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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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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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49:15

Something Fishy + Captive Audience

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/01/28

Meg checks out the cult responsible for America’s love of sushi. Jessica explores Sing Sing inmate Miguel Piñero’s play Short Eyes and its rise to Broadway acclaim.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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56:00

The Marriage Plot + Dance Democracy

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/01/21

Meg learns the ways of Sun Myung Moon, the Unification Church, and his “Moonie” followers. Jessica revisits partying at Nell’s, the iconic club that welcomed all - as long as they paid the $10 cover.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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57:05

Gone Girls + Deep Dive

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/01/14

Meg learns how dedicated girlfriends discovered the identity of Joel Rifkin’s first victim. Jessica takes a tour of dive bars, and the communities they created, in the East Village circa 1986.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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45:36

Lost Boys + Grisly Griselda

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2025/01/07

Meg discovers the true story behind a Satanic Panic scare on Long Island. Jessica sniffs out the facts behind cocaine queenpin Griselda Blanco’s violent rise and fall.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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39:38

Remaster: Pilot Episode

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2024/12/31

Happy New Year! Revisit Meg and Jessica’s first episode ever: The Good Time Gal + Porno Pioneers, now available with advanced editing and sound quality.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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49:18

Juror Furor + Precocious Promoters

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2024/12/24

Meg finds out how the jury in the murder trial of Eric Smokes and David Warren got it so wrong. Jessica tracks how The Saint morphed from gay Shangri-La to a booze-free teen scene.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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57:04

Subterranean Blues + Shallow Throat

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2024/12/17

Meg investigates the incendiary story of the Weather Underground and their far leftist principles. Jessica reads into the absurd publishing industry brouhaha over John Ehrlichman’s tell-all “Witness to Power”.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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