Jordan Runtagh

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  • Jordan Runtagh is an executive podcast producer at iHeartRadio, where he hosts a slate of pop culture shows including Too Much Information, Inside the Studio, Off the Record and Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds.
  • Previously, he served as a music editor at PEOPLE and VH1.com. He's written about art and entertainment for more than a decade, regularly contributing to outlets like Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, and appearing as a guest on radio and television.
  • Over the course of his career, he's profiled the surviving Beatles, Brian Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Roger Waters, David Byrne, Pete Townshend, Debbie Harry, Quincy Jones, Brian May, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Taylor and many more.
  • A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he lives in Brooklyn, where he can be found DJing '60s soul records.

About PEOPLE

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Latest from Jordan Runtagh

Olivia Rodrigo in 2011 competing in The Boys & Girls Club Idol at the Rotary Club of Old Town Temeluca
Before She Spilled Her Guts and Got Sour: Photos of a Young Olivia Rodrigo's Rise to Fame
Frank Sinatra
The Strange Saga of 'My Way': How It Revived Frank Sinatra, Crushed David Bowie and Sparked a Murder Spree
band "The Beach Boys" pose for a portrait with a vintage station wagon in August 1962
The Beach Boys Look Back on Their Story of Survival in New Doc (Exclusive)
Photo of Elvis PRESLEY and VENUES and GRACELAND
Elvis Presley's Graceland: 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Legendary Home
The Beatles & film crew-Apple rooftop-Jan 30 1969
Let It Be at Last: Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg on the Long Redemption of His Controversial Beatles Doc (Exclusive)
David Bowie Backstage at Lewisham, London, making up for a Ziggy Stardust concert with members of the band visible, reflected in the mirror.
David Bowie's Hairdresser Details Sex, Betrayal Behind Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust in New Memoir
Jakob-Nowell-Sublime
Late Sublime Frontman Bradley Nowell's Son Jakob on Joining the Band: 'This Is My Family' (Exclusive)
the matrix poster
The Matrix at 25: All the Stars Who Rejected Roles and More Facts About the Action Classic
Paul McCartney and John Lennon hold their guitars while on the set of The Ed Sullivan Show
Remembering John Lennon and Paul McCartney's Last Recording Together — Four Years After the Beatles’ Split
Warhol Superstar Candy Darlling photographed in 1971 the year 'Women in Revolt' was released.
Candy Darling: The Last Days of the Warhol Superstar and LGBTQ+ Icon
American television host Ed Sullivan (center) smiles as he stands, with the members of British rock group the Beatles, on the set of his television variety series, 'The Ed Sullivan Show' at CBS's Studio 50, New York, New York, February 9, 1964.
She Saw Them Standing There: Beatles Fan Recalls Witnessing the Band's Historic Ed Sullivan Set Live (Exclusive)
10 landmark Black albums turning 50 this year.
The Sound of '74: 10 Landmark R&B Albums Turning 50 This Year
AJ CROCE sings Croce at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach.
A.J. Croce Talks Connecting with Singer Dad Jim's Legacy 50 Years After Fatal Plane Crash (Exclusive)
carter-family
Carter Family Woes: The Music Clan's Troubled History
BRENDA LEE’S SONG “ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE” HITS NO. 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME
Brenda Lee Reflects on Her Record-Breaking No. 1 Hit 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' (Exclusive)
 John Lennon, Mal Evans, and Paul McCartney backstage at Munich’s Circus-Krone-Bau
New Bio of Beatles Roadie Mal Evans Uncovers Last Known Photo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney Together (Exclusive)
The Beatles during a photo session in London, 28 July 1968
Inside the Last Beatles Song: How 'Now and Then' Brought the Fab Friends Together One Final Time (Exclusive)
Bruce Springsteen Book Signing For "Born To Run"
Bruce Springsteen's Kids Aren't Exactly His Superfans: 'They'd Be Blank-Faced If Someone Mentioned a Song of Mine'
American R&B and Pop singer Tina Turner performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, September 12, 1987.
Queen of Rock 'n' Roll Tina Turner Dead at 83 After 'Long Illness': Rep
George and Tammy rollout
George Jones' Daughter Says They 'Began Mending' Their Relationship After Mom Tammy Wynette's Death
Pattie Boyd
Pattie Boyd — Legendary Muse for George Harrison and Eric Clapton — Reframes Her Life in Rock and Roll
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Pattie Boyd Recalls Poignant Final Meeting with Former Husband George Harrison Shortly Before His 2001 Death
Revolver Special Edition
The Magic Circle: Why The Beatles' 'Revolver' Is a Monument to the Collaborative Spirit
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 17: Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame 2022 inductees presented by CMA at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on May 17, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
'Great Balls of Fire' Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis Dead at 87