Debut Buddies

Debut Buddies

Nate Ragolia, Chelsea Hollander, Kelly Attaway

Episodes 293
Avg. Duration 1h 23m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (37)
Since Oct 2018
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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About This Podcast

This is a fortnightly podcast about firsts, exploring the initial offerings in an artist’s catalogue, the first forays in a medium, the first season, first book, first video game… Well, you get the idea. Firsts! Hosted by Kelly Attaway, Chelsea Hollander, and Nate Ragolia. ***Ep 1 - 200, this was the comedy/trivia podcast, A Vague Idea.

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First Soybean Car (1941)

Mar 23, 2026 1h 30m

In the year of Our Ford, 1941... in Dearborn, Michigan, a 78-year old Henry took an ax to the trunk of his new car. Why? SOYBEANS! We dig into the prototype soybean car that never was, and consider a…

First Graffiti (200 AD)

Mar 09, 2026 1h 54m

Graffiti goes back A LONG TIME... Is it all vandalism? Street art? Religious artifact? Historical cultural record? The answer is all of that and more! We survey graffiti from its (possibly) childish…

First Mamma Mia! Sequel (2018)

Feb 23, 2026 1h 40m

Ten years after the original Mamma Mia! a sequel appeared... and Here We Go Again! Oh, and luckily for us, we watched them within just about 1 year of each other, give or take. We're back and…

First Elected Animal (1922)

Feb 09, 2026 1h 44m

In 1915, a future leader of men, Bode Ioiô, arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil. Just seven years later, he became a legend. A political goat legend! We dive into the first elected animal and some of the…

First Time Travel (1944, 1968)

Jan 26, 2026 2h 4m

Whether it was a cheesesteak mishap or time traveling tots, on this episode we explore the two earliest "non-fictional" accounts of time travel, one by alleged witness and one by alleged participant,…

First Film Directed by Tim Robbins / Jack Black's First Film Role (1992)

Jan 12, 2026 1h 58m

The year is 1992, the film is Bob Roberts... a political mockumentary satire. The director, first-time filmmaker (and star) Tim Robbins. And it's also the first film role for a lovable gent named…

First Chainsaw Man Episode/Season (2022)

Dec 29, 2025 2h 15m

Gentle listeners, start your engines... that you have inside you... because you are a special kind of fiend who's contracted with the Chainsaw Devil. We're discussing the premiere episode of the…

First Presidential Convention Held in Arkansas (1931)

Dec 15, 2025 2h 17m

The first time a presidential convention was held in Arkansas was in 1931 and it's never happened again since. Sound like a nothing-burger? You're wrong! This is a major something-burger because…

First Gmail (1997)

Dec 01, 2025 1h 40m

It's time to dive into the history of Gmail... but it didn't start with Google at all... In fact, it started very differently... Purrfectly, some might say. On this episode we discuss the strange…

First Film Directed by Cameron Crowe (1983)

Nov 17, 2025 1h 54m

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked this podcast around some! This episode we're talking about Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, the 1983 directorial debut for Cameron Crowe, and lovely…

First Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960)

Nov 03, 2025 2h 3m

You've heard of stars in the sky... but stars in the S I D E W A L K!? What!? We explore the origins of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and dig into the subject of its first star. Also, Chelsea's back,…

First Credit Card (1950)

Oct 20, 2025 2h 1m

Imagine, you've taken your clients out to an unforgettable luncheon and... *pat* *pat* *pat*... you don't have your wallet, or any cash, or even your checkbook! How mortifying!? Whatever will you do?…

First Independent Kesha Record / First Crossover with In Defense of Kesha (2025) with Kylan Savage and Valentine Hellman

Oct 06, 2025 2h 36m

We only podcast when we're happy and we're podcasting right now! Kylan Savage and Valentine Hellman (hosts of the In Defense of Kesha podcast) guest for a special extra long ep where we experience…

First Baz Luhrmann Film (1992)

Sep 22, 2025 1h 51m

Before Romeo + Juliet... Before Moulin Rouge!... Before Elvis... One Baz Luhrmann film started it all by being his FIRST... And that film is titled Strictly Ballroom. It's a charming and delightful…

First Comedy Central Presents (1998)

Sep 08, 2025 1h 55m

Comedy Central Presents ran for 15 season, amassing 283 episodes, but it all started on December 1, 1998 when Wanda Sykes(-Hall, at the time) took the stage to talk oral sex, Bill Clinton, O.J., big…

"First," the Internet Comments Section Meme (1997)

Aug 25, 2025 1h 57m

Remember the old days of the internet when you went to a website from your bookmarks, read an article or review or essay or story, and then made your way down to the comments, where a rational and…

First James Gunn Superman Movie (2025)

Aug 11, 2025 2h 7m

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a podcast! We burst into the feed with a special episode on the First James Gunn Superman Movie, 2025's Superman! We also want to know what you've done with the dog!…

First Anime Film to Win an Oscar (2001) with Matt Mayes

Jul 28, 2025 2h 17m

Don't. Eat. Their. Food. Who doesn't love an abandoned amusement park? What's so stinky about a stink spirit? When will No Face find a friend? Can Chihiro make it back home or will she remain,…

First Baseball Walk-Up Song (1970, 1992)

Jul 14, 2025 1h 44m

For generations, the only sounds at a Major League ballpark were the crowd, the crack of the bat, or the slap of a ball smacking a glove. Then in 1941, we got organs, and an historical journey began.…

First Roddy Piper Lead Movie Role (1988)

Jun 30, 2025 2h

It began with a disagreement, and it led to the near total decimation of life on Earth. Those who survived hoped to rebuild society, but they faced foes in the forms of sterility and mutant…

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