Thursday, October 8, 2026

Jungle Gardenia with Bruce Wagner


Legendary writer Bruce Wagner joins the continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist to discuss Jungle Gardenia by Tuvaché (1933), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (1963), and the creation of my book, The Perfume Nationalist: A Cultural History Through Perfume, Media, and Resistance.

10/8/26 S8E59

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Sunday, September 27, 2026

Chiffon Sorbet **TEASER**


Chiffon Sorbet by Escada (1993) +

Vincente Minnelli's Father's Little Dividend (1951) +

Henry Levin's Belles on Their Toes (1952) +

Adam Shankman's Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

with Ava Pearlman

9/27/26 S8E56

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Monday, August 31, 2026

Klondike Annie


Shocking by Elsa Schiaparelli (1937) +

Mae West (1893-1980) +

Mae West: An Icon in Black and White by Jill Watts (2003) +

Archie Mayo's Night After Night (1932) + Lowell Sherman's She Done Him Wrong (1933) + Wesley Ruggles' I'm No Angel (1933) + Leo McCarey's Belle of the Nineties (1934) + Alexander Hall's Goin' to Town (1935) + Raoul Walsh's Klondike Annie (1936)

with Joy Maura

8/31/26 S8E53

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