That's a Creative Arc!

By Meegan Driscoll

A podcast that celebrates classic films, pop culture moments, and fascinating histories that defined Hollywood's golden age—and discovers the stories that connect them all.

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The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.

That's a Creative Arc! episodes:

July 20, 2026 Platinum Myth: Episode Three - Private Self vs. Public Myth
The world fell in love with Marilyn Monroe — but almost no one met the woman underneath. This episode goes looking for her: the mind the myth worked hardest to erase, the fears she kept hidden, and the one thing she wanted that fame made impossible.
Sources:
Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman by Dan Callahan
By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe
Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume One 1926 to 1956 by Gary Vitacco-Robles
Marilyn and Me by Susan Strasberg
Marilyn Monroe by Maurice Zolotow
Marilyn Monroe: An Appreciation by Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe and the Camera by Schirmer Art Book
The Marilyn Monroe Century by Bruno Bernard
Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, The Last Interview by Richard Meryman
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto
Marilyn Monroe: Her Life in Pictures by James Spada
Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
My Story by Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht
Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe by Fred Lawrence Guiles
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Timebends: A Life by Arthur Miller
FilmTalk interview (Dec 11, 2014) https://filmtalk.org/2014/12/11/don-murray-i-never-understood-why-marilyn-monroe-was-not-nominated-for-bus-stop/
Closer Weekly (Apr 23, 2019) https://closerweekly.com/marilyn-monroe-movies-bus-stop-costar-recalls-her-anxiety-struggle/

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50min
June 19, 2026 Platinum Myth: Episode Two - The Blonde Ambition: Image as Power
She posed nude for fifty dollars — and the men who later built empires on that photo never paid her a cent or asked her permission. This is the story of how Marilyn Monroe engineered the most famous image in the world, and how it became both her greatest weapon and her prison.

Sources:
Before Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years by Astrid Franse and Michelle Morgan
Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume One 1926 to 1956 by Gary Vitacco-Robles
Marilyn Monroe by Maurice Zolotow
Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, The Last Interview by Richard Meryman
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto
My Story by Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli
The Thinking Body by Mabel Elsworth Todd
Timebends: A Life by Arthur Miller
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47min
June 05, 2026 Platinum Myth: Episode One - Norma Jeane to Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe was one of the world's most iconic figures. But how did she go from an abandoned child to Hollywood sex symbol?

Sources:
Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume One 1926 to 1956 by Gary Vitacco-Robles
Finding Marilyn: A Romance by David Conover
Marilyn Monroe by Maurice Zolotow
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto
The Marilyn Monroe Century by Bruno Bernard
My Story by Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli
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56min
June 05, 2026 Introduction for the Host
Get to know my background in the film industry as well as some of my favorite films.
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13min

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How many episodes does That's a Creative Arc! have?

The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.