Lesser Known Characters

About Lesser Known Characters

Shapel Lacey and Joel Jimenez go on a journey with each guest, learning about their lives through their musical choices. We ask everything from songs guests play in their car to the songs they play at the gym, songs that remind them of love, sadness, youth and more. Join us every Monday! You can also watch the podcast on Youtube!

Publisher

Joel Jimenez & Shapel Lacey

Category

comedy · comedy · music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

10 May 2023

Latest episode

18 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

10 of 120 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 118 - Reggae Music

2. 

   11 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 117 - Pop Music

   This week we take a deep dive into some of our favorite pop music and hear some insane stories from our fans about their favorite pop artists. You don't want to miss the Ricky Martin tale for the ages.

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   4 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ep 116 - Weekend Concerts

   Joel and Shapel had a crazy past week of concerts and sit down to recap all of the shows both in America and in London.

Inside a recent episode

Ep 118 - Reggae Music

Published 18 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I get it. In high school, because I'm such a deep diver, I would get annoyed when I brought up that I liked Reagan. People would be like, yeah, Bob Marley. And I was like, at a certain point, I hated Bob Marley. So that was the thing too. A lot of them didn't know any other artists. Yeah. They just wear the Bob Marley shirt where like half his head is a lion. And it's like, so it's like, I'm like, Bob Marley's the only thing of that genre. Yeah. Nah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like, it's like, there's gotta be, there's gotta be more. He can't be the only thing. No. You know. He was the godfather. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

321,616

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

34 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

40 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85