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Welcome to The Dinner Party Download, a fast and funny hour of culture, food and conversation: “public radio’s arts & leisure section.” In every episode you’ll learn a joke; bone up on an odd bit of history and then wash it down with a themed cocktail recipe; meet artists of note; have your burning etiquette questions answered; savor an emerging food trend; and hear your new favorite song. Plus, unconventional wisdom from hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam.
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Life at work can be funny, challenging, ridiculous, and -- yes, even satisfying. Here at Safe For Work, we're all about helping you find balance and happiness in your career. After all, many of us spend more time with our co-workers and clients than with our friends and family. Hosts Liz Dolan and Rico Gagliano give advice on everything from how to avoid burnout on the job to how to fake an illness when you're calling in sick. We also talk to experts about those moments at the office that ca ...
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Famous scandals, true crime, celeb dramas, conspiracy theories, politics, amazing people throughout history... if it's an incredible story, hilarious hosts comedian Rosie Waterland and Jacob Stanley will tell you about it without bogging you down with any of the boring bits. You'll get just the gist of what you need to know - only get the juiciest, most entertaining details (you know, the ones that make you look very smart and interesting when you repeat them at a dinner party).
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Lost Ladies of Lit

Amy Helmes & Kim Askew

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A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers.
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Bitcoin. Crypto. Blockchain. Familiar words, but what do they ACTUALLY mean? And why so much hype? What are the big-picture ramifications for the world? Is blockchain, the tech behind Bitcoin, really the most incredible innovation since the Internet? Become the cryptocurrency expert with this FREE AUDIOBOOK PODCAST! Learn the tech, the history, and the economic theory that underpins it all. Maxim Beatty is a trained economist & investor, in the crypto community since 2013, building, organisi ...
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Food intersects with our lives in more ways than we think. Food52's Burnt Toast podcast chases those stories to give listeners the perfect pieces of snackable dinner-party fodder—all inside of a commute's time.
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Who has time for lengthy history lessons? Not us! That's why we created Surface Knowledge, the podcast that delivers just enough info to impress your friends and family (or at least get you through those awkward social events). Join award-winning journalist and podcast presenter Max Kurton as he shares his vast (surface) knowledge on everything from the wildest hoaxes in history to the secret languages of flowers. With Surface Knowledge, you'll never be caught off guard at a dinner party aga ...
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In Season 2 of the series we will share a new collection of surprising and unusual stories from the history of science. In each episode we will feature two seemingly unrelated stories from the past. Then, Dan Riskin will connect the dots between those stories and offer insight into how that history impacts modern medical research. We are learning from the past so we can understand the present, and inform the future. Along the way we will learn how a professor at Stanford turned mild mannered ...
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Finding balance in a chaotic world, 2 best friends wanted to bring a little laughter and fun... Join Betty B. (aka BB) and Betty V. (aka V) every Monday as they take you on a magical journey of knowledge and some of the most random conversations in between. Politically incorrect and totally badass (at least in their own minds). The Bettys are 2 self proclaimed experts in absolutely nothing! Whether you grew up in a well-rounded home with the full “American Dream”, a totally dysfunctional hom ...
