Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

the phone book.

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the misfits, Selena, way more that you've

probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch more Discrets

Land right now wherever you get your podcasts. Apple podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify

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Let's get into it.

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

A quick warning for those affected by depictions of physical and sexual abuse, this episode

details both.

The stories about Madonna are insane. She's one of the most daring, explosive artists of

all time. She was raped at an early age. She was targeted by the Vatican for her performances,

and nearly arrested in front of 50,000 people for simulating masturbation.

She repeatedly pushed herself through her art, using it as a weapon to fight off abusive

directors to overcome overbearing producers to outrun breathless paparazzi into outlast

a list significant others. Madonna obliterated mainstream attitudes about sex, refused to be

slut-shamed and pushed herself creatively right up to the limits of the law. She was a megawatt

star who would not be dimmed, not by critics, not by knife-wearing maniacs, and certainly

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