We're joined by Organized Meat to discuss Lou Reed's solo career. His electric shock therapy as a kid, The Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, The Factory, and nearly every solo album Reed released in his career.

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Time Stamps

00:00 Lou Reed Intro

15:30 Lou Reed's Childhood

21:08 Delmore Schwartz

26:40 The Velvet Underground/Andy Warhol

45:09 Transformer (1972) and David Bowie

50:42 Reed's sexuality

55:40 Berlin (1973)

01:04:38 Lou Reed Helps End Communism

01:10:35 Metal Machine Music (1975)

01:16:08 Relationship with Rachel Humphreys

01:18:23 Coney Island Baby (1976)

01:27:45 Street Hassle (1978)

01:37:40 The Blue Mask (1982)

01:45:20 New Sensations (1984)

01:52:53 Lou Reed and Jesse Jackson

01:55:07 Death of Andy Warhol

02:04:22 Lou Reed and Guns n' Roses

02:07:40 Ecstasy (2000) and more Lou Reed stories