BEEF with Bridget Todd
BEEF is an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast where Business Wars meets pop culture history.
Award-winning host Bridget Todd tells the stories of legends in their fields and how they tried to stomp out their competition only to find that their enemies become the driving force behind their success, ultimately changing the world as we know it.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 83
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 12 - Dick Clark's American Bandstand vs. The Buddy Deane Show: Music Television's Petty Pioneers
This week on Beef, the two pioneering music television programs, Dick Clarke’s American Bandstand and the Buddy Deane Show, bring youth, rock and race to the cultural forefront.
Hosted by Bridget To…
00:32:12 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Bonus Episode - Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, senior producer Benjamin Austin-Docampo interviews space travel historian Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony about the United States' tremendous undertaking traveling to th…
00:43:58 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
Episode 11 - USA vs. USSR: The Space Race - Part 2
This week on Beef, the Space Race reaches unprecedented heights as the Soviets and the Americans compete to be the first to put a man on the moon.
Grab a copy of Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony's award-winn…
00:48:47 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Introducing...Midnight Facts for Insomniacs
A podcast of fascinating facts! What do extraterrestrial radio signals and a mushroom from Texas have in common? What is a “number station“ and why is it so spine-tinglingly creepy? Join comedians Sh…
01:11:45 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Introducing...Vulgar History
Marie-Josephe Angélique was an enslaved Portuguese woman brought to Montreal, Canada in 1732. Two years later, the city burned down: did she set the fire? We investigate!
Reference: The Hanging of A…
01:29:25 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Episode 10 - USA vs. USSR: The Space Race - Part 1
This week on Beef, the 20th century’s two global superpowers, the United States of America and the USSR, seek supremacy amongst the stars in the Space Race.
Grab a copy of Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony's …
00:42:15 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Bonus Episode - Dr. Valerie Steele (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with fashion historian Dr. Valerie Steele about the importance of Parisian couture, the delicious drama that surrounded it in the 1960 an…
00:32:48 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Episode 9 - Karl Lagerfeld vs. Yves Saint Laurent: Clash of the Fashion Titans
This week on Beef, iconic designers Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent fight for love and luxury in the sex, drugs and drama-fueled Paris fashion world.
Come see Dr. Valerie Steele's work at the …
00:38:13 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Introducing...Play On Podcasts: The Taming of the Shrew
Directed by Art Manke and designed by Lindsay Jones, Amy Freed’s translation of “The Taming of the Shrew” pits the two smartest people in the room against each other in a match of wits to tame the so…
00:26:53 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Bonus Episode - Rod Phillips (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Max Wolfson talks with wine writer Rod Phillips about the history of alcohol, the moralizing that surrounds it and the customs that celebrate our need for…
00:41:45 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Episode 8 - Beer vs. Gin: The Battle of England's Favorite Beverages
This week on Beef, brewers and booze-hounds of every social strata go head to head in 18th century England over what’s better: beer or gin.
Pick up a copy of Stuart Walton's book "Out of It: A Cultu…
00:39:19 |
Wed 29 May 2024
Bonus Episode - Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto talks with Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto about the spirit of adventure, the human cost of exploration and the mythmaking that happens …
00:47:09 |
Wed 22 May 2024
Episode 7 - Sir Richard Burton vs. Capt. John Hanning Speke: Frenemy Explorers of the Nile
This week on Beef, fearless explorers Sir Richard Burton and Captain John Hanning Speke face unimaginable dangers, and their own divisiveness, while searching for the source of the Nile River.
Check…
00:48:33 |
Wed 15 May 2024
Bonus Episode - J. Randy Taraborrelli (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with journalist and author J. Randy Taraborrelli about the complexities of the Bouvier family, the weight of international fame, and what…
00:43:02 |
Wed 08 May 2024
Episode 6 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis vs. Princess Lee Raziwill: Duel of the Debutante Sisters
This week on Beef, Former First-Lady Jackie Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill play tug-of-war with the public’s affection and adoration.
Grab a copy of J. Randy Taraborrelli's latest boo…
00:39:58 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Bonus Episode - Dr. Stephanie Kirk (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Adrián Duston-Muñoz talks with professor of Hispanic Studies Dr. Stephanie Kirk about Mexico's Baroque period, the gender politics of knowledge during tha…
00:43:53 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Episode 5 - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz vs. The Catholic Church: Mexico's First Feminist
This week on Beef, the brilliant 17th century nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz dares to defy the Catholic Church with her scholarship and searing wit.
Pick up Dr. Stephanie Kirk's fascinating book Sor …
00:32:32 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Bonus Episode - Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto chats with pop culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong about TV history, diverse representation in media, and how Sex and the City pav…
00:47:03 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Episode 4 - Sarah Jessica Parker vs. Kim Cattrall: Sex and the City's Squabbling Stars
This week on Beef, actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Catrall, the stars of the groundbreaking HBO megahit series Sex and the City, exhibit peak mean girl behavior.
Grab a copy of Jennifer Keish…
00:44:55 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
Bonus Episode - Dr. Steve Brusatte (Full Interview)
In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto sits down with University of Edinburgh paleontology professer Dr. Steve Brusatte to talk about the joy of finding fossils, why people are f…
00:24:51 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
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