Kathleen Hanna and Courtney Love | 84

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What happens when two punk legends collide? Courtney Love and Kathleen Hanna’s infamous brawl backstage at Lollapalooza 1995 became a defining moment of '90s music history. Fueled by grunge chaos, riot grrrl politics, and the heartbreak of Kurt Cobain’s death, their rivalry turned into a decades-long saga. But what really went down that fateful day?

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Diss and Tell early and ad-free right now.
0:05.4	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:09.0	A listener note.
0:10.0	This episode contains mentions of drug use and suicide.
0:18.4	All right, Sydney.
0:20.0	Today, I have just a fun way of starting off the show.
0:23.3	What do you know about Kurt Cobain's death?
0:25.9	A lot of conspiracy theories.
0:28.0	Where were you?
0:29.2	What is your alibi?
0:30.6	Wasn't it in 1994?
0:32.3	Yes, it was.
0:33.6	You seemed to know a lot about it.
0:35.3	I was there.
0:36.7	He actually reincarnated into my body, which is crazy.
0:40.5	Yeah, kind of a Queen Elizabeth and Tricia Padas's baby situation.
0:44.8	That's exactly what it is.
0:46.2	I mean, there are a lot of conspiracy theories among them that he was murdered.
0:50.0	Some people believe that.
0:51.3	There was a private investigator that Courtney Love actually hired,
0:55.3	and it was an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
0:58.0	But we don't have time to get into all that.
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