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Back Row with Amy Odell

Amy Odell
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Fashion, style, celebrity and culture. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included.

  1. 2 days ago

    13 Biggest Questions About Taylor Swift's Wedding

    Subscribe to the Back Row newsletter. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access paywalled podcasts and all newsletter stories. Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden — and nobody's seen the photos yet. Will Vogue get them? Will anyone? Amy Odell is joined by veteran celebrity journalist Justin Ravitz (former Executive Editor at Us Weekly and Rolling Stone) to count down 13 burning questions about the wedding of the year — 13, of course, because it's Taylor's lucky number. From the Dior couture ceremony looks to the guest list chaos (Zadie Smith? Wayne Gretzky? No Kardashians?) to whether this whole thing might end up as a theatrical release, Amy and Justin go through it all. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 02:50 #13 – What did she get talked out of? 06:23 #12 – What did Travis Kelce wear? 10:52 #11 – How close were they with their guests, really? 22:08 #10 – What was in the guests' NDAs? 25:33 #9 – Who leaked the wedding photos? 28:19 #8 – Were there religious elements? Was Adam Sandler ordained? 30:45 #7 – Did anyone try to slip them a gift? 37:27 #6 – Were there brand or corporate sponsors? 38:59 #5 – What were her cats doing? 40:54 #4 – Whose idea was the TT logo? 42:22 #3 – What celebrities were invited and said no? 44:57 #2 – Who was deliberately not invited? 51:59 #1 – Will the wedding be a theatrical release? 58:47 Final thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1hr 1min

  2. 4 days ago

    What 'Love Story' Got Wrong About Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and JFK Jr.'s Final Days

    This is a teaser of a paid episode. To access the full episode, subscribe to Back Row at BackRow.net and get newsletter access included with your subscription. Or sign up in Apple Podcasts or Spotify. RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil — authors of ⁠JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography⁠ — return to the Back Row podcast in honor of Love Story's likely Emmy nominations. Terenzio assisted JFK Jr. at George magazine, and McNeil has covered him at People since the 90s, so they know what the show creators don't. We cover what we didn't get to last time: Daryl Hannah's bombshell New York Times op-ed, what the show got right and wrong about Carolyn Bessette's distress over the paparazzi, the plane crash, and whether Jack Schlossberg is the next JFK Jr. Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 04:00 — The actor who played JFK Jr. called RoseMarie 08:30 — Daryl Hannah's bombshell NYT op-ed 14:30 — The wedding: how reporters found out 23:30 — Was Carolyn really depressed and homebound? 28:00 — The plane crash: what actually happened Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    32 min

  3. 4 days ago • Subscribers Only

    What 'Love Story' Got Wrong About Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and JFK Jr.'s Final Days (Full Episode)

    RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil — authors of JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography (https://amzn.to/4v7m8Kn) — return to the Back Row podcast in honor of Love Story's likely Emmy nominations. Terenzio assisted JFK Jr. at George magazine, and McNeil has covered him at People since the 90s, so they know what the show creators don't. We cover what we didn't get to last time: Daryl Hannah's bombshell New York Times op-ed, what the show got right and wrong about Carolyn Bessette's distress over the paparazzi, the plane crash, and whether Jack Schlossberg is the next JFK Jr. Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 04:00 — The actor who played JFK Jr. called RoseMarie 08:30 — Daryl Hannah's bombshell NYT op-ed 14:30 — The wedding: how reporters found out 23:30 — Was Carolyn really depressed and homebound? 28:00 — The plane crash: what actually happened 42:30 — Is Jack Schlossberg the next JFK?

    49 min

  4. 29 Jun

    From Purses to... Pot?!

    ***SUPPORT THIS INDEPENDENT SHOW by subscribing to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access paywalled podcasts and all newsletter stories.*** Get 15 percent off Edie Parker with the code AMY15: https://edie-parker.com/ Brett Heyman launched Edie Parker as a luxury handbag business. Her acrylic clutches became a hit with Met Gala-going celebrities. Despite her success with accessories, she decided to pivot to a uniquely challenging industry: legal cannabis. She talks about what she learned working in Gucci PR during the Tom Ford era, why she entered the cannabis business, and the stigma she's still fighting. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:30 From Gucci PR to Founding Edie Parker 07:30 The Kate Hudson Met Gala Bag That Started It All 11:00 Why She Pivoted to Cannabis 13:00 Why You Have to Be Vertically Integrated in Every State 15:00 The Stripes That Are "Too Appealing to Children" 20:30 What Trump's Rescheduling Order Actually Changes 28:00 Celebrity Campaigns: Pat Cleveland, Gabby Windey, and More 35:30 Why No Institutional Investor Will Touch Cannabis 39:30 Did the Cannabis Pivot Scare Off Handbag Customers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    45 min

