<p>As Ben Blackwell says this season, 2000 is a crucial year of connections for Jack and Meg White. One of those connections was the greatest radio DJ of all time. Another was the first member of The White Stripes' "team" — someone who would set them on a collision course with industry heavyweights later in the year.</p>

As Ben Blackwell says this season, 2000 is a crucial year of connections for Jack and Meg White. One of those connections was the greatest radio DJ of all time. Another was the first member of The White Stripes' "team" — someone who would set them on a collision course with industry heavyweights later in the year.

S2 E1: The Wind Is Blowing

By 2001, The White Stripes were no longer Detroit’s best-kept secret. They were on the edge of something seismic. "White Blood Cells" would catapult Jack and Meg White from indie darlings to what some were calling the saviors of rock, reshaping modern music in the process.

Produced by No Smiling and Third Man Records, the upcoming Season 3 of Striped dives into this pivotal era. Through archival material, unheard stories, and firsthand accounts from those who lived it, Peabody-winning journalist Sean Cannon traces how The White Stripes went from a local buzz band to a worldwide phenomenon.

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By 2001, The White Stripes were no longer Detroit’s best-kept secret. They were on the edge of something seismic. "White Blood Cells" would catapult Jack and Meg White from indie darlings to what some were calling the saviors of rock, reshaping modern music in the process. Produced by No Smiling and Third Man Records, the upcoming Season 3 of Striped dives into this pivotal era. Through archival material, unheard stories, and firsthand accounts from those who lived it, Peabody-winning journalist Sean Cannon traces how The White Stripes went from a local buzz band to a worldwide phenomenon.

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