Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

By Jessica Jones and Meg MacCary

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

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The podcast currently has 184 episodes available.

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May 14, 2024 Final Judgment + Romance Rituals
Meg goes to court with Carolee Koster and her dad, neither of whom will take no for an answer. Jessica trawls personal ads from 1686 - 1986 and finds that nothing's new in the dating game.
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49min
May 07, 2024 Pig Heaven + AV Club
Meg pays homage to her preteen idol, feminist icon Miss Piggy. Jessica hangs at The Ritz — the first club to meld video and music, inspiring MTV and Duran Duran.

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56min
April 23, 2024 Family Devalued + Plaza Sweet
Meg is creeped out by The Sullivanians, Upper West Side psychotherapy cult and real estate trap. Jessica pines for the pre-trump Plaza Hotel of Trader Vic’s, the Gold & Silver Ball, and true elegance.
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April 16, 2024 A Bronx Tale + Aliens in the 'Burbs
Meg learns about family values from brothers Vinny the Chin and Father Gigante. Jessica gets beamed up and finds the link between recent NYC alien sightings and the Hudson Valley abductees of the 80s.
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57min
April 09, 2024 FIELD TRIP #10 - 100th Episode
Meg and Jessica engage a bunch of BFFs of the podcast and celebrate Desperately Seeking the 80s' 100th episode at Bailey's Corner Pub.
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19min
April 02, 2024 Water Wipeout + Cranky Cooks
Meg hears how a generation of tri-state kids barely escaped death at Action Park. Jessica visits two of the most irascible food purveyors in the city: The Original Soupman and Kenny Shopsin.
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54min
March 26, 2024 Art is Dead + Bagel Brouhaha
Meg eulogizes two murderous denizens of the art world: Carl Andre and Andrew Crispo. Jessica samples the reigning New York bagels and bites into their backstory.
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53min
March 19, 2024 West Side Story + Novel Comics
Meg investigates the twisted tale of embezzlement in the Diamond District that led to the CBS Murders. Jessica delves into the hilariously twisted minds of Johnny Kennedy Toole and Robert Plunket.
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58min
March 12, 2024 Nature vs. Nurture
Meg and Jessica get invaluable insight from BFF Travis Myers, a retired NYPD Detective, about Yorkville serial psychopath Eric Napoletano.
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55min
March 05, 2024 Underworld + Underground
Meg finds out exactly what it takes to push good cop Vinny Davis over the edge. Jessica discovers how Xerox machines paved the way for the birth of DIY publishing.
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47min

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How many episodes does Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition have?

The podcast currently has 184 episodes available.

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