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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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45:10

Separated at Death + MLK Gets His Day

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2024/01/09

Meg explores the discreet gay bars of Sutton Place and finds a Staten Island interloper, Richard Rogers, The Last Call Killer. Jessica remembers the establishment of MLK Jr. Day and the proud New Yorkers who helped make it 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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54:38

Not Your Buddy + Madonna Saves MTV

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/12/19

Meg investigates the love triangle that left Jack Tupper dead and Buddy Jacobson on the lam. Jessica reveals MTV’s true origins and how, as with so much, it’s all about Madonna. 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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45:07

Swinger Cesspool + Goodbar/Bad Bar

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/12/12

Meg checks out the 60 person jacuzzi and meatball buffet at Plato's Retreat. Jessica examines how Looking for Mr. Goodbar became a litmus test for sexism thanks to an introspective detective.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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42:29

Good Sex! + Who Needs Writers?

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/12/05

Meg seeks advice from America's favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Jessica goes down a writers' strike rabbit hole and ends up on Night Flight and... COPS?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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52:38

Trash TV + Thanksgiving Lobster

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/11/28

Meg watches Geraldo Rivera get his comeuppance for giving a platform to Neo-Nazis. Jessica finds an unexpected musical guest at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.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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45:25

Special Episode - The Yorkville of Our Youth

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/11/14

Meg and Jessica read stories shared by our Yorkvillian listeners who spent, and misspent, their formative years in Yorkville, tucked between East 79th and East 96th, between 3rd and the East River.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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49:58

The Theater Kid + Queen of the Night

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/11/07

Meg walks in the footsteps of Caroline Rose Isenberg on the night of her Upper West Side attack. Jessica visits Morgan Fairchild at her favorite haunts: Flamingo Road, Falcon Crest, Dallas, and all the best nightime soaps.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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54:06

FIELD TRIP #7 - Guy Richards Smit

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/10/31

Meg and Jessica dive into the mosh pit of Guy Richards Smit’s days as a NY teen on the punk scene, and his current incarnation as a New Yorker cartoonist. 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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51:22

Staten Fright-Land + the shame... THE SHAME

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/10/24

Meg hunts down Andre Rand, the real life bogeyman of Staten Island. Jessica learns how yuppies were tormented by the gift that kept on giving: the scarlet H(erpes)!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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38:16

FIELD TRIP #6 - Travis Myers

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/10/17

Meg and Jessica prowl the streets with Travis Myers, an actual 84th Street Bomber, and earn their Yorkville stripes.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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50:16

Bear Trauma + You Can't Have It All

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/10/10

Meg visits Gus, the neurotic and beloved polar bear at The Central Park Zoo. Jessica takes Helen Gurley Brown to task for perpetuating the myth of the superwoman.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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56:15

Artist Interrupted + Bowzer and Brian

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/10/03

Meg investigates the rape and murder of avant-garde feminist artist Theresa Cha. Jessica discovers the unlikely connection between Sha Na Na and Brian Eno.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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50:21

Drinks with Uncle Charlie + Beyond Belief

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/09/26

Meg goes to the Village's beloved gay club Uncle Charlie's and discovers all kinds of drama. Jessica reveals the intersection of real estate and religion at the Carnegie Hill mosque and The Watchtower. 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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55:58

Mystery Men + Aerobicize!

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/09/19

Meg investigates two murders in the neighborhood. Jessica skips the gym and goes straight to Body Design by Gilda.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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51:05

Special Child + Disco Queen of 66th

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/09/12

Meg travels to Hart Island, the largest potter's field in the United States and final resting place of the first baby to die of AIDS. Jessica snags a ticket to Here Lies Love, meets up with Imelda Marcos at the disco, and checks out the rest of her corrupt Manhattan 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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55:45

Horace Mann Horror + Battery Powered Art

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/09/05

Meg reports on the decades of rampant sexual abuse that haunted the prestigious Horace Mann School. Jessica takes a tour of the amber waves of grain that once was Battery Park.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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42:19

Nora + The Masons

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/08/01

Meg reads into Nora Ephron's sweetest (and legendary) revenge: Heartburn. Jessica decodes the connection between Nicolas Cage, the Freemasons, and... her own grandfather.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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46:43

Basia + Mary Lea

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/07/25

Meg tells the twisted tale of two women at the heart of the bitter Johnson & Johnson estate battle: Basia Johnson and Mary Lea Johnson Richards. Jessica is properly appalled and perks herself back up by naming our new mixer.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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48:04

The King of Queens + Dinner Theater

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/07/11

Meg investigates the corruption and drama that defined Donald Manes' short life. Jessica dines at The Quilted Giraffe and gets a good look at its clientele of American Psychos.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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50:04

Bye Bye Baby + American Food Fight

Desperately Seeking the "80s: NY Edition ·

2023/07/04

Meg tracks down three babies who were snatched out of NYC hospitals in the 80s. Jessica chows down on restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton's 1983 manifesto against American nouvelle cuisine.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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