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Jun 9, 2025 • 38min

229. Coco Chanel | Fashion, Fragrance, and Fascism, Part One

In a multi-drop week here on Done and Dunne, we begin our investigation into Coco Chanel, legendary fashion and fragrance designer, with a little fascism on the side. Her life was long and complicated. Today’s episode includes Coco’s story from childhood through the close of 1919, including tragedy, so many nuns, and the beginning of her fashion career. Also included are her first two powerful lovers, Etienne Balsan and Boy Capel, who really give this orphan a lift. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 2, 2025 • 25min

228. Yachts and Things | The Found Mystery Chapter of Answered Prayers

In this surprise double drop episode, we rediscover a missing chapter of Truman Capote’s Answered Prayers. This missing chapter reveals a bit about the time Truman and Katharine Graham spent on a yacht touring the Greek islands, with all the spiderwebs and hashish included too. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 2, 2025 • 43min

227. And Audrey Wilder Sang....

This week we go from one Audrey to another. In this episode, we get to know Audrey Wilder. Audrey was a tremendous lady – wife of legendary director Billy Wilder, Hollywood hostess, and bosom friend of our man Nick. Audrey also goes way back into our narrative lending her name to one of the mysterious missing chapters of Truman Capote’s Answered Prayers. With all the spiderwebs included that you like, it's time to bring Audrey Wilder into our main feed investigation! Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 26, 2025 • 44min

226. Dunne Profiles | Audrey Hepburn

In our continuation of love today for Audrey Hepburn, we discover the brilliant writing of Dunne from May of 1991 in Vanity Fair, and so much more about this remarkable lady. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 26, 2025 • 35min

225. The Life and Loves of Audrey Hepburn

In the first of a double drop this week, Alicia takes you through the life and loves of Audrey Hepburn. Much is included within this initial episode to make Dunne’s profile of Hepburn, coming next, even more extraordinary. Included are details about Audrey's childhood through the war, her breakthrough to success, her love affair with William Holden, and her divorces from Mel Ferrer and Andrea Dotti as well. We end with Audrey finding true happiness in her third act with lasting love and changing the world with her dear heart for UNICEF as its ambassador. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 19, 2025 • 32min

224. Hever Castle | Two English Queens and an Astor Brat

In celebration of all things Anne Boleyn this week on the 489th commemoration of her death, this episode has you traveling with Alicia on a tour of Hever Castle in the Kent countryside. Its double-moated history begins long before Anne Boleyn and continues long after, and includes Anne of Cleves and William Waldorf Astor too! Everything connects in this encore episode this week - back next week with bran new Nick, and more in the meantime on Patreon! Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 16, 2025 • 22min

223. Update | Menendez Brothers Resentenced

There was some breaking news this week in a case much discussed within our Done and Dunne podcast, and investigated by Dominick Dunne. In this episode, Alicia gives the latest details on the Menendez Brothers and their resentencing in the California Court System this week.Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 12, 2025 • 1h 30min

222. Big Edie, Little Edie, and the Beale's Grey Gardens

In this double length episode, we stitch two Not Dunne Yet episodes together for one big old spiderweb surrounding Grey Gardens and Big and Little Edie Beale, the most famous mother-daughter pair of Georgica Pond in East Hampton, NY. Our journey begins with a bit of investigation into Sally Quinn, featured in the last episodes, who purchases Grey Gardens from Little Edie in the late 1970s, after decades of history with The Edies. Today’s investigation weaves through decades of history with so many familiar faces from our journey. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 9, 2025 • 5min

Introducing: Psychedelic Women

Hello Investigators, I want to tell you about a new show that I’m really excited about. My friend Rainbow Valentine has been collecting the stories of the first generation of women to have access to The Pill, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and LSD.  In her podcast Psychedelic Women, Rainbow talks to the women who lived and made the counterculture in 1960s San Francisco and, eventually, the world. It's a fascinating, beautifully crafted show featuring real-life stories that'll blow your mind. Coming up is the trailer for Psychedelic Women, and Episode 1 lands today. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 5, 2025 • 51min

221. Mr. Dunne Goes to Washington | Kennedy Encounters, Monica Lewinsky, and Moral Reckonings

In this episode, we conclude Dominick Dunne’s time in Washington DC covering the 1999 Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton. This week, there are a few run-ins with Kennedy family members, a little exploration about Linda Tripp’s role in the whole scandal, and Dunne’s time watching the trial too. Our man Nick is reckoning with many feelings in this very gossipy and heartfelt piece from 1999. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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