Special Feature: Math & Magic - The Real Story of MTV: Founder’s Edition

Special Feature: Math & Magic - The Real Story of MTV: Founder’s Edition

Today MTV is a cultural institution, and this summer MTV is celebrating its 40th anniversary! But people forget what a long shot it was to get the channel off the ground. Bob Pittman led the team that created MTV. In this special episode, he reminisces with co-founders and friends John Sykes, Judy McGrath, Fred Seibert, Tom Freston and Jarl Mohn about what it was like to create the '80s version of a start-up, and lead a TV revolution by dreaming up the rules as they went along. From why the first MTV logo was designed on crinkled paper (it spent a little time in a trash bin), to how a tiny record store in Tulsa helped save the business, to why you should really think twice about going on a Lost Weekend with Van Halen... all the way to how a terrible cereal inspired one of the greatest ad slogans of all time: “I want my MTV,” we’ve packed this episode full of stories that marketers, fans and entrepreneurs will all want to hear.

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Bobby on Carter Faith’s Huge ACM Nom + Carter Faith On Being A Shy Kid & Wanting To Be A Big Deal

Bobby on Carter Faith’s Huge ACM Nom + Carter Faith On Being A Shy Kid & Wanting To Be A Big Deal

Bobby is so happy for Carter Faith earning her first ACM nomination! Her album 'Cherry Valley' has been nominated for ACM Album of the Year. It is also the first debut album to be nominated since Chri...

11 Apr 1h 3min

#594 - Bobby & Eddie on Luckiest Moments in Music History & Annie Duke On Luck & Quitting

#594 - Bobby & Eddie on Luckiest Moments in Music History & Annie Duke On Luck & Quitting

Bobby and Eddie look at some of the luckiest moments in entertainment history, from Elvis at Sun Studio to Justin Bieber being discovered on YouTube, and the chance breaks that helped launch stars lik...

9 Apr 1h

#593 - Switchfoot Lead Singer Jon Foreman on Almost Breaking Up Before “Meant to Live” Getting Dropped & Bad Financial Decisions

#593 - Switchfoot Lead Singer Jon Foreman on Almost Breaking Up Before “Meant to Live” Getting Dropped & Bad Financial Decisions

Switchfoot lead singer, Jon Foreman sits down with Bobby to talk about how close the band came to breaking up before “Meant to Live” became the song that changed everything. He opens up about the unce...

7 Apr 1h 3min

Father Knows Less with Bobby Bones: Baby Gifts from Celebrities

Father Knows Less with Bobby Bones: Baby Gifts from Celebrities

Bobby talks about getting baby gifts from celebrities and his wife leaving him with the baby at home. He shares stories about his first stretch alone with the baby and realizes pretty quickly he’d rat...

3 Apr 33min

#592 -  Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Molly Tuttle on Wagon Wheel

#592 -  Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Molly Tuttle on Wagon Wheel

Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle sit down with Bobby to talk about their love story, how their relationship came together, and the moments that ma...

2 Apr 1h 17min

#591 - GMA Host Michael Strahan on Splitting a Bottle with Julia Roberts & Going to Space

#591 - GMA Host Michael Strahan on Splitting a Bottle with Julia Roberts & Going to Space

Michael Strahan sits down with Bobby to talk about why the daily grind of live television ended up being tougher than life in the NFL, and how he made the transition from football star to morning TV h...

31 Mar 45min

#590 - Black Crowes Lead Singer Chris Robinson on Wild 90s Stories & "She Talks to Angels

#590 - Black Crowes Lead Singer Chris Robinson on Wild 90s Stories & "She Talks to Angels

Chris Robinson sits down with Bobby to talk about the early rise of The Black Crowes, the momentum that turned them into one of the biggest rock bands of their era, and what that whole ride felt like ...

27 Mar 1h 7min

#589 - Bobby & Eddie Vote on the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

#589 - Bobby & Eddie Vote on the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

Bobby breaks down his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot and goes nominee by nominee to decide who’s getting his vote and who’s getting cut. Along the way, he and Eddie debate artists like Mariah Carey...

26 Mar 31min

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