That's a Creative Arc!

Meegan Driscoll
  • 5.0 (6)
  • Film History
  • Updated Biweekly

A podcast that celebrates classic films, pop culture moments, and fascinating histories that defined Hollywood's golden age—and discovers the stories that connect them all. 

Episodes

  1. Jun 19

    Platinum Myth: Episode Two - The Blonde Ambition: Image as Power

    She posed nude for fifty dollars — and the men who later built empires on that photo never paid her a cent or asked her permission. This is the story of how Marilyn Monroe engineered the most famous image in the world, and how it became both her greatest weapon and her prison. Sources: Before Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years by Astrid Franse and Michelle Morgan Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume One 1926 to 1956 by Gary Vitacco-Robles Marilyn Monroe by Maurice Zolotow Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, The Last Interview by Richard Meryman Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto My Story by Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli The Thinking Body by Mabel Elsworth Todd Timebends: A Life by Arthur Miller

    47 min

  2. Jun 5

    Introduction for the Host

    Get to know my background in the film industry as well as some of my favorite films.

    12 min

  3. Jun 5

    Platinum Myth: Episode One - Norma Jeane to Marilyn

    Marilyn Monroe was one of the world's most iconic figures. But how did she go from an abandoned child to Hollywood sex symbol? Sources: Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume One 1926 to 1956 by Gary Vitacco-Robles Finding Marilyn: A Romance by David Conover Marilyn Monroe by Maurice Zolotow Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto The Marilyn Monroe Century by Bruno Bernard My Story by Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli

    55 min
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A podcast that celebrates classic films, pop culture moments, and fascinating histories that defined Hollywood's golden age—and discovers the stories that connect them all. 

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  • Creator
    Meegan Driscoll
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 That's a Creative Arc!
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    That's a Creative Arc!