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Today Fatou and Maz discuss the complicated legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Was his wife "Lady Bird" his sugar mama? Did he REALLY whip his d*ck out in front of staffers? Did he really call his d*ck jumbo!?!? Did LBJ have the Secret Service and CIA blackball Eartha Kitt's career for making Lady Bird cry about the Vietnam War? Email: DinnerPa…
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The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, t…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Things get weird on the show this week as Amy and Kim commune with some ladies of literature from beyond the veil… with a little bit of help from ChatGPT. Check out our “interview” with Restoration-era author and playwright Aphra Behn, then find out what happens when we play around with prompts for Vi…
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To know our future, we must understand our past. Emily and Sammy P. look back at the 2017 6 episode spinoff where Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright spend 2 weeks on her family’s farm in rural Kentucky (14:46). But first, they check in on Angela and Michael from 90 Day Fiancé and the decade long scam he ran that finally got revealed. Brought to you…
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Send us a Text Message. You may think you’ve never read anything by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, but if you’ve read any Thomas Mann, there’s a good chance you’ve seen her handiwork. Lowe-Porter was a writer and translator whose greatest (but largely unsung) success came in the form of translating 22 monumental works by the German literary giant. Her En…
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Chronicling the history of a cult that has broken up families and continues to evade the law: the 7M TikTok cult run by Robert Shinn. We break down the ways he follows the manipulation techniques of a cult leader, fit it to modern times through TikTok. We detail how it continues to be mishandled and ignored by law enforcement and what happened to t…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Writers Carson McCullers and W.H. Auden, literary editor George Davis, composer Benjamin Britten and burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee... once upon a time they all lived together in a house in Brooklyn Heights, an early 1940s version of the sitcom "Friends," only this one populated by an ever-changing mix…
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Send us a Text Message. Guest Carrie Courogen, author of the acclaimed new bio "Miss May Does Not Exist," joins us to discuss comic genius Elaine May. Known for her groundbreaking work in comedy, screenwriting, directing, and acting, May rose to fame as part of the iconic comedy duo Nichols and May. Despite her significant contributions to films li…
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Wow in the World is the #1 science podcast for kids and their grown-ups. Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz share stories about the latest news in science, technology, and innovation. Stories that give kids hope, agency and make us all say "WOW"! New episodes come out every Monday. Listen to Wow in the World: http://wondery.fm/wowintheworld. See Privac…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Marcel Duchamp created one of the most influential works of art in the 20th century. Or did he? There are some who theorize that a woman — “proto-punk” poet and Dada-ist Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven — is the true genius behind the groundbreaking “Fountain” urinal sculpture that rocked the art world in…
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We’re ending off our vintage Jersey Shore series with one of the top 5 most iconic episodes from August 5, 2010: “The Hangover”. Travel to Miami with us and review the monumental number of shocking scenes in this episode that set the scene for “The Letter”. Brought to you By: The Sonar NetworkBy info@thesonarnetwork.com
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*Apologies in advance for the spoken word rapping lol* We're back! Is 'No Vaseline' the greatest rap diss? Why did Tupac and Biggie fall out? Takeover or Ether? Did Lil Kim and Foxy Brown's feud really start with a jumpsuit??? Are we Team Kendrick or Team Drake? Today Fatou and Maz talk all things rap! Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where t…
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14 years ago, a moment in time graced our screens and entered into the pop culture canon as one of the all-time most iconic episodes of reality. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 Episode 2 featuring a psychic, Allison Dubois that puffed on her vape as she accurately predicted the fate that would befall Kyle Richard 14 years later. Brought t…
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Send us a Text Message. In this special catch-up episode, we take a breather to share updates and insights from our recent reads, including works by Sylvia Townsend Warner and Radclyffe Hall. Amy introduces a quirky new business idea inspired by silent disco and Shakespeare, and we invite listeners to text feedback using a new ‘text us’ feature. Pl…
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Checking in with the cast of Jersey Shore: Family Reunion for the reunion that we thought would never happen. In Season 7 we see Sammi ‘Sweetheart’ Giancolo return to the cast and cross paths with ex Ronnie Ortiz-Magro. We discuss the cast’s recent headlines and who has grown the most (and least) since the start of the show. Brought to you By: The …
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Inspired by Barbara Comyns, who lived with an unusual assortment of pets over the years, this bonus episode explores female authors who owned pet monkeys. Amy discusses Virginia Woolf and her Nazi-disarming marmoset Mitz, Nellie Bly’s fez-wearing travel companion, McGinty, and other primates who captu…
