Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition
Revisit the crime and culture of NYC in the '80s with BFF Gen-Xers Jessica and Meg.
Podcasting since 2022 • 172 episodes
Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition
Latest Episodes
The More We Know: Volume 2
Meg and Jessica school each other on Page Six greatness including snippets about the Sutton Place Christmas tree wars, Saul Steinberg's epic 50th birthday bash, Leona Helmsley's bizarre exercise habits, and the most macabre field trip New York ...
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Season 1
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Episode 172
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27:49
Bad Defense + U.S.S. Westie
Meg tells the tale of mob lawyer Barry Slotnik who found himself on the wrong side of a baseball bat. Jessica discovers how the Hell’s Kitchen Westies funneled millions out of the U.S.S. Intrepid Museum.
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Season 1
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Episode 171
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42:23
The More We Know: Volume 1
Meg and Jessica school each other on Michael Kors, the origin of The Big Apple, pigeon pee, John Lennon’s alien sighting, prison ferries, the Harlem tiger, the rules of dodge ball, and West Side Cowboys.
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Season 1
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Episode 170
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35:18
Killing Fields + Kooks Against Kink
Meg dives into The Killing Fields of East New York by Stacy Horn and uncovers the roots of the downfall of a Brooklyn neighborhood. Jessica tells of the time the moral majority and radical feminists got in bed together to legislate against porn...
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Season 1
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Episode 169
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50:09
Wire Hangers + Black Gloves
Meg revisits Christina Crawford’s Mommie Dearest, the first of many “tell-all memoirs exposing the rough childhoods of Old Hollywood’s nepo babies. Jessica gets the skinny on Gloria Swanson’s appearance at the New School and why the venue was j...
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Season 1
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Episode 168
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57:51