THE DEATH OF JANIS JOPLIN: WHO IS TO BLAME?
The Alarmist
The Alarmist
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Who’s to blame for the death of Janis Joplin?
This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) discusses the Rock and Roll legend Janis Joplin and her untimely death at the young age of 27. Joining what would later be called the 27 Club. Bullied relentlessly in her youth and then celebrated for her raw and wild artistry in young adulthood, Janis rose to fame and died in only 4 short years. Did fame come too fast? Could a particularly potent batch of heroin be to blame? Or maybe she was looking for love in all the wrong places. Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early join the conversation.
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| 0:21.7 | whether it's like an acting thing or a sports thing, |
| 0:24.4 | being the last person where you're just waiting and seeing other people, |
| 0:27.8 | like the dread and the anxiety of just like, oh God, |
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| 0:42.7 | The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario in my own brain. |
| 0:53.7 | My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing. And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to |
| 1:00.1 | scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters and find out who's to blame. They say history |
| 1:10.1 | repeats itself. |
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| 1:13.2 | My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and I am the alarmist. |
| 1:23.5 | Hey, everyone. |
| 1:24.6 | Thanks to tuning into The Alarmist, a comedy podcast where we talk about history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame. |
| 1:31.8 | Today we're discussing the death of Janice Joplin. |
| 1:35.3 | Here's what you need to know. |
| 1:40.6 | Janice Joplin was born January 19th, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas. Raised in a middle-class family, |
| 1:50.7 | she was encouraged artistically at home, but bullied relentlessly at school for her appearance, |
| 1:56.7 | strong opinions, and beatnik sensibility. She immersed herself in painting and the music of Bessie Smith, Odetta, and Big Mama Thornton. |
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