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Send us a Text Message. Barbara Comyns was recently called, “the best English novelist you’ve never heard of” and her unsettling gothic novels are equal parts enchanting and horrific. Joining us is Avril Horner, author of "Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence," who offers insight into Comyns' unique blend of dark humor and her empathetic portrayals o…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Inspired by watching Caitlin Clark play in this year’s NCAA tournament, Amy is feeling uncharacteristically “sporty” in this week’s bonus episode. She’ll dive into the history of Ina Eloise Young, America’s first female sports editor at a daily newspaper whose coverage of the 1908 World Series so impr…
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Send us a Text Message. Dying by suicide shortly after her novel, Love and Silence, was rejected for publication in 1963, Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat gained brief recognition when the book was finally published four years after her death. Discovering the novel in a Cairo market some 30 years later launched acclaimed Egyptian writer Iman Mersal…
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OUR TENTH EPISODE! Thank you so much for listening! TW: literally everything This is our Roman Empire, literally! Today Fatou and Maz discuss Rome's most infamous Emperor, Nero. Did he really play the fiddle whilst Rome burned? Is he the Anti-Christ? Did he really poison his mom?!? Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where to Find Us: Fatou's In…
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Patti Stanger is back teaming up with Nick Viall to co-host a 2024 reboot of The Millionaire Matchmaker. This time, they’re branching out from helping millionaires to former reality show contestants. Somehow avoiding cancellation, Patti takes her old school dating advice to help the women while Nick Viall takes his Viall Files style expertise to he…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Have you ever wanted to hit the “pause” button on your life and simply start over? In 2022, Anne Boyd Rioux did just that, making the bold and audacious decision to leave her job as a tenured English professor, sell all her earthly possessions and embark on a European adventure. In this episode, Anne …
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We recap The Valley S1E4: what was shown and the drama they didn’t air. Emily was behind the scenes for this episode and recounts what really went down at the charity fundraiser. Be The Match: swab your cheek and enter the directory for a good cause! Follow John Joseph on TikTok and Instagram • Sign up to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/Itsbecomeawh…
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Send us a Text Message. An eyewitness to monumental moments in the 20th century, author Kay Boyle hung out with Left Bank artists and literary giants, chronicled the ravages of WWII, was blacklisted in the 1950s and was jailed for her Haight-Ashbury activism in the late 1960s. An intrepid modernist committed to a “Revolution of the Word,” this two-…
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WE'RE BACK!!! Josephine Baker, the woman that you are. Today Fatou and Maz discuss Josephine Baker's upbringing, her move to Paris, life as a spy during WWII, her rainbow children and her scandalous lovers! Correction: On the episode, I referred to Bessie Smith when I meant to say Ethel Waters. Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where to Find U…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. In this episode Amy explores the history of the 19th-century dance craze that made political leaders nervous, religious leaders aghast, dance instructors insecure and the masses primed for revolt! From Johann Strauss Jr.'s "pop star" status to popular representations in film, we're covering everything…
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Nothing’s off limits in our conversation about grief, loss, illness, addiction, looking for signs from our lost loved ones and the damage of denial. We answer your listener questions (41:40) including discussions about cutting people out of your life due to grief, accumulating debt and other unhealthy coping mechanisms and worrying about future tra…
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Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode Kim and Amy discuss the life and work of “Speranza,” a.k.a Lady Jane Wilde, a.k.a. Oscar Wilde’s mom! An outspoken, rabble-rousing poet who championed Irish independence, she stirred up members of the Young Ireland movement while writing for Dublin’s radical newspaper “The Nation” in the 1840s. Oscar m…
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The dark side of Nickelodeon’s past – where the documentary Quiet on Set succeeded and what it left out. • Amanda Bynes debut (22:25) • The 3 child predators that worked there (30:44) • Enter Drake Bell (43:14) • What the documentary left out: hearing from Drake Bell’s victims (1:01:03) • Drake Bell’s identity change and move to Mexico (10:07:02) •…
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Send us a Text Message. In our first-ever "Game Show Edition" of the podcast, McNally Editions editor Lucy Scholes joins us for a lightning-round quiz pitting quotations from Elizabeth Taylor the actress vs. Elizabeth Taylor the author! Test your knowledge and join in the fun! For the full forty-minute episode in which we discuss the author Taylor'…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. FULL LENGTH EDITION!!! In our first-ever "Game Show Edition" of the podcast, McNally Editions editor Lucy Scholes joins us to talk about the TWO Elizabeth Taylors! Lucy collaborated with Pushkin Press Classics on the short story collection A Different Sound, in which midcentury British novelist and sh…