  5. 22 Jun

    How Plastic Surgery Went Off the Rails [TEASER]

    ***This is a TEASER of a paywalled episode. Sign up for a Premium subscription at Back Row (https://www.backrow.net/subscribe) for access to the Back Row newsletter and all paywalled podcasts. (Audio only subs available in Apple and Spotify.)*** As the founding editor of beauty magazine Allure, Linda Wells has seen it all, from the dawn of La Mer to the current age of plastic surgery overload. Now the editor of AirMail Look, she's been covering the craziest procedures, from rib-cracking and reshaping to $500k facelifts. She discusses how plastic surgery has gone completely off the rails — and where this wild trend is going. CHAPTERS: 01:15 – Beauty Trends of the 1980s 03:45 – The Wildest Trends in 2026 08:15 – The Growing Visibility of Plastic Surgery 15:05 – Why Surgeons Are Hunting for New Procedures 17:30 – The Sport of Celebrity Speculation 20:25 – Facelift Prices Are Up 400% 23:45 – The Risks of an International Operation 26:50 – Subscribe to Listen to the Full Episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min

  6. 22 Jun • Subscribers Only

    How Plastic Surgery Went Off the Rails

    As the founding editor of the original beauty magazine, Allure, Linda Wells has seen it all, from the dawn of La Mer to the current age of plastic surgery overload. Now the editor of AirMail Look, she's been covering the craziest procedures, from rib-cracking and reshaping to $500k facelifts. Why is plastic surgery everywhere all of a sudden? What are we to make of constant celeb surgery speculations? She joins me to discuss how extremes have become the new normal in cosmetic procedures — and where this is all going. CHAPTERS: 01:15 – The Wildest Beauty Trends: 1980s-Today 08:15 – The Growing Visibility of Plastic Surgery 20:25 – Facelift Prices Are Up 400% 26:50 – The Facelift Recovery Process 30:50 – Rich Face vs. Old Money Face: Who Can Afford Irrelevance? 38:30 – The Fox Eye Trend 40:00 – Body Dysmorphia and Surgery Addiction 43:35 – Ozempic is Changing the Surgery Market 46:06 – Linda Evangalista’s Cool Sculpting Disfigurement 49:35 – Is Plastic Surgery Culture the New Normal? Follow Linda Wells: ↳ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindawellsny/?hl=en

    52 min

  7. 17 Jun

    Emergency Gwyneth Paltrow Pod!

    It started with turkey meatballs and ended with an endorsement deal that led the internet to call her "Gwynicide." Gwyneth Paltrow has had quite a slew of viral moments this month. I sat down with branding expert and sociologist Ana Andjelic — CMO, author of the Sociology of Business newsletter, and host of the Hitmakers podcast — to talk about what this means (if anything) for Brand Gwyneth. CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – The Turkey Meatballs and the Arugula Meme 05:30 – Inside the Jade Egg Era of Goop 09:30 – The Trae Stephens Interview and the AI Weapons Controversy 18:00 – The 51 Park Israeli Real Estate Ad and the Backlash 21:00 – The Three Pillars of the Gwyneth Brand 24:30 – Is Goop Still Relevant? 26:00 – Why Goop Kitchen Is Struggling in New York 31:00 – Is Gwyneth an Asset or a Liability Now? 34:00 – Can Kinship Ventures Actually Succeed? 📰 SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row Newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Amy's Gwyneth book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Gwyneth/Amy-Odell/9781668005774 Follow Ana Andjelic: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ana_andjelic/ ↳ Sociology of Business: https://andjelicaaa.substack.com/ 🎙️ Hitmakers podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3pmW3iyjF9pl65QgVcabPK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    36 min

  8. 16 Jun • Subscribers Only

    Gwyneth Paltrow's Politics and That Israeli Real Estate Ad

    Gwyneth Paltrow hasn't seen this much controversy since she launched the jade egg and vagina candle in the Goop store. She's under fire for saying she's a "centrist" who doesn't "feel anything right now" politically, and for serving as the face of 51 Park, a luxury real estate development in Herzliya, Israel. This is my theory as to why she's doing all of this — and what it says about the current state of her nearly 20-year-old brand, Goop. Access this paid episode and all paid Back Row newsletters by subscribing to Back Row at backrow.net/subscribe. For audio content only, subscribe in podcast platforms.

    10 min
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Fashion, style, celebrity and culture. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included.

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  • Creator
    Amy Odell
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Amy Odell 2025
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