Mike Drucker on the assassination of Gianni Versace and true crime obsession
Allison interviews Samantha Bee writer Mike Drucker (@mikedrucker) about The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate, Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama, and his podcast How To Be A Person | 16 April 2018
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Pop Rocket Episode 162: Pop Rocket is for Lovers with Dave White
Karen Tongson takes over hosting duties this week and film critic Dave White joins the panel to discuss all things Valentine’s Day. Who are our favorite TV couples? Are rom coms over? What couple do our panelists aspire to be like? Plus, Karen talks the Winter Olympics, Dave tells us about his new favorite chef, and Wynter has a few more words on Versace. | 14 February 2018
Previewing the 2018 Limited Series Emmy Races – Awards Daily TV’s Water Cooler Podcast
The Cooler Gang wraps their preview of this year’s Emmy race with a look at the series in contention for the 2018 Limited Series Emmy categories. | 9 April 2018
Award-winning journalist, a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair and author of two books. Her best-selling, Vulgar Favors: The Assassination of Gianni Versace is the basis of Season 2 of FX’s 10-part series, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Maureen began her love of Colombia as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Medellin where she built a school the community named for her: Escuela Marina Orth. In 2005, at the request of the Secretary of Education of Medellin who asked her to empower the children in her school to become competitive in the 21st century, she founded the Marina Orth Foundation. It has since grown to include 21 public and charter schools offering computers for every child K-5, STEM, English and leadership training including robotics and coding. | 5 April 2018
AREA 52 080: “Dying To Be Famous”
On July 15, 1997, a man walked up behind Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace as he was entering his South Beach estate and shot him in the head, killing him. This murder introduced the world to the name Andrew Cunanan, a man who sought fame and acceptance so desperately, he was willing to kill for it. Versace wasn’t his only victim. In fact, Andrew’s 4 state murder spree left a trail of bodies and questions behind that still baffle and intrigue investigators. Why did he do it? What made him snap? Was it all avoidable, or was Andrew just born to kill? Join us this week as we examine Cunanan’s life and crimes, from his troubled and turbulent childhood, to the web of lies that he lived as an adult and the victims he left in his wake, we do our best to figure out who Andrew was and what lead him down the darkest path of all. | 5 April 2018
Join us for a discussion of this week in television and film, women, the LGBTQ community, and where they all intersect. This week we’re talking about the new seasons of Homeland and The Walking Dead, review the two new Shondaland shows, For the People and Station 19, discuss important LGBTQ matters on Madam Secretary, Instinct, Law and Order: SVU and American Crime Story: The assassination of Gianni Versace, and debate whether or not to vote for Cynthia Nixon.
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Sean and Jon are back and they get into the weeds on a couple of extremely stupid stoner comedies! Sean appreciates the fin er points of Jack Black’s ability to curse, Jon laments the utter straightness of these brogressive time-wasters, and they both find common ground with their love of the Jackass franchise. Watch/Rewatches this week include Saving Silverman, Game Over Man, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Fargo (TV), and Ru Paul’s Drag Race. | 29 March 2018
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Our Favorite Movies Vol. 3: Megan’s Love Affair with ‘Love and Death’
On this week’s podcast, Megan introduces one of her favorite films – Woody Allen’s Love and Death – as the Cooler gang wraps up Volume 3 of Our Favorite Movies. Plus, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Versace in TV Tidbits. | 26 March 2018
Episode 8: The One With the Drag Race Newbie
It’s a TV party of two this week, as Allison and Clint go it alone to walk the latter through his very first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. What did he think of the show? Will Shantay he stay, or sashay away from the show altogether?
After that, the hosts talk about some exciting TV news, the blurring lines between streaming films and television (in wake of the Cannes ban on Netflix flicks), the finale of American Crime Story, and more. So, slap on your wig, put on your face, and let the podcast play!
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
SPOILERS! Ryan Murphy’s second season of American Crime Story came to a tragic conclusion. What did you think? Come join us! | 25 March 2018
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