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Episode one is an overview of the series from Billie's early years in Baltimore, continuing through her life, and diving into her last recordings and tragic early death at the age of 44.

Exploring Billie Holiday's evolving approach to her favorite songs.

Before he became a huge star on Chess Records in Chicago, Howlin' Wolf was a local celebrity in Memphis, recording with Sam Phillips. Matt The Cat spins Wolf's demo acetates and much more.

In stressful times, what if the key to mental and emotional well-being was not a mystery, but a set of daily, accessible practices that you could start today?

A deep dive into the remarkable career of Ray Charles, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is still clearly felt today.

This special explores the mental health needs of people serving in the military, and of veterans. We hear about how combat and non-combat military duty can impact mental health.

This episode features comments by the many friends Billie Holiday knew and worked with along with comments by contemporary musicians and others who have been influenced by her and, of course, selections from her historic recordings.

Billie Holiday experienced racism throughout her life, parental misguidance, marital problems and partner abuse, substance abuse, law enforcement scrutiny, a year in prison and more. These troubles come to light in this episode.

In this final episode, we hear tribute recordings to Billie Holiday by contemporary singers and one pianist who made comments and observations throughout the series.

This episode discusses Louis Armstrong's influence on Billie, her early touring days as the only woman in the bands that she had worked with.