Eunice Kennedy’s Lasting Legacy

Eunice was the fifth of Joseph and Rose Kennedy’s nine children. While she’s perhaps best known as the founder of the Special Olympics, that was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of her lifelong commitment to public service and disability rights. To unpack Eunice’s life and legacy, we’re joined …

‘Love Story: JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’: Part Two

Since we recapped the first three episodes of Ryan Murphy’s ‘Love Story’, it has become the most streamed limited series on FX — and TikTok’s favorite show to argue about. We discuss what’s behind the overwhelming popularity of the show, Daryl Hannah’s searing New York Times op-ed about her portray…

Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was a bipartisan project for the advancement of the performing arts conceptualized during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. When JFK was assassinated in 1964, it was established as a “living memorial” in his honor. For decades, the Center…

Film of the Month: Blonde (2022)

Inspired by our recent episode about Marilyn Monroe’s relationship with the Kennedy family, we watched the most recent fictionalized account of Marilyn’s life to make a splash: Andrew Dominik’s 2022 Netflix film ‘Blonde,’ starring Ana de Armas and based on the 2001 Joyce Carol Oates novel of the sa…

Ryan Murphy’s ‘Love Story: JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’

We discuss the buzzy new FX series ‘Love Story: JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.’

The Murder of JFK’s Mistress Mary Pinchot Meyer

Mary Pinchot Meyer was a D.C. socialite, artist, and mistress of President John F. Kennedy. While walking near her studio on October 12, 1964, she was murdered in broad daylight. The man initially accused of shooting her was acquitted, and the case has been unsolved ever since. To this day, conspir…

Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys

Marilyn Monroe has been associated with the Kennedy family for decades, from her memorable rendition of “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to enduring rumors about a full-fledged affair with his brother Bobby. Most disturbingly, Kennedy-related conspiracy theories persist surrounding Monroe’s untimely…

Update

We’re taking a break this week, but here’s a sneak peek of what’s to come in the next ten episodes.

RFK's Assassination

On June 5, 1968, the day after winning the California Democratic primary for President, Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed by a man named Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. As with most Kennedy tragedies, some people don’t buy the official narrative of how the events unfolded.…

Film of the Month: Thirteen Days (2001) and the Cuban Missile Crisis

“You’ll never believe how close we came.” That’s the tagline for this month’s film, the 2001 historical political thriller Thirteen Days. Kevin Costner stars as White House assistant Kenneth O’Donnell during the 1962 diplomatic standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that became known as the…