Best Molly Beer Podcasts (2025)

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The Great Rum Debate 12:32

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The Royal Navy were issued with their final daily ration of rum - ending a tradition of more than 300 years - on July 31, 1970. The day became known as ‘Black Tot Day’. The demise of the long-standing tradition was mainly due to safety concerns, following fears surrounding the more complex technology now in operation across the Navy. To show their …

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Where's Jimmy Hoffa? 11:59

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Union boss Jimmy Hoffa left his Michigan home for what was supposed to be a peace summit with mobsters Anthony Provenzano and Anthony Giacalone on 30th July, 1975. He never returned home. But Hoffa was much more than just a Mafia stooge. He’d been involved in labour unions from the age of fourteen, rapidly rising through the ranks to become preside…

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#77 - Joe Tracini - Coke in a Glass Bottle & Magic 47:54

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Sam welcomes the inimitable Joe Tracini for a gloriously unfiltered chat about childhood, coke (the fizzy kind), and card tricks. Joe opens up about his early life as a professional magician, what it was like performing kids' parties at age 10, and why he eventually walked away from magic altogether. Expect laughs, honesty, and some unexpectedly de…

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The First Boy Scouts 11:23

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Robert Paden-Powell took twenty boys to Brownsea Island, Poole on 29th July, 1907, to embark on a ten-day camp. The trip was, essentially, a laboratory for his subsequent books - and, therefore, the global Boy Scout movement. Each day started with cocoa and exercises, and ended with campfire yarns. In between, there was a lot of knot-tying, paradin…

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The Plane That Crashed into the Empire State 12:31

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Captain William Smith, a decorated World War II pilot, was flying a B-25 Mitchell bomber on a routine mission on 28th July, 1945. In heavy fog over New York, he got disoriented and tragically turned the wrong way, narrowly missing the Chrysler Building - before crashing into the Empire State Building. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver, was thrown …

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Is it a Boat? Is it a Plane? No, it's Hovercraft 11:56

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The Hovercraft SR-N1, piloted by Captain Peter Lamb, sailed from Calais to Dover on 25th July 1959, fifty years to the day after Louis Blériot made the first crossing of the English Channel. It took 2 hours, 3 minutes. The brainchild of British engineer and inventor Christopher Cockerell, Hovercraft was described as a cross between an aircraft, a b…

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The Aussies Who Outswam The Soviets 13:16

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The ‘Quietly Confident Quartet’ of Mark Tonelli (backstroke), Peter Evans (breaststroke), Mark Kerry (butterfly), and Neil Brooks (freestyle) won Gold in the 4 × 100 metres medley relay at the Summer Olympics in Moscow on 24th July, 1980: the only time the United States had not won the event. It was Australia’s first Gold medal for eight years, but…

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Episode 128: Lang Fisher & Tracey Wigfield, "The Four Seasons" 46:01

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Co-showrunners Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher discuss running their latest writers' room, how the pitching process has changed for them throughout their careers, why figuring out the story is like being good at math, and much more. Tracey Wigfield is a TV writer and showrunner. She created the NBC series Great News and the Saved by the Bell reviva…

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Wolf Alice Interview 5:38

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Theo Ellis and Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice stopped by the KROQ Studios to chat with Kevin Ryder about their new album 'The Clearing' due out August 22nd.

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Inside The Molly House 11:38

9d ago11:38

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Margaret "Mother" Clap stood before a London court on 23rd July, 1726, accused of running a “Molly house” - a social club for gay men that was part-brothel, part-safe haven. She argued, perhaps naively, that as a woman she couldn’t possibly be involved in such "unnatural" practices, but the jury was unconvinced: she was fined, sentenced to two year…

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Mind Games: Richard Shotton Reveals Marketing's Hidden Secrets 57:41

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Tired of marketing campaigns that miss the mark? Richard Shotton, bestselling author of "The Choice Factory" and "The Illusion of Choice," reveals why understanding human psychology is the secret sauce behind effective marketing. The gap between what consumers say influences them and what actually drives their behavior creates a golden opportunity …

