The Just Enough Family

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The Just Enough Family

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Staggering success, unexpected loss, over-the-top parties, shocking betrayals, and profound intimacy are woven together into a high-profile family-therapy session. The Just Enough Family follows the meteoric rise and staggering fall of the Steinbergs, once one of America’s richest families, through the eyes of Liz Lange— successful fashion designer, captivating storyteller, and niece of the infamous corporate raider Saul Steinberg. Host Ariel Levy (The New Yorker, The Rules do Not Apply), Liz’s friend, gets an inside look at what happened to the once seemingly invincible clan. New money, old secrets, and the fine line between success and excess. The Just Enough Family is part of The Binge - subscribe to listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free right now. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and never let go. Follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases to get new stories on the first of the month, every month. Hit ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the The Just Enough Family show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Executive producer Melinda Shopsin (Mystery Show). Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts.

  1. EPISODE 1

    Perestroika

    Liz Lange grew up in one of New York City’s richest families, and then accidentally started a maternity wear empire that revolutionized the look of American pregnancy— she led a charmed life until all at once, her family went bankrupt, she was diagnosed with cancer, and everything she believed to be dependable was proved precarious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    25 min

  2. EPISODE 2 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    Park Avenue Shtetl

    The Steinberg wealth is all thanks to Liz’s uncle Saul, who became a multi millionaire before he turned thirty, and brought his entire family along for the ride—especially Liz’s father, Bobby, Saul’s life-long right-hand man.

    21 min

  3. EPISODE 3 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    Pumpkins and Monkeys

    Liz learned about glamour from her mother, Kathy—a “shopper’s shopper”—whom she fought with all the time as a kid, to the great distress of her little sister, Jane, and their father, Bobby.

    24 min

  4. EPISODE 4 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    It’s a Wasp World

    Saul was a genius—a business phenomenon who went to Wharton at sixteen, had a publicly-traded company by the end of his twenties, and led a “Halston kind of life” dating models and going to Studio 54—but the gentile establishment stood in his way when he went after august institutions like the Chemical Bank.

    28 min

  5. EPISODE 5 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    Pollyanna

    When Liz married Jeff Lange everyone thought she’d won the lottery, but ultimately his mental illness led to a tragic end that challenged even Liz’s relentless Pollyanna optimism.

    22 min

  6. EPISODE 6 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    The Magic Kingdom

    Liz and Jane—and most of New York City—were dazzled by the gorgeous woman with the strange name who Saul took up with after his second divorce: Gayfryd. Meanwhile, Kathy and Bobby seemed to be competing for who could spend more extravagantly, and their marriage unraveled.

    30 min

  7. EPISODE 7 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    The Three Kisses

    Liz always thought of her father as her “beacon,” so she is stunned and devastated when she gives him a loyalty test—and he fails.

    29 min

  8. EPISODE 8 • THE BINGE+ ONLY

    Icarus

    Saul suffers a massive stroke at fifty-five— he is transformed from a fearsome capitalist into someone else entirely—and in his stead, Bobby presides over the largest insurance collapse in history—but Liz always lands on her feet.

    1h 10m
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Staggering success, unexpected loss, over-the-top parties, shocking betrayals, and profound intimacy are woven together into a high-profile family-therapy session. The Just Enough Family follows the meteoric rise and staggering fall of the Steinbergs, once one of America’s richest families, through the eyes of Liz Lange— successful fashion designer, captivating storyteller, and niece of the infamous corporate raider Saul Steinberg. Host Ariel Levy (The New Yorker, The Rules do Not Apply), Liz’s friend, gets an inside look at what happened to the once seemingly invincible clan. New money, old secrets, and the fine line between success and excess. The Just Enough Family is part of The Binge - subscribe to listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free right now. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and never let go. Follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases to get new stories on the first of the month, every month. Hit ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the The Just Enough Family show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Executive producer Melinda Shopsin (Mystery Show). Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts.

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  • Channel
    The Binge
  • Creator
    Sony Music Entertainment
  • Episodes
    12
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sony Music Entertainment
  • Show Website
    The Just Enough Family
  • Provider
    Pod Sub LLC

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