About this episode

The episode celebrates the greatest fictional musical acts in movies and TV, featuring awards for songs, performances, and band names.

Jo is joined by Hrishikesh Hirway and Jessica McKenna to celebrate the greatest fictional musical acts in movies and TV. They hand out awards for the best songs, performances, band names, and more, plus a quick check-in on the upcoming season of ‘The Vampire Lestat.’ (00:00) Intro (05:45) Lestat Lestat Lestat Lestat (25:03) Fictional Bands Hall of Fame (01:30:26) The Potential Nominees Explore the exclusive collection at ⁠⁠Target.com⁠⁠ Host: Joanna Robinson Guest: Hrishikesh Hirway and Jessica McKenna Producers: Cameron Dinwiddie and Scott Lee Studio Production: Jacob Cornett Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Joanna Robinson

Guests: Hrishikesh Hirway, Jessica McKenna

Topics covered

• fictional bands
• music in movies
• TV shows
• awards
• The Vampire Lestat

Keywords

• fictional bands
• music awards
• TV music
• The Vampire Lestat
• film music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Vampire Lestat, Target

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