Trashy Divorces

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A Good Podcast About Bad Relationships. Every Wednesday and Sunday, Alicia and Stacie take you on a comedic ride through stories of marital misconduct and love gone wrong, blending biography, pop culture, history, and politics. "It’s one part Vanity Fair meets Town & Country, one part country music song—and an all-around good time." - The Atlantan. "Enjoying the juicy details of other people’s relationships is having a moment." Sunday Times Style Magazine (UK). "When this shameless show about bad relationships kicks off with astrological analysis of the couplings discussed in the episode, you know it’s going to be a party." AV Club

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415 episodes

S21E22: Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige has been on top for so long that it's entirely proper to refer to her as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, but for all of her astonishing professional success in music and beyond, her personal life has featured more than her fair share of obstacles. After a mixed bag of relationships in her 20s, she thought she had finally found the one when she married her manager in 2003 - only to find herself in financial peril years later, when she discovered in divorce proceedings that he'd not only broken her heart, but left her buried in debt, as well. Thank you for another amazing season of Trashy Divorces! We'll be back with Season 22 starting Wednesday, April 10! Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant, and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY for 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

50m
Mar 24
S21E21: Relationship Red Flags, with Sam and Allie from I'm Horrified!

Friends, we were delighted to discover that one of our favorite podcasts had returned to production last year, and couldn't wait to have Allie and Sam from I'm Horrified! join us to talk about some of the relationship red flags that horrify them. It's quite a list, from two of our favorite people in podcasting. Be sure to check out I'm Horrified! wherever you listen to podcasts! Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant, and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY for 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

45m
Mar 20
S21E20: Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith

When actors Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek, Fringe) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim, Anne Boleyn) got together in 2018, it seemed like a match made in Hollywood heaven. But this is Trashy Divorces, so you can guess that the wedded bliss didn't last. After a sudden split in 2023, Jodie has been dropping epic, if somewhat cryptic, shade, and Joshua has recently been spotted vacationing with Lupita Nyong'o. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors This show is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month! Diet Smoke. Visit www.dietsmoke.com/shrooms and use code TRASHY50 to get 50% off your first pack of Shroom gummies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26m
Mar 17
S21E19: Full House's Jodie Sweetin

When the beloved TV series Full House ended in 1995, actress Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner, had spent more of her life on the show than off. At just 13, she experienced a personal and professional shift that took her years to recover from. In the process, she experienced significant substance misuse and three marriages that were doomed to fail for various reasons - but today, she is happy and healthy and in a great marriage. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors This show is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month! Diet Smoke. Visit www.dietsmoke.com/shrooms and use code TRASHY50 to get 50% off your first pack of Shroom gummies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

44m
Mar 13
S21E18: Dumpster Dive | Rupert Murdoch, Scandoval, Cyrus Drama, Bieber Fever, John Mulaney, Michael Gambon, Natalie Portman, Jason Kelce

It's been another big week for a bunch of TD Alums, so we're bringing the Dumpster Dive back to the main feed! In the Dumpster today: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged. Again. VanderPump Rules's Tom Sandoval is savoring his turn as the Most Hated Man in America. Miley's mom Tish Cyrus allegedly stole her daughter's boyfriend - then married him. Justin and Hailey Bieber may or may not be having marital problems, but her dad sure didn't help things. Comedian John Mulaney is about to be absolutely torched by his ex-wife Anna Marie Tendler in her forthcoming memoir, Men Have Called Her Crazy (pre-order it here). Dumbledore - actor Michael Gambon - had two families for the last two decades of his life, but his will is surprisingly stingy to his longtime mistress. Actress Natalie Portman is now Millepied-free. Taylor Swift's Boyfriend's Brother Retires from Football. Jason Kelce, you're a real one. Best of luck in your future endeavors. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

52m
Mar 10
S21E17: ReesaTeesa's "Who TF Did I Marry?" (Alicia's Version), Part Two

ReesaMTeesa's epic "Who TF Did I Marry?" spans approximately eight hours on TikTok, with a whopping 50 video installments. Alicia watched them all, and in this Part Two episode, breaks down the last twenty or so videos that complete the disturbing story of her courtship, marriage to, and divorce from "Legion." Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 33m
Mar 06
S21E16: ReesaTeesa's "Who TF Did I Marry?" (Alicia's Version)

If you're on TikTok, you may have already come across the massively viral "Who TF Did I Marry" series over there. TikTokker reesamteesa has a banger of a story about her whirlwind romance, quick wedding, and rapid divorce from "Legion," a man she describes as a "pathological liar." It's a shocking story - part mystery, part love gone wrong - that Alicia has been fully engrossed by, and in this Part One, she breaks down the first six hours or so of @reesamteesa's epic tale. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant, and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY for 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 11m
Mar 03
S21E15: Cheech Marin

