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Eating For Free

The Jonas Brothers' Chastity Crusade (Part Four)

Eating For Free

Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson

Society & Culture

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

After the Jonas Bros historic 2008 deal with Live Nation, industry gossip erupts around their credibility as tweenage rockstars. Camp Rock soon fails to make a High School Musical sized splash. Can their promise rings carry them into the future intact?

Sources: 

  1. The Jonas Brothers in full bloom, 03/26/2008 [LA Times]
  2. Joe Jonas to Miley Cyrus: We Got Your Back!, 04/23/2008 [Just Jared]
  3. The Jonas Brothers Light Up White House Dinner, 04/27/2008 [Just Jared]
  4. The Kids are Alright, 05/08/08 [Teen Vogue]
  5. Kim Kardashian's Dark Secret: I Have a Jonas Brother Crush, 05/12/08 [People]
  6. A Pop Formula: The Younger They Are, the Louder the Screams, 05/19/2008 [NYT]
  7. Jonas Brothers own the summer, 06/18/08 [CNN]
  8. Camp Rock, 06/20/08 [Slate]
  9. Cinderella Goes to Camp, and Prince Charming Sings, 06/20/08 [NYT]
  10. Siblings more than band of brothers Jonas Brothers turn disappointment into wild success, 06/27/08 [Oklahoman]
  11. Interview: Get ready for the Jonas boys next door, 07/27/09 [Daily Mail]
  12. This Summer's Biggest Act? The Jonas Brothers 07/29/08 [ABC]
  13. Jonas Brothers eye a return to 'Camp Rock', 08/05/08 [EW]
  14. Jonas Bros Infiltrated by Teenie Stalkers, 08/06/08 [TMZ]
  15. Miley: Nick Jonas and I 'Were In Love', 08/07/08 [People]
  16. Selena Gomez & Nick Jonas Share Kiss Stories, 08/09/08 [People]
  17. Washington Post Offends Jonas Brothers Fans, Bitchily Apologizes, 08/13/08 [Gawker]
  18. Confessions of a weeklong Jonas Brothers fan, 08/13/08 [RecordOnline]
  19. Clean-living Jonas Brothers buy wholesome 'Disneyland' mansion, 08/15/08 [DailyMail]
  20. Joe Jonas Gets a Motorcycle – with Sidecar – for His 19th, 08/16/08 [People]
  21. The Jonas Brothers Grow Up, 08/21/08 [Time]
  22. Can The Jonas Brothers Break Out Of The Teen-Pop Bubble?, 08/27/08 [MTV]
  23. Jonas Brothers: Pure talent, 09/10/08 [Independent]
  24. Jonas Brothers pop sensations mobbed by hordes of screaming 'mini fans' at London premiere, 09/10/08 [DailyMail]
  25. No sex, no drugs, just rock n' roll: Are the Jonas Brothers the world's cleanest cut band?, 09/10/08 [DailyMail]
  26. JONAS BROS Lords Of The Purity Rings, 09/11/08 [TMZ]
  27. The Jonas Brothers: Why sex is off the cards for A Little Bit Longer…, 09/11/08 [Daily Mail]
  28. Nothing Goofy about this TV talent spotter, 09/15/2008 [Independent]
  29. Taylor Swift Talks – and Sings – About Her Split with Joe Jonas, 11/05/08 [People]
  30. Taylor Swift: Joe Jonas Dumped Me Over 27-Second Phone Call, 11/06/08 [Just Jared]
  31. Joe Jonas Explains Split from Taylor Swift, 11/14/08 [People]

About:

Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. Or buy our merch! Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

and ladies with respect and um you know it is a private thing a private decision that we made

0:06.9

a while back and and i think we we like to keep it private but you know we're we're not afraid

0:14.0

of what was very unoply is it hard going to be hard ke Kevin? Well, you're 21, right?

0:21.4

Of course, no one's above temptation. No one's above life in general.

0:25.8

And so for us, we're just trying to do our best every single day.

0:29.4

And I think we've said this a lot, but we're just trying to make our mom proud.

0:32.8

And that's not all the Jonas brothers tell Larry.

0:35.4

They also talk about how an inauguration night they got to surprise two of their biggest fan, Sasha and Malia Obama.

0:42.3

You've been to the White House a lot.

0:45.3

Yeah, absolutely. What was that like, Kevin?

0:47.3

It was really cool. We actually got the opportunity to be there the first night that the family was in the house and we got to be a surprise at the end of a scavenger

0:54.5

hunt for the girls teaching them about each room and at the very last room they walked in

0:59.5

and we were there playing with acoustic guitars and got to play a little show for them and a couple of

1:03.5

their cousins and their friends that were there and it was really really neat these gays

1:10.6

they're trying to murder me.

1:12.2

What do I think of her? Yes. I don't think of her.

1:32.2

Wait about that in the New York

1:33.7

fucking post.

1:37.2

Baby bottle pop, baby bottle pop.

1:40.3

I don't know how the rest of the song goes.

1:43.8

Nor should we.

1:44.5

What's up, everybody?

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