Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S6 E3 - "Audience Attention Span" - November 15th 2024
Mike and Jared discuss the shrinking audience attention span.
Nov 18, 2024•59 min•Season 6Ep. 3
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Episodes
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S6 E2 - "Unhappy in Opera" - August 9th 2024
Mike and Jared discuss how to find happiness in an opera career.
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S6 E1 - "A Triumphant Return" - July 26th 2024
Mike and Jared record their first podcast back after a 2 year break.
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S5 E6 - "Episode 100, the Final Episode" - April 23rd 2022
Mike and Jared record their final episode of the Sex, Drugs, and Opera podcast.
Apr 23, 2022•2 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S5 E5 - "The End of an Era" - April 2nd 2022
Mike and Jared talk about the slap heard round the world, being open and honest with fellow singers, and the future of the SDAO podcast.
Apr 03, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S5 E4 - "Where are the opera sub genres?" - March 12th 2022
Mike and Jared discuss opera and why there is a lack of modern sub genres.
Mar 13, 2022•53 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S5 E3 - "Tin Pan Alley" - Feb 26th 2022
Mike and Jared discuss Tin Pan Alley and its effect on the music business.
Feb 26, 2022•55 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S5 E2 - "Sending a message, or marketing? " - Feb 12th 2022
Mike and Jared talk about music's role in marketing, art, propaganda, and virtue signalling.
Feb 12, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S5 E1 - "Music and Subcultures" - Jan 29th 2022
Mike and Jared start off season 5 with a discussion about music, the subcultures that follow different genres, and the importance of the right performance venue.
Jan 29, 2022•54 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E22 - "SDAO Xmas" - Dec 25th 2021
Mike and Jared do their annual Christmas themed, season-ender.
Dec 25, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E21 - "Quitting Opera Pt. 2" - Dec 11th 2021
Mike and Jared continue their discussion on quitting the singing business.
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E20 - "Quitting Porn, Interview with Nikki Rhodes" - Nov 26th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss life in the porn industry, and deciding to quit with porn star Nikki Rhodes.
Nov 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E19 - "Quitting Opera" - Nov 13th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss quitting the opera business.
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E18 - "Fan Mail" - Oct 31st 2021
Mike and Jared answer questions from listeners, do a Text-Talk, and debut a new SDAO segment.
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E17 - "Götterdämmerung" - Oct 16th 2021
In the final episode of a four part series on Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen", Mike and Jared discuss Götterdämmerung and do a Hollywood casting.
Oct 16, 2021•58 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E16 - "Siegfried" - Oct 2nd 2021
In the third episode of a four part series on Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen", Mike and Jared discuss Siegfried and do a Hollywood casting.
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E15 - "Die Walküre" - Sept 18th 2021
In the second episode of a four part series on Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen", Mike and Jared discuss die Walküre and do a Hollywood casting.
Sep 18, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E14 - "Das Rheingold" - Sept 4th 2021
In the first episode of a four part series on Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen", Mike and Jared discuss das Rheingold and do a Hollywood casting.
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E13 - "Singing, Selling, Saving" - Aug 21st 2021
Mike and Jared discuss saving for retirement, and making art versus using music to make money.
Aug 21, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E12 - "Fan Mail" - July 10th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss toilet demons, baby-making music they missed out on, and read a Fach Fiction.
Jul 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E11 - "Shame" - June 26th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss the origins of shame in society.
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E10 - "Baby-Making Music" - June 12th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss the best music to get down to.
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E9 - "Fan Mail" - May 29th 2021
Mike and Jared answer questions from listeners. They discuss average singer salaries, and do a Fach Fiction.
May 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E8 - "Don Giovanni" - May 15th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss Mozart's opera Don Giovanni.
May 15, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E7 - "Fiction that should be opera" - May 1st 2021
Mike and Jared discuss which fictional stories they think would make good operas, they also read one of the filthiest fach fictions yet.
May 01, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 7
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E6 - "Lord of the Rings" - April 17th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss the Lord of the Rings books and films.
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E5 - "Our Highschool Music Experiences" - March. 27th 2021
Mike and Jared swap Highschool music experiences, and discuss impactful movies.
Mar 27, 2021•55 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E4 - "This was supposed to be about cold remedies" - March. 13th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss whether the old composers were really that good, nerd out about harmony, and do a Fach Fiction.
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E3 - "Studying in Germany" - Feb. 27th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss life as a music student in Germany. From costs and visas, to living situations and general student life.
Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Sex, Drugs, and Opera - S4 E2 - "Fan Mail" - Feb. 13th 2021
Mike and Jared discuss Fach, Opera sex-playlists, plastic surgery, and Sci-Fi movies.
Feb 13, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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