Actor, comedian, and musician Cheech Marin stormed into the public imagination back in the 70's as half of the stoner comedy duo Cheech & Chong, but his career has long since expanded beyond weed-fueled road trip movies. Along the way, he's had ups and downs with creative partner Tommy Chong, gone through two divorces, and opened an art museum celebrating Chicano art. Alicia has the whole smoke-filled ride. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant, and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY for 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

47m
Feb 28
S21E14: John Derek, Linda Evans, and Bo Derek (ft. Ursula Andress)

Actor and filmmaker John Derek may not have been the gifted auteur he imagined himself to be, but his luck with the ladies was undeniable. His four marriages were all to starlets, and his roving eye eventually led to an ugly split from a young Linda Evans, later of Dynasty fame, for an even younger - in fact, a minor at the time - Bo Derek. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

36m
Feb 25
S21E13: Daryl Hall and John Oates

Not every big breakup is romantic, as songwriting and performing legends Daryl Hall and John Oates are unfortunately learning in the Chancery Court of Nashville, Tennessee. Friends since college, the duo spent years honing their craft before breaking out big in the 1970s, and giving the world some of the catchiest music around - Maneater, Rich Girl, Kiss on My List, You Make My Dreams, among many others. Their half-century long partnership has existed long enough to see a revival of their early work in the last decade or two, but a recent lawsuit and restraining order may mark the definitive end of the band everybody knew as Hall & Oates. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

42m
Feb 21
S21E12: James Brown

James Brown was known by a lot of titles: The Godfather of Soul and The Hardest Working Man in Show Business among them, but as Alicia shares, his personal life was more than a little bit of a catastrophe. From trouble with the law, to trouble with the IRS, to extremely abusive relationships with women, this musical legend's legacy is mixed at best. And was he murdered? Content warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

54m
Feb 18
S21E11: Actress Billie Piper

When the Doctor Who television series rebooted on BBC in 2005, the producers were looking for a very specific type of person to play The Doctor's human traveling companion. They wanted a young actress to connect to a new generation of viewers, but also relatably perform the role of an ordinary girl whose adventures with The Doctor connect her to what makes her extraordinary. The selection of actress Billie Piper for the part of Rose Tyler was especially inspired; after all, Billie had been a pop star by age 15, only to walk away from a life she didn't want - and toward the one she did. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

45m
Feb 14
S21E10: Actress Jane Seymour

English actress Jane Seymour has been a mainstay in film and television for decades. From her breakout role as Bond girl Solitaire in Live and Let Die to her much loved turn as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, she's been an elegant and indelible cultural presence, with a slew of awards to show for it. But her love life? Oh, that's been an awful lot rockier. Alicia has the trashy dirt on this almost-All Star. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant, and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY for 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

49m
Feb 11
S21E09: Dumpster Dive! The Grammys, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, The British Royal Family, Brangelina, and Taylor Swift

We often cite Dumpster Dives as a Patreon benefit, and with so many TD Alums in the news lately, we thought it would be fun to bring one to the main feed. In the Dumpster this week, Alicia talks Grammys magic, of which there was plenty. Stacie takes a musical follow-up with the recent high-profile spat between exes Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Then Alicia has thoughts about the spate of medical issues facing Britain's ruling family - King Charles III, Sarah Ferguson, and Kate Middleton are all off to a terrible start in 2024. Stacie updates us on the ongoing legal dispute between exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and the $500 million winery that they just can't seem to quit squabbling over, and Alicia closes us out with some delicious Taylor Swift trashcandy. Want early, ad-free episodes, Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Caden Lane is your one-stop shop for all your newborn, infant, and toddler apparel. Head to CadenLane.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY for 20% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

39m
Feb 07
S21E08: Aaron Burr, Sir

After finally catching a live performance of Hamilton the Musical this week, Alicia's mind returned to the wild life story of Hamilton antagonist Aaron Burr. Things didn't stop for him after the infamous duel, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's play doesn't even get into Burr's secret family, unacknowledged children, or his much later marriage to - and divorce from - one of the richest women in America. And if the tale is true, there may have been a bit of poetic justice on the part of the Hamilton family there at the end. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