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#76 - Grace Mulvey - Black Tea & The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 48:38

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Well well well, if it isn't another topic that Sam has no idea about. Chatting about a book and film Sam has never read or seen, it's the marvellous Grace Mulvey! We talk at length about correct tea brewing techniques (Producer Claire gets to feel very proud of herself this week) before discussing this piece of literature. And also the morbid reaso…

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The World's First Motor Race 11:36

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Billed as a concours for ‘horseless carriages’, the Paris–Rouen competition which took place on 22nd July, 1894, is now widely considered the world’s first motor race. Only 21 vehicles qualified. Some of them had solid iron tyres. One was an eight passenger wagonette that weighed four tonnes. The car that came in first - a 20 horsepower steam tract…

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Let's Build Central Park 11:54

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New York City's iconic green space, Central Park - larger than Monaco and Vatican City combined - was legislated for on 21st July, 1853. Over 750 acres of Manhattan were allocated for America's first major landscaped public park; a grand plan which aimed to rival European cities. Rocky and swampy land, previously home to small farms and settlements…

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The Web's First Image 10:45

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Tim Berners-Lee uploaded a photo of parody doo-wop group Les Horrible Cernettes on 18th July 1992 - the first image to be shared online. The photograph was taken at the CERN Hardronic Festival by Silvano de Gennaro, an analyst in the Computer Science department. The girlband were striking a pose for their forthcoming CD cover, little realising thei…

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PR FAIL: I sent a press release that wasn't approved and made the 10 o'clock news. 4:18

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Our host, Chris Norton, reveals his biggest career mistake when he joined a new PR agency as an account manager. What started as enthusiasm to impress his new employers quickly descended into a PR disaster when he prematurely distributed a press release about a new bar opening without client approval. • Background as a PR professional with experien…

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Rebranding the Royal Family 11:38

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Windsor became the official surname of the British Royal family on 17th July 1917, when King George V issued a proclamation declaring that “The Name of Windsor is to be borne by His Royal House and Family and Relinquishing the Use of All German Titles and Dignities.” The decision to change the family name came amid strong anti-German feeling follow…

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How British Wool Turned 30,000 Farmers into Brand Advocates 43:53

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What does it take to market an iconic British agricultural product in today's digital world? Graham Clark, Director of Marketing at British Wool, pulls back the curtain on the fascinating journey of promoting this sustainable fiber to modern consumers. British Wool stands as the last remaining farmers' cooperative in the UK, representing approximat…

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The Kennedy Curse 13:03

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John F. Kennedy Jr., son of JFK and Jackie Onassis, disappeared off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard on July 16th, 1999. He had crashed his private plane, killing his wife, his sister-in-law and himself. President Bill Clinton called it “a very sad time,” and for good reason — it was déjà vu for America. The Kennedy legacy was playing out once more, …

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#75 - Tape Face - V Energy Drink & Imagination 43:00

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This week on I’ve Had a Rosé, Sam is joined by the brilliantly bizarre and wonderfully wired Tape Face (aka Sam Wills)! From the sun-scorched suburbs of Las Vegas to the high-octane world of energy drinks, this episode is a wild, fizzy ride into the mind of one of comedy’s most imaginative performers. Sam and TapeFace chat about the importance of p…

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The Red Planet Gets Closer 11:35

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The first images of Mars found their way back to Earth from NASA’s Mariner 4 mission on 15th July, 1965 - and were simultaneously revelatory and disappointing. Delivered as binary code, rendered in black and white, and revealing only 1% of the planet, the photos were coloured in by hand and showed no evidence of life. But they played a significant …

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Catching Billy The Kid 12:37

