Off Key

Get to know the minds behind Off Key in this live studio special! Today on Off Key, Grace interviews Nate and Jeff Yungman about their inspiration and method behind crafting a great episode full of pop culture references, twisted tales and Hot 100 hits.

For our Thanksgiving special, we are going to run through a few bite sized tributes to all the ways musicians have made the world a better place. From lifesaving bravery to ingenious creativity to random luck, there are many ways musicians have stumbled into great achievements.

In 1962, Bobby "Boris" Pickett stumbled upon the hit of a lifetime with "The Monster Mash." How do you follow-up such an oddball hit? Well, with an oddball career, of course. This week, find out how the people involved with Halloween's biggest novelty called for the death of a President, inadvertably financed kidnapping a corpse, befriended a timetraveling caveman, and survived an unknown assassin...

This Week Jeff and Nate are haunted by a couple of ghost stories. Though, it is not the people you might expect. From a couple of jokesters to a stoic outlaw, nobody is safe from the paranormal.

Before the sun sets on summer, Off Key packs in some last-minute fun. From surfing the waves to catching a baseball game, this episode is packed with a lot of the best things about the season. 

What is the most famous song created by a constipated assassin’s lawyer, a corpse-desecrating drummer, and a whale penis collector? Obviously, the Star Spangled Banner. On a special Fourth of July Off Key, Nate and Jeff chronicle the surprisingly fascinating history of a very boring song. American history is a beautifully dumb thing. It’s time to celebrate both aspects of it.

Last month, we solved some long confusing mysteries. This week we remain stumped. From the vanishing woman who paved the way for the 1970's to the time traveling one hit wonder kidnapped by ninjas, these cases left us dumbfounded, but we hope you do not find them dumb.

This week the intrepid investigators at Off Key solve some famously unsolved case. Tune in and find out about how a magical princess really rescued nine hikers from a yeti attack, the mysterious murderer that turned Elvis into a star, and how Jack the Ripper helped launch jazz. It's no mystery why you should check it out.  

This week, we are talking about how musicians unintentionally bailed out criminal masterminds. From the country legend that bought a stolen cocaine sniffing bear, to the Beach Boys song that financed a whacky kidnapping, to bizarre and violent rock and roll ponzi scheme that led to the rise of Youtube and TikTok, musicians make for some strange accomplices.

Happy new year! A lot of people mark the changing of the calendar with a change in themselves. This week we are talking about people who found great success by constantly changing their identities. From the Heavy Metal singer that career as a Holocaust resister or Hollywood hitmaker are the least notable things about her, to the organist who's secret double life changed American culture and racial...

Ho Ho Ho, Hello. Welcome to the Off Key Christmas Special. This week we talk about how George Bailey stole a Yeti, the man driven insane by White Christmas, and the con artist sax player who invented Santa Claus. Here is our gift to you.

On our Thanksgiving special, we are celebrating tall the great things about humanity. From the Hall of Famer who stopped terrorists from blowing up another Hall of Famer to the pop song that rescued hostage victims to the Beatles Cover band that saved 600 people, there are so many things in this beautiful world to love. 

Scammers know a good score when they see one. The most powerful singers in the world make ripe targets for swindling. Some of the biggest names in music have been at the good end of a rotten deal. Others have been taken for suckers. Find out how the CIA and the Mafia broke up two of the biggest groups in history. 

Happy Halloween. This week, we unleash tales from the shadows into the spotlight. Curses and demons suck, but they can make some great music.

An easy trick to ignore someone's humanity is to call them a monster. If anything these monsters are acting on the oldest of human impulses. People have been killing each other since the Garden of Eden. From the song that popularized jazz and left six people dead to the journalistic injustice that accidentally turned an opera star into a vampire, this week's show is about how serial killers are al...

Being a cult leader takes a lot of work. Its a wonder that anybody could find time to master karate, bank robbery, marrying thirteen women, appearing in Annie Hall, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and hang-gliding all while still being a reincarnated God. From the Fascists crusaders who turned the Super Bowl into a modern spectacle to the rap classics inspired by the statistically worst cri...

One man's trash is another person's treasure. It does not get much trashier than a profession fart blower. This week we cover the charlatans who made a fortune off being disgusting. From the Leonardo Da Vinci musical that bankrupted a poop-stained nation to the drunk goat-testicle-obsessed conman that launched country music, opportunity can lie right under your nose, just don't take a sniff. 

The inaugural episode of Off Key, the show that puts music's weirdos back into the spotlight. Wherever there is a lot of money, dreamers and hucksters follow. Conniving enterprisers turned singer into scammers. Meet the Hall of Fame worthy musicians who swindled their way to the top of the charts, created the biggest Ponzi Scheme in American history, and turned Donald Trump from a reality show hos...