46m
Feb 04
S21E07: The Yankees Wife Swap

On March 5, 1973, Major League Baseball hosted what had to be the wildest pair of press conferences in its history. Yankees southpaw pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, for reasons that defy any kind of good explanation, revealed to reporters from spring training that they had not merely swapped wives with each other, but lives. Months before, Mike had moved into Fritz's home, with Fritz's wife, two children, and dog, and Fritz had moved into Mike's, with Mike's wife, his two children, and his dog. It set off a firestorm that tanked both of their careers, and left a stadium's worth of bad feelings between the two old friends. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25m
Jan 31
S21E06: Morgan Freeman

Is there anyone who doesn't love actor Morgan Freeman? Star of iconic films like Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption, he's an Academy Award winner and the possessor of one the most recognizable voices in entertainment. As a celebrity with two divorces under his belt, he's definitely in our wheelhouse, but allegations - denied by all parties - that surfaced after his second divorce, and again during the trial of his granddaughter's murderer, leave a distinctly disturbing aftertaste to this one. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

50m
Jan 28
Listen Now: Diss and Tell

When you think of the messiest celebrity feuds of all time, who comes to mind? Is it Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun? Maybe it’s Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan… or just about anyone from any reality TV franchise? Diss and Tell is a podcast from Wondery, hosted by comedians Sydney Battle and Matt Bellassai. Each hilarious episode will take you through one of pop culture’s most iconic celebrity feuds, and serve you a little dose of chaos every week. This is just a preview of Diss and Tell. You can listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts, or at Wondery.fm/DissAndTell_TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7m
Jan 26
S21E05: Joey Lawrence

Actor and musician Joey Lawrence roared into Americans' consciousness at the tender age of 5, when he tap danced his way into our hearts on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show in 1982. From there, everything was coming up Joey for most of the next two decades: Gimme a Break!, Blossom, and Brotherly Love set his high water mark, but he's worked steadily in his industry ever since. He's also been through two divorces and a bankruptcy - and Stacie thinks he may have benefited from taking some "me time" in between his fast-moving relationships. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

34m
Jan 24
S21E04: Doris Day, Part Two

In this second part, Alicia tracks Doris Day's disastrous marriage to Martin Melcher, and the enormous financial hole he left her in when he died at the young age of 52. There was still one more husband to go before Doris would decide she'd had enough of matrimony and turned her focus to a more deserving cause: rescuing animals. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Factor. Head to factormeals.com/trashy50 and use code trashy50 to get 50% off America’s #1 ready-to-eat meal delivery service! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

49m
Jan 21
S21E03: Doris Day, Part One

Actress and singer Doris Day built a giant career in Hollywood on the image of the All-American Girl, a perfectly relatable Girl Next Door, virtuous and funny. It was pure spin, with Groucho Marx once quipping, "I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin." Doris herself chafed at the limitations of the type-casting and how utterly at odds it was to the life she was actually living. In this first part of her story, Alicia takes us through her start in show business, her first two husbands, and a whole lotta playing the field in 1950s Hollywood. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Sponsors Factor. Head to factormeals.com/trashy50 and use code trashy50 to get 50% off America’s #1 ready-to-eat meal delivery service! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

48m
Jan 17
S21E02: Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk

If you were a 90s kid, you were around for the emergence of skateboarding as a sport, Tony Hawk as its king. Timing being everything, Tony didn't just master and innovate skateboarding, he also got on board the emerging art form of video games early, launching the lucrative Tony Hawk Pro-Skater series in 1999 - a franchise that continues to this day. While his success as an athlete and entrepreneur are impressive, his luck in love has been a bit more spotty, with three trashy divorces behind him, but a fourth marriage that seems to be going strong. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

36m
Jan 14
S21E01: Cher and Gregg Allman

All the way back in Season One, Stacie covered the marriage and divorce of Sonny and Cher. But Cher's marital adventures didn't end with Sonny Bono, as Alicia shares. After things fizzled between the pair, Cher went on to marry The Allman Brothers' Gregg Allman - who was unfortunately pretty wrapped up in a cycle of addiction at the time. Things were hard for the couple, and while they gave it a real go (with three divorce filings across their four years!), in the end, they were left merely as co-parents harboring a lot of affection and regret. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

44m
Jan 10
S20E22: Gilded Age Chronicler Edith Wharton

Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Edith Wharton came by her subject matter the old fashioned way: she was born into a prominent New York City family, and was subjected to the mores of the city's high society circle from birth. This did not suit the plain, brainy young Edith even a little bit, much to her mother's horror, but Edith did eventually submit to an extremely unhappy marriage to a diagnosed megalomaniac (!), which ended in, you guessed it, a trashy divorce. We are taking our mid-season break and will be back with you January 10! Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year to all! Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Diet Smoke premium THC and Mushroom Products. Visit www.DietSmoke.com today and use code TRASHY for 50% off any item, and enjoy your journey to Bliss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 8m
Dec 24, 2023
S20E21: Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney

