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Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 3)

Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

Keep It Light Media

Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8956 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

⁠Episode 3:⁠⁠ In the third episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. We discuss the birth and rise of disco, and the nightclub runs into the first of many legal issues as rumours of tax evasion and money laundering threaten to de-rail the dream… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There once was a woman who lived in a shoe.

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A size too snug, but what could she do?

0:06.0

But that's not where her story ends.

0:08.0

Thanks to a little help from her Experian friends,

0:11.0

she got her score into much better shape

0:13.0

and relocated to a box fresh new place,

0:16.0

with room to grow and a mortgage to suit.

0:19.0

Now, she lives in a spacious four-bedroom cowboy boots.

0:23.3

Better your Experian credit score to help get mortgage ready. Experian. Better your score. Better your

0:29.3

story. If you want to listen to all of the episodes of this series right now, early release and

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ad-free, plus a whole host of extra fan club benefits,

0:40.8

head to Museum of Pop Culture.Sportingcast.com.fm.

0:44.5

Or if that's too much of a mouthful, just click on it in the show notes,

0:47.5

which is the description bit that no one reads. Welcome back to part three of the story of Studio 54.

0:59.9

Coming up in this episode we discuss the birth and rise of disco

1:03.1

and the nightclub runs into the first of many legal issues

1:06.6

as rumours of tax evasion and money laundering

1:09.0

threaten to derail the dream.

1:16.6

Rubel takes pride in the fact

1:18.4

that his high school graduating class

1:20.2

named him least likely to succeed.

1:23.9

I talked with Rubel about the admission policy

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