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Nancy’s still pissed they interrupted the 1994 Rockets-Knicks NBA finals to show the slow-speed OJ Simpson chase on every LA channel, and Sarah is driving through Texas in, yes, a Bronco, as the gals talk OJ Simpson, who died yesterday of cancer at age 76.

Where were they heard about the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, and that OJ was the main suspect? What were the factors behind the nation’s lurid fascination? Did the OJ case spell the end of mono-culture as the internet splintered our fascinations? Has the nature of fame changed? Have we?

Also discussed:

* Seeing the sky turn black from the 968 concurrent fires during the 1992 LA riots

* Some background on Al Cowling

* The note Nancy’s daughter’s preschool sent home on the eve of the OJ verdict

* The greatness of “The People v. OJ Simpson,” including the jacaranda, the pepper trees, the bad beige 90s furnishings…

* David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian: yea or nay?

And much more!