Rascal Flatts is one of the most celebrated country music acts of the 21st century, but when the band announced that it would break up after a farewell tour in January 2020, the story took a bunch of unexpected turns. Obviously, the pandemic hit and the tour wasn't in the cards, but then it appears that guitarist Joe Don Rooney's life fell all the way apart in the ensuing months. The farewell tour is still TBD at best, but his 15-year-long marriage is all the way over, and it's anyone's guess what comes next for the man and the band. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Diet Smoke premium THC and Mushroom Products. Visit www.DietSmoke.com today and use code TRASHY for 50% off any item, and enjoy your journey to Bliss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

32m
Dec 20, 2023
S20E20: Zelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald

2023 has been a monster year for breakups, with celebrities (Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, anyone?), politicians (Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau!), musicians (almost too many to choose: Cardi B and Offset are done; Kacey Musgraves broke up with her longtime boyfriend), all hitting the escape hatch. Breakups are hard, but we are here to say: We're for it! If your relationship isn't giving you what you need, there's no shame in deciding to leave and go live your best life. That's exactly what Alicia wishes that Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, had done in their doomed marriage a century ago. This is a reprise of a Season One episode, rewritten and re-recorded. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Factor. Head to factormeals.com/trashy50 and use code trashy50 to get 50% off America’s #1 ready-to-eat meal delivery service! Lume. Get $5 off a Lume Starter Pack with code TRASHY at LumeDeodorant.com. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 14m
Dec 17, 2023
S20E19: Molly Ringwald

In the 1980s, filmmaker John Hughes was the king of a certain kind of cinema, and his very favorite leading lady was teen idol Molly Ringwald. With a zest for the parts Hughes had written for her and a refreshing atypical beauty, Molly became one of the most famous faces of the era, and the performer of generation-defining characters. Her path departed from Hughes's after Pretty in Pink, and the years since have taken her places she never expected going - including through a tough divorce. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Factor. Head to factormeals.com/trashy50 and use code trashy50 to get 50% off America's #1 ready-to-eat meal delivery service! Lume. Get $5 off a Lume Starter Pack with code TRASHY at LumeDeodorant.com. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

48m
Dec 13, 2023
S20E18: Robert Downey Jr.

Some stories contain great seeds of trash that bloom instead into a resilient forest, and that's our story today. Actor Robert Downey Jr., Marvel's Iron Man, famously had a rough start to his career. For years, he was in and out of rehab, in and out of jail, and keeping the Los Angeles Police Department plenty busy with various drug-fueled bad decisions. Talented though he obviously was, he was all but written off by Hollywood in the early 2000s, when he finally found the strength to sit with his demons and chose not to let them control him any longer. There was also a long relationship with Sarah Jessica Parker and a doomed - for obvious reasons - first marriage along the way. Here's Robert Downey Jr. performing a snippet of Joni Mitchell's 'River' on Ally McBeal: 2006 Robert Downey Jr. - Joni Mitchell's 'River' (YouTube link) Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors June’s Journey from Wooga. June needs your help, detective! Download June’s Journey for free today on iOS and Android! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

34m
Dec 10, 2023
S20E17: James Gandolfini

When The Sopranos premiered on HBO in 1999, no one knew how thoroughly it would change television for a generation. Mob boss Tony Soprano, portrayed so ably by actor James Gandolfini, was a complex anti-hero who was capable of both shocking violence and everyman confusion and ambivalence about his role as a father, husband, son, mobster, and human being. Gandolfini himself may have been the perfect actor for the role, but becoming Tony Soprano was harder than the public knew. He battled his own demons throughout the series run, including during his divorce from his first wife, while the few years he had remaining post-Sopranos at least seem to have represented a fresh start. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors June’s Journey from Wooga. June needs your help, detective! Download June’s Journey for free today on iOS and Android! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

43m
Dec 06, 2023
S20E16: "Washington's Greatest Swinger" Henry Kissinger

When the powerful and influential pass, we always like to take a look at their personal stories, and wow is Henry Kissinger's time in the limelight as Secretary of State to Richard Nixon a shocking document of weirdness. Hailed as "Washington's Greatest Swinger" (which meant something a bit more tame than it does these days), the bookish foreign policy expert became an unlikely sex symbol during a time of real tumult. Stacie has the unexpected, but apparently true, story. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Sample Headlines Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies (rollingstone.com) Why Henry Kissinger Was “the Ultimate Starf—er” (hollywoodreporter.com) Henry Kissinger and the surprising dating life of a West Wing ‘playboy’ - The Washington Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

32m
Dec 03, 2023