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Cold-blooded killer? Folk hero? Petty thief? Billy The Kid, who met his end on 14th July, 1881, was all of the above. His luck finally ran out in a dark bedroom in New Mexico, where his old friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett, ensured that he would be the one to live to tell the tale. Born Henry McCarty but also known by numerous aliases like William H. Bo…

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Blasphemy! 12:15

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Mary Whitehouse successfully sued Gay News and publisher Denis Lemon at the Old Bailey in a trial that began on 11th July, 1977 - Britain’s last conviction for blasphemy. What had ired the notorious Christian campaigner was the magazine’s publication of “The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name”, a poem by James Kirkup written from the perspective of …

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Evanescence Interview with Kevin Ryder and Megan Holiday 13:10

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Amy Lee of Evanescence stopped by the KROQ studios to talk with Kevin Ryder and Megan Holiday about "Fight Like A Girl" with K.Flay from the 'Ballerina' soundtrack, how she became a singer, what's next for Evanescence, and more!

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Training FAIL: Media Training Goes Sideways: True Stories from the Trenches 3:15

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Exploring professional mishaps in the world of media training, our guest expert media trainer, Guy Clapperton, shares candid stories from 20 years of journalism experience that reveal how technical difficulties, difficult clients, and embarrassing moments become valuable learning experiences. • A particularly memorable mishap involved conducting in…

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Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman discuss Yaamava's Action Comic #1 Giveaway + Hollywood BabbleOn live taping with Kevin Ryder 9:31

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Kevin Ryder chats with Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman about Yaamava's 'Holy Grail of Comics: Action Comic #1' giveaway plus their upcoming live taping of their 'Hollywood Babble-On' podcast at Yaamava!

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Adventures of the Boy Horsemen 12:25

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The ‘Abernathy Boys’, Temple and Louis, were aged just 5 and 8 respectively when they departed Guthrie, Oklahoma for a 1,300-mile horseback trip to Roswell, New Mexico on July 10th, 1909. Alone. Sons of widower John Abernathy, himself the youngest-ever U.S. Marshal, the boys encountered wolves, outlaws and vast stretches of untamed plains on their …

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Episode 127: On Saturday Night Live with head writers Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell and Kent Sublette 47:17

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Saturday Night Live head writers Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell and Kent Sublette join Greg Iwinski to talk about the process of writing for a different host every week, how giving notes to writers differs from giving notes to the cast, what writing for SNL teaches you about rejection, and much more. Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell and Kent Sublette…

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The Molly Mae Effect: Salvaging Brand Reputation Through Community Engagement 14:28

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When a high-profile fashion brand stumbles at launch, how do they rebuild customer trust? This fascinating episode dives into Molly Mae's clothing brand "Maybe" and their clever reputation recovery strategy following a quality control disaster that left customers disappointed. Our marketing experts Lauren and Becca unpack how the brand leveraged In…

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Bill Haley's Teenage Anthem 13:25

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Rock Around The Clock was a moderately successful B-side - until its inclusion in the teen rebellion movie Blackboard Jungle - following which, on 9th July, 1955, Bill Haley and the Comets’ earworm became the first rock n’roll song to hit US No.1. But Haley was no teenage rebel. He was already in his late 30s, balding, and rocking a curl on his for…

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#74 Stuart Murphy - Root Beer Float & The Paranormal 58:36

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Hold onto your melted tubs of vanilla bean ice cream because this week’s episode is DRIPPING…with entertainment. And ice cream. This week, we have the wonderful Stuart Murphy coming to introduce us to a Root Beer Float. And we chat about the paranormal, whilst making a pitstop at ABBA Voyage. Become a Patreon!: https://patreon.com/ivehadarose Follo…

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The Miracle in the Ashes 11:35

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‘Our Lady of Kazan’, a painting of the Virgin and Child, was discovered in the ashes of a fire in the Russian town of Kazan on 8th July, 1579. The icon quickly became associated with miracles after two blind men were said to have their sight restored by standing in front of it. The original was stolen in 1904, but the copies still represent one of …