122 episodes
This is Love Criminal Productions
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- Society & Culture
Love is more than you think.
From the creators of Criminal. New episodes twice a month.
Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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A Trip to the Bunny Ranch (Criminal+)
Five years ago, we visited the Moonlite Bunny Ranch. Today, memories from our taping there with Alice Little - plus panting dogs, Fourth of July plans, and a tour of Phoebe's desk.
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You Can't Promise to Love Forever
Folk singer Peggy Seeger and her partner, Irene Pyper-Scott, live on different continents. Peggy has written dozens of poems and songs for Irene, and one for the man she spent 33 years with before that – Ewan MacColl. “He loved me the way I loved Irene.”
Ewan MacColl wrote the famous love song – “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – about Peggy in 1957.
Peggy Seeger’s book is First Time Ever: A Memoir.
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A Pumpkin and A Lobster (Criminal+)
A pumpkin mystery, and a lobster-napping.
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The Most Romantic Place in Philadelphia
McGillin’s Olde Ale House is the oldest bar in Philadelphia, and it also claims to be the most romantic place in the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “McGillin’s has matchmaking magic.”
Special thanks to Andrew Stelzer.
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F.P. and The Double Breasted Suit (Criminal+)
Phoebe tells Lauren the story of how one man planted more than 30 bombs around New York City - and how he was eventually caught using criminal profiling. Plus, Phoebe tells us what a “sardicado” is, Lauren shares some flower arranging tips, and they both reveal their least favorite commercials.
Read more about the "Mad Bomber of New York" here:
"Unmasking the Mad Bomber" (Smithsonian Magazine)
"The Mad Bomber Who Terrorized Manhattan" (New Yorker)
"‘Unhinged, unrelenting’: The Mad Bomber who terrorized New York" (Washington Post)
"Mad Bomber Case Closed by Police" (The New York Times)
Phoebe's couscous recipe is here: https://buff.ly/3WxxglZ
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At the Drawing Board
Curtis was one of the first nationally-syndicated comic strips with a mostly-Black cast of characters. Ray Billingsley has been drawing it for newspapers every day for the past 35 years.
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