The Secret History of L.A.

Molly Lambert is a writer and host of the new podcast HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story.

“I think as a writer I always had this thing: I don't want to be out front. I don't want the spotlight on me. I'm not an actor. I want to be lurking in the back with the cast accepting the applause, but I don't want to be the center of attention. And so I think kind of like making peace with like, Look man, it's fine to be the center of attention when you made something you're proud of.”

Show notes:

• @mollylambert
•  Lambert on Longform
• HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story (iHeartPodcasts • 2022)
• 01:00 Deckheads: Chief Stews! (Anna Hossnieh and Molly Lambert)
• 07:00 O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman • ESPN Films, Laylow Films • 2016)
• 10:00 Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon • Penguin Books • 2010)
• 10:00 Vineland (Thomas Pynchon • Penguin Classics • 1997)
• 11:00 You Must Remember This (Karina Longworth)
• 11:00 Once Upon a Time… In the Valley: T-R-A-C-I (Lili Anolik • C13Originals • 2020)
• 12:00 Short Cuts (Robert Altman • Fine Line Features • 1993)
• 16:00 "Young Playwrights Get Off-Bway Spotlight in Sondheim Founded Fest" (Playbill • Sep 2002)
• 21:00 Lolita Podcast (Jamie Loftus • iHeartRadio • 2021)
• 24:00 "Porntopia" (Grantland • Mar 2015)
• 24:00 Karina Longworth on Longform Podcast
• 32:00 "‘Mad Men’ Week 1: Catching Tigers in Red Weather" (Grantland • Apr 2015)

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