Beastie Boys

Episode overview

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City. Adam and Mike D sit down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the nascent beginnings of the band, the protective nature of a group dynamic and working with legends early in their careers. Dax makes predictions about Mike and Adam's life and they discuss the conflation of personal identity with band identity. They talk about what it feels like to lose a band member and Adam is the first to introduce Zoom chat to the Armchair Expert recording history.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert I'm Dan Shepard I'm joined by Monica Monsoon hello hello how you doing
2. 34:01think three is a bad number for people cuz two always gang up on one but sometimes when it works it's so
3. 1:08:51we always need another batch of it we always need another batch yeah um that's all all right love you love you