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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
  • Adventure Play + Training Day

    Adventure Play + Training Day
    Apr 7 2026

    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.

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    49 mins
  • Return to Innocence + Broadway Mandela Effect

    Return to Innocence + Broadway Mandela Effect
    Mar 24 2026

    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."

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    57 mins
  • Women on Top + No Rock For You!

    Women on Top + No Rock For You!
    Mar 17 2026

    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.

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    54 mins
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