Talkhouse & Stony Island Audio Announce Season Four of Open Mike Eagle's What Had Happened Was, Focusing on Questlove's Life, Legacy & Legendary Catalog

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Latest Installment of Acclaimed Hip-Hop Podcast Premieres October 11th, In-Depth Interviews Reveal All The Stories Behind

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Podcast Network's Superlative Fall Schedule Also Includes Live Shows From How Long Gone, New Series & More To Be Announced

Today, Talkhouse announces the fourth season of What Had Happened Was, devoted to exploring the life, legacy and indispensable work of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. For the past three installments of the revelatory podcast series, host and rapper Open Mike Eagle has profiled legendary creators in hip-hop through in-depth interviews discussing their impact and immense catalogs. Previous subjects include DJ Prince Paul (De La Soul, Handsome Boy Modeling School), El-P (Company Flow, Run the Jewels), and most recently A&R/producer Dante Ross, but now the focus will shift to the Oscar and GRAMMY-winning drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, best-selling author and bandleader. Together, Open Mike Eagle and Questlove will unpack all the stories behind The Roots' first four albums, his personal rise alongside Black Thought, Dilla, D'Angelo and Jill Scott, and so much more over the course of the upcoming episodes, dropping on a weekly basis beginning next Wednesday, October 11th. 

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As the flagship show from Open Mike Eagle's own Stony Island Audio network, What Had Happened Was is helping to bring "both hip-hop history and future legends to the podcast space," says Fast Company. "There is perhaps no better venue for a rap legend to spill their guts than What Had Happened Was…but Stony Island Audio's strength is the variety of subgenres it spans, and its emphasis on the kinds of stories that fall between the cracks." In partnership with Talkhouse, the network is also home to Open Mike Eagle's Secret Skin, the Dad Bod Rap Pod, Pat Hazell's Creativity in Captivity, Super Duty Tough Work with Blueprint, Can't Knock the Shuffle with Sean Horowitz, Drink Champs creators' Father Hoods, Raw Report with Dice Raw, Self Quar with Baron Vaughn, and more that listeners can find here. 

What Had Happened Was kicks off a superlative slate of fall programming from Talkhouse, which has become a leading platform and go-to partner for artist-first, first-person storytelling. In addition to breakout series like Björk: Sonic Symbolism, nominated for Most Innovative Audio Experience at the 2023 Signal Awards, and How Long Gone – whose hosts Chris Black and Jason Stewart were just named to Variety's New Power of New York list, and can be seen live at LA's El Rey on November 11th, NYC's Webster Hall on December 2nd, and Boston's Wilbur with Kevin Morby on December 8th – the network's roster includes an acclaimed array of culture-centric, conversation-based shows. In 2022, listeners spent nearly 200 million minutes with podcasts such as the Jokermen, Kimbra's Playing With Fire, Listening, Santigold's Noble Champions, SHEROES, Sing For Science, Talkhouse Podcast, That's How I Remember It with Craig Finn, Aquarium Drunkard: Transmissions and more, with brand new additions, return seasons and other exciting developments to be announced soon.

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