27 episodes

Tabloid stories are not just guilty pleasures; they are revelatory ones, electrified by the tripwires of culture: race, class, gender, and politics. Season 2 reveals new details about Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape: how it was stolen and distributed, the effect on their lives--and ultimately, how the tape changed our culture. Season 1 is a full-life inquiry into the making of Ivanka Trump, from child of very public 1980s divorce to teenage party girl and then to her trophy-collecting father’s very favorite trophy.

Tabloid Luminary

    • Society & Culture

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Tabloid stories are not just guilty pleasures; they are revelatory ones, electrified by the tripwires of culture: race, class, gender, and politics. Season 2 reveals new details about Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape: how it was stolen and distributed, the effect on their lives--and ultimately, how the tape changed our culture. Season 1 is a full-life inquiry into the making of Ivanka Trump, from child of very public 1980s divorce to teenage party girl and then to her trophy-collecting father’s very favorite trophy.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    Listen Now: Lindsay Lohan | The C-Word

    Listen Now: Lindsay Lohan | The C-Word

    [In honor of what some have called a "Lohanaissance," we're bringing back this conversation from 2022 that looks back at LiLo's formative years. Enjoy.] Lindsay Lohan’s name has become synonymous with maladaptive child stardom, toxic tabloid culture, and the general trainwreckery of the mid-aughts—but it wasn’t always that way. Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett unpack LiLo’s childhood, her precocious talent and early popularity, the media’s perverse fascination with her prepubescent body, and the beginnings of her Bad Behavior headlines which would drastically influence 2000s pop culture. Lena also shares moments throughout her youth and career during which her and Lilo’s paths have overlapped. For Part 2 of The Lindsay Lohan series on The C-Word, subscribe to the Luminary Channel of Apple Podcasts or directly on Luminary.
    The C-Word: on Luminary http://luminary.link/lena
    The C-Word on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c-word/id1567724444

    • 1 hr 28 min
    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: The Garden of Eden

    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: The Garden of Eden

    • 19 min
    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: Birth of a Genre

    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: Birth of a Genre

    Sex tapes get more common, and celebrity bashing gets meaner.

    • 18 min
    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: The New Celebrities

    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: The New Celebrities

    Pam and Tommy’s sex tape created a whole new way to get famous.

    • 16 min
    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: The Leak

    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: The Leak

    Pamela and Tommy’s sex tape goes from a safe in the woods to sex shops all over the country.

    • 20 min
    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: One Night at the Porn Awards

    The Pam and Tommy Sex Tape: One Night at the Porn Awards

    Old world porn bosses + internet upstarts = the celebrity sex tape phenomenon.

    • 17 min

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