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361Sammy and Dino Episode 5: A Serious Man
After the breakup of Martin and Lewis, Dino has to figure out how to stand on his own as a solo act....
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Sammy and Dino Episode 6: The Rat Pack
In the early 40s, both Dean and Sammy idolized Frank Sinatra. 20 years later, they became Sinatra’s cohorts in the Rat Pack,...
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Sammy and Dino Episode 7: Yes I Can
Released in 1965, Sammy Davis Jr.’s autobiography became an instant classic, one of the most dynamic celebrity memoirs ever published and a...
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Sammy and Dino Episode 8: Generation Gap
In the mid-1960s, 47 year-old Dean Martin proves he’s still got it by knocking the Beatles off the top of the pop...
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Porno Chic and The Brief Heyday of X Ratings (Erotic 80s Part 1) — You Must Remember This
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Here in 2022, there is more public conversation about the nuances of human...
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Richard Gere and American Gigolo (Erotic 80s Part 3) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Film Reviews: American Gigolo, Variety, Jan 30, 1980 American Gigolo, Films in Review, March 1980, Vol 31 Iss 3...
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MTV Aesthetics, Flashdance and Risky Business (Erotic 80s Part 6) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Hollywood Animal by Joe Esterhas They Can Kill You But They Can’t Eat You by Dawn Steel Imagining the...
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“Vioporn,” Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan by J. Hoberman Altered States by Ken Russell Double...
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9 ½ Weeks, Mickey Rourke & Zalman King (Erotic 80s Part 9) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources:Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair by Elizabeth McNeill Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story,...
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Kevin Costner, Sean Young, No Way Out & Bull Durham (Erotic 80s Part 11) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: A Breakthrough Role in `No Way Out’: Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. 09 Aug 1987 NO WAY OUT...
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Rob Lowe and James Spader (Erotic 80s Part 12) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the...
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Porn, Feminism & the folly of NC-17 (Erotic 90s, Part 1) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Burning Desires: Sex in America. Part One: The World’s First Safe-Sex Orgy” by Steve Chapple and David Talbot, Playboy,...
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Pretty Woman, Sleeping with the Enemy and Julia Roberts in the early 90s (Erotic 90s, Part 2) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Steel Magnolia: Julia Roberts” by Sheryl Kornman, Vogue, Sept 1988 “Julia Roberts: She’s Fahn” by Jack Olsen, Village View,...
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Thelma & Louise (Erotic 90s, Part 4) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources:“Living: Onward, Women! The Superwoman Is Weary, The Young Are Complacent, But Feminism Is Not Dead. And, Baby, There’s Still...
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Basic Instinct (Erotic 90’s, Part 6) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources:“The Letter That’s Shaking Hollywood by Nina J. Easton, LA Times, Oct. 19, 1989 “Carolco Buys Joe Eszterhas Script for...
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Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle and Damage (Erotic 90’s, Part 7) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources:A Fine Romance and Knock Wood by Candice Bergen Malle on Malle, edited by Philip French, by Louis Malle Louis...
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Red Shoe Diaries and sex on TV in the 90s. (Erotic 90’s, Part 9)
While the MPAA’s confusing and hypocritical ratings decisions were leaving filmmakers flummoxed in the early 90s, cable TV was opening up new...
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Sex, Erotica and Body of Evidence (Erotic 90’s, Part 10) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Madonna — Finally, a Real Feminist” by Camille Paglia, NYTimes, Dec. 14, 1990 Madonna Video Will Steam Up Stores...
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The Last Seduction, Disclosure, & Fear of the Female Boss (Erotic 90’s, Part 13) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Home” by Peter M. Nichols, NYTimes, Oct. 8, 1992 “Lights! Action! Attitude!” PEOPLE, April 5, 1993 “A Few Good...
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Bound and Anne Heche in Wild Side (Erotic 90’s, Part 15) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Lesbian Chic” by Jeannie Russell Kasindorf New York Magazine, May 10, 1993 “We Love Lesbians! Or Do We? ‘Hot’...
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Boxing Helena & Lost Highway (Erotic 90’s, Part 17) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “A Time Bomb Named Robert Blake Re-Explodes As Baretta” by Lois Armstrong, People April 28, 1975 “The Ins and...
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Adrian Lyne’s Lolita (Erotic 90’s, Part 18) — You Must Remember This
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Vladimir Nabokov, The Art of Fiction No. 40” Interviewed by Herbert Gold, Paris Review, Summer-Fall 1967, No. 41 “A...
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