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We cover Ashlee Simpson at the height of her career, recapping S1E2 of The Ashlee Simpson Show: Ashlee Verses Her Label and her subsequent cancellation with Kelli Williams from Beyond the Blinds. We then recap Summer House Season 8 Episode 4 (31:30), the drama between Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke and the way addiction is explored on the show. Mor…
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The story of how a family of eccentric Southern real estate tycoons fell apart to reveal a house of cards after Todd and Julie Chrisley’s arrest. The show Chrisley Knows Best was a hit for 9 seasons until Todd and Julie were charged with fraud and conspiracy. We unpack the twists and shocking revelations that came out about them in the trial. • Sig…
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Send us a Text Message. Get ready to fall hopelessly in love with Emilie Loring, a New England native whose prolific output of richly-detailed romance novels feature the sort of charming characters and snappy dialogue reminiscent of films like The Philadelphia Story and It Happened One Night. Loring’s 30 years of commercial success continued long a…
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The devil works hard, but Mattel's legal team works harder! Today Fatou and Maz discuss the history of Barbie, the Bild Lilli doll, Bratz dolls, some trademark 101 and a looooottttt of lawsuits! Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where to Find Us: Fatou's Instagram Fatou's Tiktok Maz's Instagram Maz's Tiktok…
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Breaking down the biggest scandals from Netflix’s Love is Blind Season 6. Couple dynamics, producer manipulation and deceiving editing and all the highlights (and lowlights) from each episode. Support the pod & get 50% off Factor Meals with code become50 at www.factormeals.com/become50 • Sign up to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/Itsbecomeawholethin…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. Fasten on those Harry Winston jewels! With Oscar night approaching, Patreon members get “red carpet” access as Amy takes a look back at some of the films honored by the Academy over the decades which were written (or co-written) by women. Women’s representation in screenwriting categories at the Oscar…
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A deep dive into the music industry’s most powerful, influential, and mysterious couple: Beyonce and Jay-Z. A timeline of their relationship and debunking the shocking rumours that surround them. • Sign up to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/Itsbecomeawholething to support the pod, get an extra episode every week & join our Discord chat for $5/month.…
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Send us a Text Message. Blogger, podcaster and consultant for the British Library Women Writers series Simon Thomas returns to the show to discuss Angela Milne’s 1942 novel One Year’s Time. The book follows a year in the life of a 1930s-era “bachelor girl” named Liza who lives in London. Milne, the niece of Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne, was a …
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Powdered wigs to cover up sores, chemical relaxers for hair straightening, wigs for your pubes and an iconic invention called the hair weave! Today, Fatou and Maz discuss the history of hair from Marie Antoinette to Madame CJ Walker! Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where to Find Us: Fatou's Instagram Fatou's Tiktok Maz's Instagram Maz's Tikt…
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Netflix’s Lover, Stalker, Killer is a story of a deadly love triangle but nothing about the case is as expected. The identity of the victims and perpetrators dramatically shifts in a case that investigators said took them completely off-guard. Get an extra episode every week on patreon.com/itsbecomeawholething • Book an astrology reading with me • …
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Amy follows the clues to learn more about writer Anna Katharine Green (a.k.a "The Mother of the Detective Novel") whose late 19th-century mysteries inspired the likes of Agatha Christie and last week's "lost lady," Carolyn Wells. Green's 1878 debut novel The Leavenworth Case was…
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A behind the scenes look at everything from cast salaries and what the crew is allowed to report to some of the many scandalous moments from Teen Mom’s debut in 2009 to today. From Ryan Edwards on camera driving high to his wedding to the many cheating scandals. Related episodes: Teen Mom OG S2E10: ‘Teen Mom, Class & The Bad Mother’ w/Sammy P Follo…
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Why was the Taj Mahal built? WTF is a Vinegar Valentine? Why was Cupid so messy? Did King Edward VII seriously abdicate the throne for Wallis Simpson? Fatou and Maz discuss the origins of Valentine's Day and their favorite love stories throughout history. Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where to Find Us: Fatou's Instagram Fatou's Tiktok Maz'…
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Send us a Text Message. A pioneer of the detective/mystery genre who began writing locked-room mystery novels a decade before Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells was a turn-of-the-twentieth century celebrity who counted Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Mark Twain among her many famous friends and fans. Guest Rebecca Rego Barry, whose new book is T…
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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Amy reflects on a recent trip to the Winchester Mystery House, an architecturally-unusual mansion in San Jose, California which helped inspired Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. In addition to exploring the life of Sarah Winchester and her legendary home, Kim and Amy…
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