Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

Meg tells of David Letterman’s ill fated morning show and how he enlisted Andy Kaufman to ensure it went up in flames. Jessica continues her look at Krishnacore and its impact as a haven for at-risk kids. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you f...

Meg delivers a trailer for Michael Cline’s memoir New York City Junky Days. Jessica teases next week’s episode about when the Hard Core scene collided with the Hare Krishnas.  Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and J...

Meg tracks down the origin story of the beloved birder and murder victim Francis Lee Rogers. Jessica tells the story of Darinka, the short lived but pioneering East Village experimental performance space. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you f...

Meg recounts the prosecution and defense arguments in the murder trial of Gail Collins Pappalardi. Jessica tells of how Dominique D’Anthony opened Harmony Burlesque and introduced the lap dance to TriBeCa. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you...

Meg tells the tale of Irwin Schiff, a giant guy with a big heart who wound up with a huge hole in his head. Jessica tunes in to Carl Bloat’s “New York Dance Stand” a New Wave take on Dick Clark’s infinitely tamer American Bandstand. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas...

Meg and Jessica put on their L’eggs pantyhose and “only at the office” slingbacks to enjoy the seminal feminist film 9 to 5. There was so much more going on than our ten-year-old selves knew! ❤️Dolly Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for li...

Happy 200th episode! Meg investigates the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. Jessica probes the origin story of the Shadowman, Richard Hambleton. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg and Jessica hearken back to Episode 1’s introduction to all things Channel J by watching the fantastic new documentary Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story. Filled with humor, heart and Robin’s irrepressible spirit, we give it highest marks! Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have...

Meg and Jessica school each other on all things New York from Shed Economy, The Basketball Diaries, Alexa Kenin, and Klaatu, to The Beach Pneumatic Transit, and, their favorite topics, pigeons and squirrels.  Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank y...

Meg and Jessica settle in to watch 1987’s After School Special “The Day My Kid Went Punk”. We attempt to make sense of it. We are not entirely successful. And yet… it is hilarious. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg...

Meg’s follow up story on the cult Eternal Values tells of Jacki Adams who blew the whistle on Freddy von Mierers. Jessica revisits Vito Bruno’s attempts to rebrand himself from a drug pushing club owner to senator. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE T...

Jessica and Meg interrupt their regularly scheduled programming to share things they love - and hope you’ll love them too. They also share one thing they each detest and invite you to feel equally incensed. No yums were yucked in the making of this show. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know...

Meg tells the storied, sordid history of the legendary Everard Baths. Jessica investigates the origin and impact of Yuppies and if they were, indeed, scum. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg revisits Sesame Street’s episode from Thanksgiving morning in 1983 where Big Bird learns to say goodbye. Jessica finds out that her beloved Lūchow’s closure in 1982 opened the door to over-the-top nights of disco revelry. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for sto...

Meg tells of Hoyt Richards’ life as a supermodel and loyal follower of oddball Frederick von Mierers. Jessica charts upstart gallerist Gracie Mansion’s path from Alphabet City to People Magazine fame. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for l...

Meg investigates the mysterious Upper West Side needle attacks of 1989. Jessica finds the nexus between novelty, news and nudity: Strip-o-Grams! Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg checks out Keith McNally’s collaboration with Nell Campbell and the birth of her eponymous 14th street boîte. Jessica immerses herself in the world of sexual art dynamo Kembra Pfahler and her terrifying creations. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HER...

Meg looks into Andy Warhol’s mid life crises and love affair with Jon Gould. Jessica tracks down the shady impresario who originated NY’s roving Outlaw parties. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg and Jessica get lost between the moon and New York City during their rewatch of the Dudley Moore and Sir John Gielgud love story. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg and Jessica revisit their tween angst by diving into Judy Blume’s iconic tale about periods, boobs, and God. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg uncovers the time when the Moral Majority tried to infiltrate New York City. Jessica gets lost in Sotheby’s catalogue for Andy Warhol’s tchotchkes and nicknacks.  Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank you for listening! Love, Meg and Jessica

Meg explores the Adventure Playgrounds in Central Park and how a Dane in the 1940s changed how NYC kids could blow off steam. Jessica celebrates the origins of the subway system and the arrival of the first “no graffiti” Japanese subway cars in NYC. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if yo...

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."  Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Thank...

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. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have a...

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. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HERE Tha...