"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom"—William Blake

This week, a conversation about why we are so drawn to the debauched rock and roll lifestyle that Jim Morrison and The Doors exemplified with two guests who have lived it, and been seduced by it—punk rock legend and MTV icon Billy Idol, and Chris Black, columnist at GQ and cohost of the podcast How Long Gone.

Really?? The Doors? is produced by Noah Chernin, Jody Avirgan, and Ian Wheeler of Talkhouse. Production support from Jake Bowman and Keenan Kush.

Special thanks to our sponsor, ⁠Bootleg⁠.

Be sure to check out ⁠Naomi’s work⁠ at The New Yorker and their podcast ⁠Critics At Large⁠.

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