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Basic!

10 Episodes

45 minutes | Jun 29, 2022
Kevin Powell of 'Real World' Season One
From the very first season of The Real World, Kevin Powell joins us to talk the birth of reality TV, peak Gen X, and the legacy of Tupac.
35 minutes | Jun 22, 2022
Mike Judge
'Beavis and Butt-Head' creator Mike Judge joins us to talk 'Frog Baseball,' earthquakes, and how he may have inadvertently popularized Crocs. His latest work, 'Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe' is streaming on June 29 on Paramount Plus.
48 minutes | Jun 15, 2022
Dan Patrick of 'SportsCenter'
ESPN SportsCenter legend Dan Patrick takes us back to the "must-watch" heyday of 'The Big Show' and his days alongside Keith Olbermann.
48 minutes | Jun 8, 2022
Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford looks back at MTV’s 'House of Style' and how it helped transform her from supermodel to icon, and also reminds Doug that he might owe her some money.
44 minutes | Jun 1, 2022
Reno 911's Kerri Kenney-Silver and Tom Lennon
Basic cable babies and Gen X comedy icons Tom Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver join Jen and Doug to talk about their shared partnership that stretches from ‘The State’ to ‘Viva Variety’ to ‘Reno 911.’
40 minutes | May 25, 2022
Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn of 'Project Runway' shows Jen and Doug how to “Make It Work” and answers the question, “Do you own a pair of sweatpants?"
39 minutes | May 18, 2022
'Yo! MTV Raps' host Fab Five Freddy
Fab Five Freddy "drops some science" on Jen and Doug and tells us how MTV finally embraced hip-hop and changed everything.
36 minutes | May 18, 2022
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer talks about her Comedy Central journey from unknown stand-up to comic superstar.
36 minutes | May 18, 2022
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel discusses 'The Man Show' and why it may not work today, and explains why he turned down an offer to host 'The Daily Show.'
2 minutes | May 11, 2022
Basic!: The Trailer
Welcome to Basic!  The official podcast of the unofficial history of cable television.  Hosted by Doug Herzog (former network executive at MTV, Comedy Central, Fox) and Jen Chaney (TV critic at New York Magazine/Vulture), new episodes release every Wednesday on Apple Podcasts, the SiriusXM App, Pandora, Stitcher or wherever you like to listen.  Don’t forget to hit ‘Follow’ so you never miss an episode. A Pantheon Podcast.
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