536.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Elon Musk: ketamine, caves and conmen (part two)

40 min

The year is 2018. Elon Musk is a 46-year-old revered innovator with a $20bn fortune. He’s a hero to millions. But his family life is an absolute mess. Endless kids, crazy relationships and his maniac father has just knocked up his own stepdaughter. Now, Elon’s chaotic personal life is about to spill into public view. Almost overnight, he goes from beloved entrepreneur to a reckless buffoon. Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers  Links from the show: Elon’s cave-diving equipment - https://youtu.be/SM0yk2yJvDs?si=3oen7A8-_pwk-H0l&t=45  Vernon Unsworth interview - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10158544105061509  Joe Rogan - https://www.youtube.com/live/ycPr5-27vSI?si=ArgxyXd7XV1MqL4A&t=7800  Dave Chapelle reception - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpfKJo8aYd8  Nazi salute - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cpdxzjw9p47o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk: may I put my hand on your knee? (part one)

50 min

It’s the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. The awkward nerd from South Africa who made it all the way to the White House. There’s drama at every turn in this story: conmen, ketamine and Johnny Depp threatening to cut his c**k off And yeah, he’s pretty weird. Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers  Links from the show: Commodore VIC-20 - https://www.facebook.com/pineywoodstechnology/posts/what-was-the-first-computer-you-remember-usingmine-was-a-commodore-vic-20-the-th/1602159438586386/  Blastar - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWQ_bTTbMAAA4In?format=webp&name=large PayPal - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0b84129a959816879717a0f4b9a882ec215e8669/0_38_2000_1200/master/2000.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=705eda352f747e6ff433f23912e0bcf0  Whisky Mist - https://www.yonder.fr/sites/default/files/cityguides/rubriques/night-life/CGN-LON-WHISKY-1.jpg  Rocket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpytpkVMNY  Amber Heard - https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/07/13/20/26437182-8516635-Musk_insists_the_34_year_old_actress_had_already_split_from_Depp-a-10_1594667703212.jpg  Mercy from Overwatch - https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5nheRvTC4lj_WrNruYI3Jd7P277PdxxJlVpY42A6axWXOFU9h  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elvis: guns, drugs and 8,000 calorie sandwiches (part 2)

44 min

It’s 1960 and Elvis is a superstar sex symbol. Women want him, men want to be him. He’s a national icon. But in the space of 16 years, Elvis will become a washed up laughing stock, stage the greatest comeback of all time, and come crashing back to earth, ending up dead on the toilet at 42. Links from the show: One Boy, Two Little Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl2n0Eibfgk Elvis curing autism - https://i2.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/change_of_habit.jpg?fit=1020%2C823&ssl=1 Wedding - https://wwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-76884365.jpg?w=1024 Lisa Marie birth - https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/21/8d/a4/218da41751d79199f659088c47290d62.jpg Letter to Nixon - https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/elvis-letter-to-nixon Elvis and Nixon - https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8hAAAOSwqu9VPUVh/s-l1600.webp Divorce - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2gCa17PMLH/ Traffic cop - http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/perspectives101315_files/image001.jpg Coffin - https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-Enquirer-cover-with-Elvis-in-coffin_1977-1104x1536.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elvis: 250 fans stripped him naked (part 1)

45 min

He was the most famous rockstar of the 20th century. So how did Elvis end up an obese wreck, dead on the toilet at 42, surrounded by sex books and prescription pills? We're charting the first half of his life - as he turns from a Mississippi mamas boy into an amphetamine-addled music star with a teenage girlfriend. Links from the show: Elvis as a child - https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/sites/default/files/imported-images/68.gif That's Alright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCP_g7X31nI Elvis t-shirt - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTzUUUEpIq/ Elvis and Anita - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRM_Ty0VEwZrr4QmrlPv0N3AfZ7EOm84RRV7y4L2KAkzyzPZfvis0FcowY&s=10 Hair cut - https://images.imagerenderer.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/elvis-presley-receives-an-army-crew-cut-bettmann.jpg Priscilla waving goodbye - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-06/priscilla-presley-fashion-young-bn-220627-3a2e78.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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