
Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition
Jessica Jones and Meg MacCary

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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How many episodes does Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition have?
Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition currently has 139 episodes available.
What topics does Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition cover?
The podcast is about Pop Culture, Society & Culture, True Crime, Daily News, New York Times, New York City, Podcasts, Nyc and Gen X.
What is the most popular episode on Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition?
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.
How often are episodes of Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition released?
Episodes of Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition?
The first episode of Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition was released on Feb 21, 2022.
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