Meg revisits the optimistic early days of Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince’s musical Merrily We Roll Along. Jessica investigates the origins of the apocryphal ad “it was better than Cats, better than E.T." 

Meg introduces the queen of the clitoris, Shere Hite, and her rough ride in gender politics. Jessica tells of New York’s quest to get federal funding by raising the drinking age to 21 and effectively shuttering small rock 'n roll clubs.

Meg and Jessica discuss The CBGB Conspiracy by Gabriel Rotello, a twisting and turning whodunnit set in the East Village in 1977. Written with meticulous detail about the people, places, and intrigues of the day.

Meg tells of Bill Zanker’s disastrous marketing scheme to promote The Learning Annex. Jessica ponders how Merrily We Roll Along went from flop to runaway hit forty years later.

Meg discovers an NYC beach culture she never knew and Peter Stein, the David Hasselhoff of Far Rockaway. Jessica goes behind the velvet rope at Studio 54’s last glorious night.