Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

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. 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...

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. 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...

Meg investigates the stunning killing of Exeter graduate Edmund Perry on Morningside Drive. Jessica goes deep on the urban myth of Richard Gere and an unucky gerbil. 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 rewatch 1984’s iconic mermaid romp Splash: a fairytale that examines true love and demands a major suspension of disbelief. We recommend! 5 stars. 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 tells Jessica about the rise and fall of Pee Wee Herman: the avant-garde art scene, Paul Rubens' uncompromising artistic vision, and the Wild West world of Saturday morning cartoons. 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!...

Meg looks into the controversy over Garry Gross’ photographs of a nude ten year old Brooke Shields. Jessica has harsh words for the juvenile justice system’s response to the War on Drugs. 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! Lov...

Meg tells of how Joseph Porto and his lawyer Barry Slotnick defended his murder of Kathleen Holland. Jessica introduces artist/No Wave innovator Klaus Nomi who inspired Bowie, Hedwig and more. 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...

Meg and Jessica school each other on wintry New York ghosts that haunt The Palace Theatre and The Ear Inn, plus fun facts about the bird population of Central Park, Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village, and the very first murder in New York. 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...

Meg uncovers how Larry Kramer and Rudy Giuliani made strange bedfellows in their attempts to besmirch Ed Koch. Jessica goes deep on how The Kitchen art collective used the Staten Island Ferry to spread the Hip Hop revolution. 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 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 had to offer. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LOVE to hear from you!...

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. 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 fo...

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. 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 fo...

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. 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 ha...

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 just as ready for its close-up as its guest. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We'd LO...

Meg meets up with Donna Kaz and her friend Tara who survived working swing shifts waiting tables at The Saloon, the massive bistro near Lincoln Center which featured roller skating staff, abusive bosses, and occasional Baryshnikov sightings. 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 watch Nicolas Cage chew the scenery in this 1988 cult bloody comedy that has less to do with “real” vampires and more to do with the horrors of loneliness and male entitlement. 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...

Meg invites Brian Dennis to read his photo essay about his traumatic encounter with Richard Dupont, the notorious grifter who got even with Roy Cohn. 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 welcomes BFF Travis Myers and discusses the heart breaking story of the killing of Eleanor Bumpurs. Travis tells Meg about his time as a police officer and one day on the job that could have been his last. 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 tells BFF David Levine the insane story behind the only Korean Deli on Park. David tells tales of the summer he worked for a certain real estate tycoon. 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 welcomes Guy Richards Smit to the podcast and recounts the antics and offenses of Imus in the Morning. Guy recalls the perks of being a kid in the city: the practice rooms, the museums, and a grandmother who took him to R rated movies. 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...

Meg reminds BFF Alex of Flaming Pablum about the dangers of their childhood neighborhood: the Upper East Side. Alex tells of how the Shadowman and Zephyr graffiti, punk band Modern Clix, and famed Cortlandt Alley ended up on the cover of one of the most celebrated Argentine albums of all time. Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook , and... WRITE US A REVIEW HERE We&ap...

BFF Cynthia Weiner joins Meg for a WATCH PARTY of When Harry Met Sally, the classic fall New York rom com that gave us "pesto is the quiche of the 80s," "someone is staring at you in personal growth," and, of course, "men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way." Please check out our website , follow us on Instagram , on Facebook ,...

Meg tells BFF Kevin of Malt and Mold about gin mills and SROs along the Bowery. Kevin brings a growler of Oktoberfest and tells of how Brooklyn Brewery brought craft beer back to New York. 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! Lo...

Meg explains governor Hugh Carey’s whirlwind romance and marriage to a woman of many secrets. Jessica revisits A Confederacy of Dunces on the day of its shocking Pulitzer win. 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 reveals how Playboy ruined Ed Koch’s run for governor. Jessica remembers the syringe scare that emptied local beaches on the hottest summer on record. 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