Jilly Boel

Do the Twist! Learn about the ambitious musician Chubby Checker and also the horrifying app that came later. 

Did you read this book in high school? Were you an angsty teen? Do you like to make fun of metaphors while day drinking? Enjoy the painful literary masterpiece (of crap) that is Catcher in the Rye. 

Our sweet dumb dumb show is one year old! Enjoy our anniversary episode all about the piano man himself, Billy Joel! 

Learn all about the King of the Wild Frontier or at least the TV show from the 50s. Davy Crockett! 

This might be Ron Swanson's favorite movie, but we have some thoughts. Plus answer the age-old debate: which is the better movie, Bridge on the River Kwai or Paddington 2?

He might share a first name with a mouse but this man was larger than life. Mickey Mantle!

We're back from hiatus with the many loves of Billy Joel! We have a favorite and we're in a serious hunt to make her be our friend in real life.

Learn all about the Fyre Festival of cars, the Edsel!

Espionage reaches new levels and so does sibling rivalry with this episode all about the Rosenbergs.

Try not to "Cry" while you hear all about the influential one hit wonder Johnnie Ray.

If you think you love animals you probably don't love them as much as Doris Day who likely ended one of her marriages because she loved her dogs more than her husband. Woof.

Make sure you have a big bowl of pasta ready because this episode has nothing to do with pasta and everything to do with Italian composer Toscanini.

The title is not a typo, this is a behind the music story of the song. Get the skinny on what Billy actually thinks about his hit and where the idea generated. Also enjoy a cameo from Leslie Knope.

Prepare yourselves to stretch your brain and learn all about philosopher George Santayana. Actually not too much stretching, we still aren't sure we understand his philosophies. It's all just aesthetics and morals to me. *Attempt at a philosophy joke?

There would be no such thing as gossip if it wasn't for this dude, Walter Winchell. Get the hot scoop on the man who coined the term "frenemies".

We can't decide wether we are more afraid of space or primates but either way space monkeys are 1,000% more badass than either of us dummies. Thank you for your service, monkeys.

Please bear with us on this one, there are so many moving parts and again we are just two sweet dumb dumbs trying our BEST. If you like extremely complicated world conflicts that involve U.S. and Middle East relations, religion, and just a whole bunch of other intense events, this episode is for you.

It's our spooky-scary Halloween episode dedicated to the  1960 movie Psycho! Enjoy Emily's rendition of the theme music and discover Jamie's great fear of jump scares. Also settle a debate: do you wash your face in the shower or in the sink?

Wowzers. This guys life was bonkers and he is controversial as hell. Almost too topical to touch with a ten foot pole. Find out the shocking truth about JFK and Marilyn Monroe. Enjoy learning which city is Jamie and Emily's least favorite in Texas. One of those topics is more interesting than the other.

What is Dacron? Don't worry, it's not as terrifying as it sounds but it is probably all around you right now! BOO!

Swing your hips and pucker your lips because we're about to smooch you all with this short and sweet episode on HULA HOOPS! This episode has a plot twist you wont see coming that literally lead us on a quest involving a grave yard and a board game (but not the one you're thinking of).

Listen as we discuss the brilliant rebel composer Prokofiev. You don't even know it, but you actually know this guy if you attended elementary school. Hopefully you are more mature than we are and can contain yourselves at the word 'pianist'.

Do you love underdogs? Do stories of the human spirit make you tear up? Do you love the Rocky movies? Then gosh golly you need to listen to this week's episode all about Rocky Marciano! Sylvester Stallone's inspiration for his Rocky movies, Rocky Marciano's story is so good we can't believe it hasn't been made into a biopic yet.

Enjoy the thrilling conclusion of Marilyn Monroe. Warning: it's a bummer.

Part one of two all about the iconic Marilyn Monroe! Listen as Jamie tells Marilyn's beautiful but tragic story and enjoy Emily's inability to keep one person straight.

Join us in our pilot episode of Jilly Boel! Listen as Jamie and Emily explain the U-2 incident of 1960. Enjoy Emily's terrible pronunciation of several Russian names and maybe learn something? Subscribe and stay tuned for each episode as we cover every topic from Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire". Follow us on Instagram: Jillyboelpodcast and Twitter: @Jillyboelpod and find our group on Facebook!