Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

Jessica Jones and Meg MacCary

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

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Wife in a Coma + Rabbit Holes and Glory Holes

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

10/18/22 • 51 min

Meg zips back and forth between Newport and Fifth Avenue during Claus von Bülow's trials for attempting to murder his wife Sunny. Jessica stays up into the wee hours to watch Night Flight and Mondo New York.

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Brat Pack Confidential + Danitra Does SNL

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

07/09/24 • 41 min

Meg remembers why Andrew McCarthy was always her favorite Brat Packer. Jessica bumps up Danitra Vance, who brought lesbian, feminist performance art to SNL of all places.

Gone Girls + Deep Dive

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

01/14/25 • 57 min

Meg learns how dedicated girlfriends discovered the identity of Joel Rifkin’s first victim. Jessica takes a tour of dive bars, and the communities they created, in the East Village circa 1986.

Dark Academia + Six Degrees of S&M

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

02/25/25 • 41 min

Meg investigates the twisted tale of lemur enthusiast Professor John Buettner-Janusch. Jessica follows the star-studded origins of the club hit The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight.

FIELD TRIP #6 - Travis Myers

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

10/17/23 • 38 min

Meg and Jessica prowl the streets with Travis Myers, an actual 84th Street Bomber, and earn their Yorkville stripes.

FIELD TRIP #7 - Guy Richards Smit

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

10/31/23 • 54 min

Meg and Jessica dive into the mosh pit of Guy Richards Smit’s days as a NY teen on the punk scene, and his current incarnation as a New Yorker cartoonist.

Basia + Mary Lea

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

07/25/23 • 46 min

Meg tells the twisted tale of two women at the heart of the bitter Johnson & Johnson estate battle: Basia Johnson and Mary Lea Johnson Richards. Jessica is properly appalled and perks herself back up by naming our new mixer.

Hell on the L Train + Big Apple Sparks Up

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

08/23/22 • 42 min

Meg decries the NYPD's chokehold on young Michael Stewart. Jessica samples the grass in NYC's parks.

Special Episode - The Yorkville of Our Youth

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

11/14/23 • 45 min

Meg and Jessica read stories shared by our Yorkvillian listeners who spent, and misspent, their formative years in Yorkville, tucked between East 79th and East 96th, between 3rd and the East River.

Lennon Leaves Us + Yuppie Chow

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

06/21/22 • 45 min

Meg follows the movements of Mark David Chapman and John Lennon on December 8th, 1980. Jessica chews the fat about how NYC restaurants in the '80s changed the way we eat.

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Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition currently has 139 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Pop Culture, Society & Culture, True Crime, Daily News, New York Times, New York City, Podcasts, Nyc and Gen X.

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The episode title 'Wife in a Coma + Rabbit Holes and Glory Holes' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition?

The average episode length on Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition is 47 minutes.

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Episodes of Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition was released on Feb 21, 2022.

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Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

Jessica Jones and Meg MacCary

Top 10 Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition Episodes

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