Liz, do your magic

This week Elizabeth covers the 2020 film The Trial of the Chicago 7 which is a historical drama that discusses the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The protest was wild... but the trial was even wilder! Since Sabrina didn't have the chance to sit down and watch this movie she is taken through a range of emotions... love, laughter, tears... you get the idea.

As always, thank you for supporting the show!

SOURCES:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_trial_of_the_chicago_7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_the_Chicago_7

https://www.showtimes.com/movies/the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-netflix-150763/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party

https://www.history.com/news/yippies-1968-dnc-convention

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Seale

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/trial-of-the-chicago-7/

2020 Protests vs 1968:

https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/6/2/21277253/george-floyd-protest-1960s-civil-rights

Conspiracy in the StreetsThe Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven Edited by Jon Wiener

Boy is this one a doozy. Elizabeth and Sabrina both work to process through their emotional hangovers following the 2022 Netflix Original Blonde. While the real life story doesn't quite align with this over dramatization of Marilyn Monroe's life, the real story of Marilyn Monroe isn't too much better. Join Elizabeth as she expands on the parts of Marilyn's story that were true to the movie and others that might not have been - and learn more than you would probably ever want to actually know about JFK along the way!

As always, thank you for the support!

SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_(2022_film)

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a39072687/netflix-marilyn-monroe-biopic-backlash-explained/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-most-horrifying-scene-in-blonde-is-jfks-rape-of-marilyn-monroe

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/all-the-president-s-unreported-women-jfk-never-had-problems-like-bill-clinton-s-recalls-nick-bryant-1438663.html

https://nypost.com/2013/04/21/the-kennedy-meth/

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blonde

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berniece_Baker_Miracle 

https://www.tatler.com/article/the-real-story-of-marilyn-monroe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe

https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/4-conspiracy-theories-about-the-death-of-marilyn-monroe/xvljpr0ef

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Book by J. Randy Taraborrelli

In continuing with the Pride month episodes Sabrina covers the 2018 film, Boy Erased. A traumatic biography based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. Presently only 21 out of the 50 states have fully banned conversion therapy and Sabrina takes the opportunity presented with this movie to help provide more information about this often unspoken practice.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth is pulled back into her religious upbringing and uses her experiences to fully expand on what the fundamentalist church really thinks about human rights (or a lack thereof). And despite how depressing all of this sounds - fear not! The girls lighten things up with music recommendations and one especially concerning tangent that would likely have Freud rolling over in his grave n (if only to get a better listen).

Show Notes:

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666767913/boy-erased-the-true-story-behind-the-film#:~:text='Boy%20Erased'%3A%20The%20True%20Story%20Behind%20The%20Film%20Garrard,been%20made%20into%20a%20movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hRw_qdtNo4

http://garrardconley.com/

https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44520162

https://soundcloud.com/user-50647283/uno-0240-john-smid-1

Elizabeth's anti-evolution song recommendation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDPFfHOGdyM

This week's episode kicks off our pride releases to finish out Pride month! Elizabeth discusses the 2014 movie Pride which tells the story of an unexpected alliance between UK miners and the LGBTQ+ community during the 1984-85 miner's strike. Sabrina must come to terms with Professor Umbridge actually playing someone nice in this movie and figure out how to not cry by the time this story is over. As always, we appreciate your support and hope you enjoy this episode!

Sources:

https://eachother.org.uk/a-history-of-hiv-and-human-rights-in-the-uk/

http://lgsm.org/about-lgsm

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/how-miners-strike-began-one-20045069

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orgreave#Events

https://www.history.co.uk/article/how-thatcher-broke-the-miners-strike-but-at-what-cost

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/pride-film-gay-activists-miners-strike-interview

