Episode #54 | 4.7.20
Joe Exotic: Tiger King, Budding Country Star, Confidence Man Extraordinaire
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In this episode
Joe Exotic, the gun toting, mullet wearing, polyamorous subject of the hit Netflix series, Tiger King was more than just a murder-minded conman. He could sing! You saw those videos. We did too. As a singer, Joe’s voice belied the tortured Everyman experience of some of the best country music crooners, hinting at deep trauma resulting from unspeakable loss, assault and violence. All of which was for the most part, left on the cutting room floor of the popular Netflix series and is on display in this special Covid-19 bonus content episode of Disgraceland.
Sources
Tiger King: Inside Joe Exotic’s Wild Homemade Music Videos, by Julie Miller
Tiger King’s Co-Director Wishes Tiger King Were Slightly Less Wild, by Julie Miller
Band Behind Joe Exotic’s Songs Hopes to Strike Gold, by TMZ
No Beast So Fierce, by Dane Huckelbridge
India Hunts Man-Eating Tiger Blamed for Thirteen Deaths, by Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
How a Lone Irishman Killed a Terrifying, People-Eating Tiger, by Chris Erikson
Joe Exotic and His American Animals, by Robert Moor
Tiger King: Joe Exotic’s Past (That Netflix’s Documentary Doesn’t Reveal), by Kayleigh Donaldson
Travis Maldonado, Former Husband of Joe Exotic, Died in a Tragic Gun Accident, by Mustafa Gatollari
Craigslist Hookup Pages Linked to 16% Rise in HIV Cases, by Catherine Phillips
‘Tiger King’ Star Joe Exotic Sues Government Agencies, Former Business Partner, by Angie Martoccio
Craigslist Code Words: Do You Know What They Really Mean? By Amy Lane
Disgraceland is a podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. It melds music history, true crime and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not journalism. Disgraceland is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by true events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes.
Music
Score by Jake Brennan.
Mixed and Engineered by Sean Cahalin.
Disgraceland theme song, "Crenshaw Space Boogie" written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak