Monica! The Podcast
Monica! The Podcast
Daniel Rogge & Tracie Potochnik
This is Monica the Podcast, a 12 part deep dive into a private joke taken way too far, when two old friends -- Dan and Tracie -- wrote a musical based on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal, conned Dan's composer brother into writing the score, got their Broadway level friends to perform it over and over in New York in the early 2000s, and accidentally ended up working on it for 5 years.
Episode 12: Money Can't Buy You Podcast
Our LOST SONGS SPECIAL! Really, a bunch of crap we couldn't fit into the first 11 episodes and a letter from Gloria Steinem. PLUS a tease of Season 2, our loving tribute to the vanity singles of the Real Housewives. Featuring the songs: Sweet Dreams Satisfied (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXNwcIgURg) Taller Than the Washington Monument Never Let Them Wipe Away Your Smile Shiraz Love Me First (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBNadjZbHI) Money Can't Buy You Class (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXj2ObSZy7Q)
Jun 26, 2017
1 hr 9 min
Episode 11: What Does Garrison Keillor Smell Like?
Special guest Christine DiGiallonardo (of Prairie Home Companion and other Broadway efforts) stops by to talk about her role as Monica, which she played non-stop for five years. The moral of this episode is that you SHOULD go to a great amusement park that closed years ago, and that you should AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE a New York City hotel that's still very much open to the public. Featuring the song "Before There Was You."
Jun 20, 2017
52 min
Episode 10: So Much Epic
In 2003 we had no idea how to write the climax. In 2017, we had no idea how to talk about the climax. Unrelated, did you know that Tracie has birds living in her walls?   Featuring songs featuring Hillary and a ventriloquist dummy, Ken and a beret, and birds living in Tracie's walls.
Jun 5, 2017
29 min
Episode 9: The Complex Apex
All the minor characters go go go as Vernon, George, and Janet tell their friends, significant others, and presidents: "We're Out." Also, collaboration is a terrible thing.   Featuring the songs "We're Out" and "We're Out (Reprise)."   BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PODCAST "THE LONELY PALETTE": www.thelonelypalette.com/  
May 22, 2017
41 min
Episode 8: I Want to Eat My Car
Extremely special guest Adam Blau joins us to talk about the music! And eating his car. Featuring the songs "Access Denied," "Yes or No," and, of course, "I Want to Eat My Car." Learn more about Adam at http://adamblau.com/ and check out the Rarefied Air podcast at http://www.rarefiedairpod.com.
May 15, 2017
46 min
Episode 7: Monica Rodham Clinton
Monica pens a letter to frenemy Tori Spelling, while Dan and Tracie all but beg specialty yogurt brand Icelandic Provisions to be their first advertiser. Featuring the song "We're Great."
May 8, 2017
31 min
INTERMISSION
It's the middle of the play, y'all, and at least one of us celebrated by neglecting to shower. During intermission, don't forget to rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1215711740   (Featuring the cats Tove and Alice, and the doll Li'l Hills.)
May 1, 2017
3 min
Episode 6: Not as Good as One Day More
A lengthy and unexpected tangent about Gennifer Flowers is followed by Tracie finding she's not as impressed by the Act One finale as she was expecting. Who is Miserables now?   Featuring random live snippets of the songs "The Fault Lies Not With Me Alone" and "I Have Dreamed."
Apr 24, 2017
25 min
Episode 5: Criminally Criminal
Ken Starr, man. What a loser. But also a bad guy. But also a genius so evil he has the sixth sense to perceive he's appearing in a musical. But also he's bad at that. Ken Starr is the worst.   Featuring the songs "We Spin," "Loser," and "Shakesperean Asides."
Apr 17, 2017
36 min
Episode 4: Whatcha Doin' Tonight
Monica shows up for the first time and promptly gets bullied by everyone she meets, so Dan and Tracie cut all of those characters out of the show to try and make her life nice. Unfortunately, they won't look at you twice if you try to stay nice.   Featuring the songs "Nice," "I Don't Know Where I'm Going," and "Because I Care."
Apr 10, 2017
37 min
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