Episode 87: LT's 1940s Pick-Up Lines

Prompts: 1940s, Orange, Linguist

Lauren and Neal are EXCITED to be back on the moving train that is Curated by Chance. This week's brand-spanking-new episode covers two topics that were all the rage in the 1940s.

Neal kicks things off, firmly back in the co-host chair, with a deep dive into the Transatlantic or Mid-Atlantic accent, otherwise known as the old-timey voice you hear in old movies! The polished "old Hollywood" voice was made famous by stars like Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn and Neal explains why it started, how it flourished, and why it just disappeared like nothing ever happened. He speaks about Edith Skinner, Marlon Brando, James Dean, and how, spoiler alert, the accent was never real!

Lauren takes the 1940s mantle and talks all about one of America's most celebrated artists, Edward Hopper. She takes us from lonely diners to sunlit windows and explores Hopper's captured isolation, stillness, and everyday life in a way that to fans new and old still resonates. But the biggest reveal (are we surprised?) is that Hopper probably wouldn't be Hopper without his wife, Josephine.

Also on this episode, Lauren and Neal figure out fashion trends, talk about Pickleball, and Lauren let's Neal know she's happy that he isn't recording from a moving car this time.

Next Week's Prompts: Currency, Natural, LXXXV (85)

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