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Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight - A History

A history of New York free form radio told through the lens of stories and interviews from legendary DJ Vin Scelsa's show Idiot's Delight

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Episode 18 - WNEW Part 1

Episode 18 - WNEW Part 1

Vin's journey to WNEW in the 70's, including unemployment and a misguided stopover in Long Island. Dave Herman, Scott Mu... Read more

24 Nov 2017

1hr 16mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 20 - WNEW Part 3 - 12/8/80

Episode 20 - WNEW Part 3 - 12/8/80

Vin talks about being on WNEW the night that John Lennon died

30 Apr 2018

1hr 4mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 12 - Vin at WPLJ, book recs, and that time Zacherley did that thing

Episode 12 - Vin at WPLJ, book recs, and that time Zacherley did that thing

And we're back! Still suffering from some technical problems forcing us to do this one over the phone, so apologies for ... Read more

10 Aug 2016

1hr 20mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 19 - WNEW Part 2 - T-Shirt and Razoo Kelley

Episode 19 - WNEW Part 2 - T-Shirt and Razoo Kelley

Part 2 of Vin's time at WNEW, chronicling the years that Vin received a series of mysterious letters from the legends kn... Read more

22 Jan 2018

1hr

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Episode 15 - WPLJ Part 3

Episode 15 - WPLJ Part 3

Some cultural recs, attempts at end of the year sanity, and Vin's last days at WPLJ, featuring his run ins with Bob Dyla... Read more

31 Dec 2016

1hr 8mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 16 - A Scelsa History of Protest

Episode 16 - A Scelsa History of Protest

Kate has Vin and Freddie sixties-splain their relationship to the history of activism and protest in this country and al... Read more

9 May 2017

1hr 20mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 10 - Santiago, Bullfighting, and Bowie

Episode 10 - Santiago, Bullfighting, and Bowie

Kate and Vin catch up on how 2016 has been going so far. Kate was on tour in Chile. Vin claims to not remember that Kate... Read more

8 Feb 2016

1hr 22mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 13 - WPLJ Part Two

Episode 13 - WPLJ Part Two

The new PLJ hires take a bus trip to some radical media makers at ZBS in upstate New York, Vin learns to make countercul... Read more

21 Oct 2016

42mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 17 - Odetta

Episode 17 - Odetta

An interview that Vin did with the legendary singer, songwriter and activist Odetta, originally broadcast on "Idiots' De... Read more

9 Jul 2017

1hr 27mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 14 - Leonard Cohen

Episode 14 - Leonard Cohen

When Leonard Cohen died this past Nov. 7, Vin immediately flashed back to the interview he did with him on June 13, 1993... Read more

4 Dec 2016

1hr 28mins

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