PODCAST

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition

Jessica Jones and Meg MacCary

Revisit the crime and culture of NYC in the "80s with BFF Gen-Xers Jessica and Meg.

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53:45

Wicked WASPS + Jam on Wry

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/07/01

Meg tells the sordid tale of Iris Sawyer’s downfall at the hands of Tom and Nan Kempner - the original social X-Ray. Jessica investigates the protest group Gypsies Against Stereotypical Propaganda and their unexpected motivations.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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59:27

Pain Mismanagement + Who Lives Like This?

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/06/24

Meg looks into the death of Diane Ellsworth, one of the many copy cat medicinal poisonings following the Tylenol Murders. Jessica questions the many puzzling commentaries on gender, real estate, and the NYPD in 1987’s blockbuster Three Men and a Baby.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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44:06

Watch Party: Moonlighting

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/06/03

Jessica and Meg take a look back at the pilot episode of one of their favorite shows, Moonlighting, and discuss just what made it so great. Or so very, very weird! Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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43:33

Invisible Women + The Chosen

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/05/27

Meg tells of how sculptress Barbara G. Cohn Bisgyer brought down a crime ring. Jessica introduces “The Door”: the ultimate arbiters of club life.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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47:54

A Watch to Die For + We Saw It Coming

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/05/20

Meg discovers the violent birth of Canal Street as a Mecca for counterfeit luxury goods. Jessica dredges up more dirt on slumlord Trump and why NYC still says “we told you so”.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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48:39

In Search of + Proto-Strollerati

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/05/13

Meg retraces her epic quest along Madison Avenue in 1980, searching for the perfect birthday gift. Jessica discusses the mini Baby Boom of the 80s and the emergence of the first Stroller Warriors.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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53:28

From Cuba with Love + One Day at a Time

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/05/06

Meg tells how Mariel Boatlift refugee Abel Mendez’s unlikely friends made his American Dream come true. Jessica explains how Reagan’s trickle down economics gave birth to the clock-watching office temp. Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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38:12

Kidnapped??? + Show Her the Funny

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/04/29

Meg investigates the multiple kidnappings of Curtis Sliwa, founder of The Guardian Angels. Jessica discovers the year women in comedy turned the tide…for themselves: 1983.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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49:05

Insanity Distress + Pinheads Unite!

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/04/22

Meg finds the cracks Adam Berwid fell through thanks to changes in NY State mental health laws. Jessica checks out Steve Epstein's midtown Mecca for pinball wizards: Broadway Arcade.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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42:08

Partners in Crime + Poison Pens

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/04/15

Meg traces the link between the murder of Johnny Pius and the Long Island Serial Killer. Jessica revels in the artistry of savage theater reviews and the unlikely phenomenon of UES ska.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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39:19

NOKD + Break On Through

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/04/08

Meg explains the wildly exclusionary practices of co-op boards and their unspoken policy of NOKD (not our kind, dear). Jessica eulogizes Val Kilmer, the chameleon actor who ruled the 80s with his roles in Top Gun, Top Secret, and Real Genius.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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45:14

Take a Hike + Delivering with Love

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/04/01

Meg hears of Ed Koch’s favorite moment in history: the Transit Strike of 1980. Jessica visits one of the rare triangle buildings in the city which has always existed to help New Yorkers in need. PLUS Meg and Jessica discuss Cynthia Weiner’s novel about a girl coming of age in NYC in the ‘80s: A Gorgeous Excitement.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you

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56:56

Remaster: A Very Special Episode Pt 2

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/03/25

Revisit Meg and Jessica's continued discussion of the Central Park murder of Jennifer Levin by Robert Chambers. Part 2 of 2.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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62:58

Remaster: A Very Special Episode Pt 1

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/03/18

Revisit Meg and Jessica's most requested story: the Central Park murder of Jennifer Levin by Robert Chambers. Part 1 of 2.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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53:36

Predatory Politician + Suggestive Highballs

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/03/11

Meg delves deep into Democratic Congressman Frederick Richmond’s dirty deeds. Jessica reveals the sexual hype behind 80s cocktails and is appalled by a Slippery Nipple.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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49:37

Magyar Murders + Diana's Downpour

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/03/04

Meg tours Tudor City and investigates the deaths of Hungarian émigrés George Senty and Piroska Lantos. Jessica marvels at Diana Ross making the show go on in Central park during a hurricane.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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41:11

Dark Academia + Six Degrees of S&M

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/02/25

Meg investigates the twisted tale of lemur enthusiast Professor John Buettner-Janusch. Jessica follows the star-studded origins of the club hit The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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56:23

Nowhere in Nantucket + Cruel to be Kind

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/02/18

Meg investigates the baffling disappearance of Columbia Presbyterian researcher, Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne. Jessica muses about the allure of the powerful woman and the dominatrix who lived upstairs.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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56:06

Southampton Sorrows + Power Punk Girls

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/02/11

Meg hears all about actress Melonie Haller’s treacherous weekend in Southampton. Jessica tracks teen rockers the Lunachicks as they stir up NYC after dark.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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53:55

Crack Confusion + Price of Beauty

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/02/04

Meg weeds through what and who was behind the murder of police officer Eddie Byrne in South Jamaica, Queens. Jessica takes us on a tour through the history of plastic surgery via Jocelyn Wildenstein’s addiction to face fixing.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

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