The Ballad of Billy Balls
iHeartPodcastsIt’s 1982, and a man bursts into an East Village storefront apartment and shoots punk musician Billy Balls. Author and activist iO Tillett Wright and Crimetown Producer Austin Mitchell unravel a mystery of love and loss, the tender binds of family, and the stories we tell ourselves just to survive. Created by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 40 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistorySociety & Culture | |||
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- Healing
I think as healing as this was for you, you also helped so many of us. more
Apple Podcasts5twateverhoe
United States3 months ago - Sensitive and Thoughtful
This is great story telling. more
Apple Podcasts5katie.267
Canada4 months ago - The Best Podcast!
This is one of the BEST podcasts I’ve ever listened to! So we’ll done. I loved the mix of trying to figure out the crime but also all the interpersonal, trauma revealing, humanness to it. I seriously binged this, could not stop listening. Well done 👍🏽 👏🏼👏🏼
Apple Podcasts5SocoblueskyUnited States4 months ago - Enjoyed despite the narrators self involvement
Really well told story. Great job IO. But you’re inability to get past the story revolving around you detracted from the full picture and overall telling of it. Bummer it had to fall short.
Apple Podcasts3derosaparksUnited States4 months ago - Brilliant & Sad
not sure I can find the words to encapsulate how much I appreciated all of these episodes - the story, the movement through lives and how they were impacted by Billy’s life and death, but.. loved it. love iO. what a brave and beautiful and sad story.
Apple Podcasts5RIPgoodinstagramUnited States6 months ago
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