Homemade bombs, bricks of weed, deranged stalkers, an old family curse, an attempted presidential assassination, and one of the most violent murder crews in American history. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands.

Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland launches August 9, 2023, with new episodes on Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Brandon Lee, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, and Jane Fonda. New episodes are released every Wednesday, with bonus episodes released every Friday.

Badlands is a true-crime anthology podcast from Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND.

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Anna Nicole Smith transcended the laws of celebrity. She was a blond sexpot who was famous for being famous, and that was reason enough for pop culture. People around the world recognized her Marilyn Monroe-esque curves filled out Guess jeans, and her squeaky baby speaking voice on The Anna Nicole Show. In the early 2000s, the FBI investigated her regarding an alleged hit she organized to take out her 60-year-old “stepson.” But when Anna Nicole and her grown son Daniel died under eerily sudden — and similar — circumstances, people started to wonder if the feds were barking up the wrong bombshell.

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Dear Young Rocker: you can spend your whole life wondering, obsessing over the “what if’s” -- but no matter the circumstances, it’s still your life.

In the Dear Young Rocker Season 4 finale, Nadia catches up to her 23 year old self and reflects on how it all happened -- her own weekday weekend.

Nadia thinks back on what brought her back to Atlanta, what helped her start making music again, the importance of telling your own story… and what a weekday weekend really means.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin, Ryan Spraker, and James Bridges.

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Dear Young Rocker: the most challenging times can also be the most beautiful times. Someday you’ll look back and realize it all passed so quickly, just like youth.

Nadia reflects on her time spent in New York City and how she ended up finding exactly what she needed - herself and music.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin, Ryan Spraker, and James Bridges.

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Dear Young Rocker: there will be things that you will spend the rest of your life trying to piece together and figure out. Certain things you just never get over.

And you don’t have to!

It’s ok... to not be ok. 

Nadia revisits the event that pushed her, once again, back into music, and how it became something she depended on. 

She reflects on where and how she formed her first real band after high school. 

This episode includes original recordings and music of Nadia from when she was 14-18 years old.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin and Ryan Spraker.

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Dear Young Rocker: Make a note — keep a diary that you share with your friends, the ones you love and random people you meet.

Nadia spends time looking back on the moments that shaped her most...
Sometimes the things in life that feels like setbacks, lead to the most incredible moments of your life.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. This episode includes original live music by Nadia Marie, recorded from ages 14 & 15 years old, in 2004-2006. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin and Ryan Spraker.

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Dear Young Rocker: It's okay to feel restless. You'll bounce around a lot and feel that no one knows you, except your new friends on the internet and the people who watch you sing — the ones you think you'll never meet IRL, and maybe will, decades later. In this episode, Nadia plays her first show, begins high school in a new town, dreams of living in the city — and gets an unexpected email that will change her life forever.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin, Ryan Spraker, and Adam Taylor.

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Dear Young Rocker: Sometimes, when you least expect it, you meet someone who changes everything, who shifts your life's path forever. Finding herself at her seventh school in eight years, Nadia enters eight grade to a surprise: Everyone thinks she's someone else. 

This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including references to suicide and sexual assault.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and scoring elements by Sean Cahalin, Ryan Spraker, and Adam Taylor.

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Dear Young Rocker: No matter how many places you move to, your closest friends are always in the exact same place—right on your computer screen. In this episode, we flashback to LiveJournal and the dawn of the social-media age, as Nadia breaks a limb, receives her first guitar, and draws out the parallels between her 12-year-old internet awakening and her later experience of amnesia.  

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin and Ryan Spraker.

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Dear Young Rocker: The restlessness you feel in amnesia is similar to the restlessness you felt in youth—stuck, begging time to pass as quickly as possible. There will be moments that will feel new and fun, and other moments that will be painfully, catastrophically, slow. In this episode, Nadia moves between the worlds of her parents' families, and meets her musical heroes, only to prompt them to experience a mid-life crisis.

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadia Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin and Ryan Spraker.

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Dear Young Rocker: Is anyone ever really an adult? Nadia reflects on the sounds and feelings of childhood freedom. She brings us back to growing up on 90’s MTV, McDonalds happy meals and punk music while she pieces together how to regain her own independence. 

This season of Dear Young Rocker is written and hosted by Nadia Marie. Want to share your own Young Rocker experience? Connect with Nadia on Instagram and TikTok @NadiaMarieForever. You can also follow the show on Instagram @DearYoungRocker and @DoubleElvis. 

Dear Young Rocker was created by, and is executive produced by, Chelsea Ursin. The show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. 

Script editing on this episode by Chelsea Ursin and James Sullivan. Production by Sean Cahalin and Lea Tatoris. Music for this episode was composed and performed by Nadie Marie. To hear more of her music, follow Nadia Marie on all streaming platforms. Additional music and score elements by Sean Cahalin and Ryan Spraker.

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