{{Short description|American podcaster}} {{pp|small=yes}} <!-- Note: The following pages were redirects to Jake Brennan before draftification: *User:Slazarus09/sandbox --> {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Jake Brennan | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|10}} | birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | years_active = 1994–present | occupation = Podcast host | known_for = ''Disgraceland'' }}
'''Jake Brennan''' (born April 10, 1974) is an American podcast host, author, and musician. He is the creator and host of the podcast ''Disgraceland'', and author of the 2019 book ''Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuadudley/2019/09/30/disgraceland-by-jake-brennan-is-all-about-musicians-behaving-badly/?sh=17c83bf46bf4 |title='Disgraceland' By Jake Brennan Is All About Musicians Behaving Badly |last=Dudley |first= Joshua|date=September 30, 2019 |work= Forbes|access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Brennan is from Massachusetts and is the son of Boston-area musician Dennis Brennan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/02/20/musician-jake-brennan-lands-deal-for-his-true-crime-podcast-disgraceland/QtvjCAy7PcxpvT8yQ3Wy5M/story.html |title=Musician Jake Brennan lands deal for his true-crime podcast, 'Disgraceland'|last=Brown |first= Lillian|date=February 20, 2019 |newspaper= Boston Globe |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref>
==Career== ===Music=== Due to his father's musical background, Brennan became involved in music when he was 20, joining the punk/metal band Cast Iron Hike in 1994 and signing on to the Victory Records label. He stayed through multiple tours, two EPs, and an album release before leaving the band in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |last=McLennan |first=Scott |date=June 6, 2013 |title=Cast Iron Hike reunites |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/06/06/local-heroes-heavy-cast-iron-hike-reunite/QeOcat10um2H2rN6VEWrdN/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=October 30, 2022}}</ref> He went on to write and recorded music as a member of his own group, The Confidence Men, that he formed in 2001 with members including "drummer Rob Dulaney, guitarist Eric Barlow, keyboardist Scott Janovitz, and a bassist named Binky". They signed a record deal with the Jack of Hearts label run by Nashville music businessman Jack Emerson in 2003, with the aim to release their first album titled "Singer-Songriot" in early 2004. But Emerson's sudden death in December 2003 resulted in the album deal being cancelled. Instead, in April 2004, Brennan's band made a record deal with Yep Roc Records and Brennan also made a deal to release a solo album produced by Paul Q. Kolderie titled "Love and Bombs".<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderman |first=Joan |date=June 4, 2004 |title=Jake Brennan's roots lead to music |url=https://archive.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/06/04/jake_brennans_roots_lead_to_music?pg=full |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=October 30, 2022}}</ref>
By 2010, Brennan had joined a new band named Bodega Girls under the pseudonym Jacob Otis. They won that year's DJ/Electronic Act of the Year award in the Boston Music Awards and aimed to release their first album as an independent app for the iPhone. But Apple refused to allow the app to be approved for the device due to the competition it would bring to the iTunes store if musical artists released their music separately. Acquiescing, the band released their singles on iTunes and overall aimed for their music to be entirely digital and not available in physical CDs, with Brennan noting "We're trying to find a way to release our stuff that's innovative. Because who's even buying albums?"<ref>{{cite news |last=Caballero |first=Martin |date=February 3, 2010 |title=Apple's app-rehension doesn't slow Boston's Bodega Girls |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/02/03/apples-app-rehension-doesnt-slow-bostons-bodega-girls/ |work=Boston Herald |access-date=October 30, 2022}}</ref>
===Podcasting=== In 2020, Disgraceland received the Webby Award for Best Music Podcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2021/podcasts/general-series/music/177066/disgraceland |title='Disgraceland' Webby Page |last=Award |first= Webby|date=January 1, 2021 |publisher= Webby Awards |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref> In 2020, Disgraceland received the iHeart Radio Music Award for Best Podcast<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-01-17-2020-iheartradio-podcast-awards-full-list-of-winners/ |title=2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners |last=Marquina |first= Sierra|date=January 18, 2020 |publisher= iHeart Radio |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref> and in 2018 and 2019 Disgraceland was named to Apple Music Best-Of lists for podcasts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=March 10, 2020 |title='Disgraceland' Drama Series From Callie Khouri, Michael Lohmann & T Bone Burnett Based On Podcast In Works At Kapital Entertainment |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/disgraceland-drama-series-callie-khouri-michael-lohmann-t-bone-burnett-based-on-podcast-in-works-kapital-entertainment-1202878179/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 30, 2022}}</ref>
In 2018, Brennan co-founded Double Elvis, an audio company that has released the podcasts Dead and Gone<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/grateful-dead-true-crime-mystery-tenderfoot-tv-podcast-slate-1202969410/ |title=Grateful Dead Murder & Missing Persons Mystery Leads Tenderfoot TV Podcast Slate|last=White |first= Peter|date=June 25, 2020 |publisher= Deadline |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref> which Brennan co-created and co-hosts with true crime podcaster Payne Lindsey, as well as the 27 Club<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/jake-brennan-explores-dark-link-among-famed-musicians-in-new/article_37a50114-414f-11ea-97e8-135810e1d835.html |title=Jake Brennan Explores Dark Link Among Famed Musicians In New Podcast. | date=January 20, 2020 |publisher= Inside Radio |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref> and Blood On The Tracks <ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/double-elvis-iheartradio-phil-spector-narrative-podcast-series-1203010786/ |title='Disgraceland' Producer Double Elvis & iHeartRadio Team On Phil Spector Narrative Podcast Series|last=White |first= Peter|date=August 12, 2020 |publisher= Deadline |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref> podcasts, which he hosts and produces. Brennan has also served as executive producer on the podcast Dear Young Rocker<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/dear-young-rocker-podcast-television-adaptation-1202857140/ |title='Dear Young Rocker': Producers Eye Adapting Narrative Music Podcast Into 'My So Called Life'-Style Teen Drama|last=White |first= Peter|date=February 12, 2020 |publisher= Deadline |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref> and the fictional show, Here Comes The Break, that Double Elvis Productions co-produced with Def Jam Recordings.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hip-hop-podcast-here-comes-the-break-def-jam-artists/ |title=New Hip-Hop Podcast 'Here Comes the Break' to Shine Spotlight on Emerging Def Jam Artists|last=Eggertsen |first= Chris|date=November 9, 2020 |magazine= Billboard |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref>
Brennan created and hosted a spinoff of Disgraceland entitled "Badlands" which explores the lurid histories of celebrities and athletes in a single-voice narrative style that Brennan used previously.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/badlands-podcast-hollywoodland-season-1-trailer-1158350/ |title='Badlands' Podcast Explores Dark Side of Hollywood in Season 1 Trailer|last=Shaeffer |first= Claire|date=April 20, 2021 |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}</ref>
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