S19E05: Everyday I Write The Book | Mary Astor, The Pilfered Purple Diary, and the Sex Scandal that Rocked 1936
19 July 2023 - 49 minsMovie stars have always had to weigh the facts of their authentic lives against the cost that revelations about those might inflict. This was the bind that screen legend Mary Astor was in back in 1936. Her unfaithful husband had been abusive, but his addiction to her money, and the reputational cost she would face for divorcing him, meant he was going nowhere. Until he found her diary, and realized he could have it all: her money, their daughter, and his freedom, by blackmailing her into a divorce on his terms. But when Mary realized that her daughter was in danger, she put it all on the line in a headline-grabbing custody trial that could have finished her career.
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S29E1: Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Baby Bessie and Breaking Baltimore
Welcome to a whole spider of a series - Wallis, Duchess of Windsor! We know her story, or we think we do. In this first episode, we meet Bessie Wallis Warfield, just a tiny girl making her way in the world surrounded by a whole lot of family drama, on both sides. Between her mother Alice and her uncle Sol, it is no wonder Wallis wants to break free to see a different world than the one she knows. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
56 mins
16 June Finished
S28E19: Michelle Phillips and Dennis Hopper
This week, we get into Alicia's favorite quickie divorce - the eight day, 1970 union of California Dreamin' singer Michelle Phillips and bad boy - very bad boy at that moment in his life - actor Dennis Hopper. This one has a lot of spiderwebs and extremely trashy behavior. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45 mins
11 June Finished
S28E18: Brooke Hayward and Dennis Hopper (A Trashy Divorces Encore Plus)
Alicia has perhaps the spiderwebby-est story she’s ever told, with the 1960s marriage and divorce of actors Brooke Hayward and Dennis Hopper. They were together through the decade and became a central part of the scene - art, politics, music - but the highly combustible nature of their marriage meant it could not last. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45 mins
9 June Finished
S28E17: Dumpster Dive | Kris Jenner, Jimmy Buffett, Jim Morrison, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, and Sir David Beckham
Today we have a round-up of stories involving some of the characters in our Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe. Kardashian momager Kris Jenner seems to have had some work done, Jimmy Buffett's widow Jane is in a legal fight over their marital trust, a stolen bust of Jim Morrison has been recovered in France after 37 years on the lam, Hugh Jackman's ex Deborra-Lee Furness is expressing her feelings of betrayal as divorce proceedings begin, and King Charles will knight footballer David Beckham amid family drama in the Beckham home. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
35 mins
8 June Finished
S28E16: The Mamas & The Papas (A Trashy Divorces Encore Plus)
It’s been a while since we followed the dysfunction of a band’s trashy breakup, but Alicia has a good one this week! For three brief, shining years, The Mamas & The Papas were chart topping leaders of the late ’60s hippie sound. Born in professional jealousy, romantic rivalry, and personality conflict, the band’s run ended almost as suddenly as it began. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45 mins
4 June Finished
S28E15: Pardon Our Trashy | Taylor Swift, Beckham Drama, Freddy Mercury, David Geffen, and Todd and Julie Chrisley Return
Today we dive into the dumpster for a series of celebrity stories, but really focus in on reality TV stars and now-pardoned fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley. We tell the new part of their story, then share the old part of their story from January 2023, when we first covered them. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 20 mins
1 June Finished
