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Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

By: Jessica Jones and Meg MacCary
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 Revisit the crime and culture of NYC in the '80s with BFF Gen-Xers Jessica and Meg.© 2023 Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition Social Sciences True Crime World
Episodes
  • Wire Hangers + Black Gloves

    Wire Hangers + Black Gloves
    Nov 11 2025

    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.

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    58 mins
  • FIELD TRIP #12 - Donna and Tara

    FIELD TRIP #12 - Donna and Tara
    Nov 4 2025

    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.

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    45 mins
  • Watch Party: Vampire’s Kiss

    Watch Party: Vampire’s Kiss
    Oct 28 2025

    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.

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    45 mins
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