Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 2)
Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture
Keep It Light Media
4.8 • 956 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In the second episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York.
Coming up in this episode - against a backdrop of a city in turmoil, the club's infamous opening night and legendary celeb filled, drug fuelled parties dominate the New York night as Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Diana Ross and anyone whose anyone battle to access the sacred cathedral of decadence and disco...
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to listen to all of the episodes of this series right now, early release and ad-free, |
| 0:04.8 | plus a whole host of extra fan club benefits, head to Museum of Pop Culture. Supportingcast.com. |
| 0:09.8 | Or if that's too much of a mouthful, just click on it in the show notes, |
| 0:14.9 | which is the description bit that no one reads. |
| 0:28.7 | Welcome back to part two of the story of Studio 54. |
| 0:29.9 | When we left them, |
| 0:31.9 | owners Steve Rabell and Ian Schreger were building the iconic venue |
| 0:33.4 | that would change the landscape |
| 0:34.8 | of New York Nightlife forever. |
| 0:39.8 | Coming up in this episode, against a backdrop of a city in Termal, |
| 0:43.9 | the club's infamous opening night and legendary celeb-filled drug-fueled parties |
| 0:48.6 | dominate the New York night, |
| 0:50.4 | as Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Diana Ross and anyone who's anyone, |
| 0:57.3 | battle for access to the only place to be. |
| 1:07.5 | Tom, let me take you back to 1977 in New York. |
| 1:08.3 | Okay. |
| 1:11.6 | Tell me about the start, the opening night of Studio 54? No, I'm not going to mention that, actually. Okay. Tell me about the start, the opening night of Studio 54. |
| 1:14.4 | No, I'm not going to mention that, actually. |
| 1:17.9 | We haven't got enough to fill the four episodes. |
| 1:19.3 | So I'm just about it. |
| 1:21.7 | No, this is what Studio 54 comes into. |
| 1:22.9 | So, 97. |
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