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pride_2014

https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2012/09/1984-lesbians-and-gays-support-the-miners-part-one/3/

http://www.gayinthe80s.com/2012/09/1985-lesbians-and-gays-support-the-miners-part-two/

https://archive.org/details/overrainbowmoney0000fiel/page/n213/mode/2up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbians_and_Gays_Support_the_Miners#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Thatcher_ministry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ashton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(2014_film)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/23/fifty-years-gay-liberation-uk-barely-four-1967-act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)#The_Miners'_Strike,_1984%E2%80%9385

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hefina_Headon

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2014/11/12/backstory-pride#toggle-gdpr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4-RdPOax4

Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike Book by Tim Tate

Kelliher, D. (2014). Solidarity and Sexuality: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners 1984-5. History Workshop Journal, 77(1), 240–262. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbt012

Okay, saying that it's her favorite murder is a bit uncomfy - but this is the fascinating tale of Robert Durst.

Elizabeth covers the 2010 American thriller "All Good Things" on this week's episode. The girls discuss the disappearance of Kathleen McCormack and the murders that followed her not so mysterious disappearance at the hands of Robert Durst. Sabrina also picks at the old wounds of their childhood friendship by telling the tale of her own disappearance to Texas.

SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durst_Organization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Durst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Good_Things_(film)

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_good_things

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Durst

https://www.vulture.com/2015/04/robert-durst-biographer-jinx-factually-incorrect.html

https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/01/durst-says-brother-lies-about-mothers-death-in-hbo-show-003396/

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/two-decade-spiral-into-suspicion-long-after-wife-disappears-heir-vanishes-after.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Berman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berman_(mobster)

https://www.fastcompany.com/90339646/killed-them-all-of-course-what-the-transcript-of-robert-dursts-the-jinx-confession-means-for-his-defense

https://robertdurst.wordpress.com/category/major-players/debrah-lee-charatan/

https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/03/robert-durst-murders-wife-susie-berman

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/obituaries/robert-durst-dead.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kathleen-mccormack

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-21/robert-durst-susan-berman-murder-trial-relationship-timeline

https://projects.news12.com/the-robert-and-kathie-durst-story/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Durst

In this week's episode Sabrina talks about the 2019 film True Story which stars James Franco and Jonah Hill. This movie tells the story of how shunned journalist Michael Finkel tries to manipulate his way back into success through a tell all book with family annihilator Christian Longo. In case you are curious about how things are going... Sabrina's house is still haunted and creepy and Elizabeth is just not into it. Please join us for some hostile feminism, romantic proposal stories, and of course, the true story of Christian Longo.

If you have ever found yourself wondering what it would be like to go on a date with Elizabeth this is the episode for you. This week Elizabeth spends a good portion of the episode info dumping on her favorite subject of all time - sharks. However, when she isn't pleading with listeners to recognize sharks as our friends she tells the true story of the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks and the infamous USS Indianapolis story that may have been the inspiration for the 1975 blockbuster hit Jaws. This episode has a little bit of everything for everyone... giant tunas, flat earth discussions, German trained killer sharks... the list goes on.

SOURCES:

https://www.discoveryuk.com/sharks/why-are-sharks-endangered-and-which-shark-species-are-most-at-risk/

https://www.iucnssg.org/shark-news.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/steven-spielberg-regrets-how-jaws-impacted-real-world-sharks-180981335/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916

https://collider.com/jaws-quint-speech-true-story-uss-indianapolis/

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-6-freshwater-shark-species/

https://usa.oceana.org/blog/could-shark-live-lake/

https://www.sophiemaycocksharkspeak.com/post/picky-eaters

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/07/07/100214613.pdf https://horrorobsessive.com/2022/07/11/jaws-in-jersey-did-shark-attacks-at-the-jersey-shore-inspire-jaws/

https://www.history.com/news/the-real-life-jaws-that-terrorized-the-jersey-shore

https://weirdnj.com/stories/matawan-man-eater/

https://echoesoflbi.com/beach-haven-to-blockbuster-100-years-of-the-man-eater/

https://www.historyhit.com/sinking-of-the-indianapolis/

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/jaws-the-uss-indianapolis-quint-speech-steven-spielbergs-favorite-scene/