Done & Dunne

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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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Apr 28, 2025 • 56min

220. Mr. Dunne Goes to Washington | Georgetown Gatherings, Lucianne Goldberg, and 1999’s State of the Union

In this episode, we travel with Dominick Dunne fresh out of Paris in 1998 and into Washington DC in 1999. Our man Nick is still a bit out of his element inside the beltway, but he will get his bearings fairly quickly and thankfully tell us all about it. Dunne wrote about his time in January 1999 for Vanity Fair in a piece titled Mr. Dunne Goes to Washington, and it is revealing in many ways, even almost thirty years later into the future. Dunne spills the details on his feelings about Bill and Hillary Clinton, the 1999 State of the Union, many a Georgetown party, and the end of his friendship with Lucianne Goldberg as well, which has Dunne having a front row seat into the scandal as it was developing real time. With connections into all kinds of past spiderwebs, this one is sure to please your investigative hearts. 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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Apr 22, 2025 • 53min

219. Joan Didion Is Really Having A Moment

Investigators, it is a double drop week here on Done and Dunne! We turn our focus in this episode to Nick’s sister-in-law Joan Didion, wo is really having a moment this month! The archives of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne are available now at the New York Public Library, after their acquisition in 2023. Additionally, there is a whole new work from Joan dropping April 22 – today – titled Notes to John. This release gives an alternative insight into Joan Didion about her work, motherhood, and the loss of her daughter, Quintana Roo, just two short years after the death of John Gregory Dunne. Lots of moments happening with our favorite sister-in-law – all the details happening here in this springtime bonus! See sources and more at doneanddunne.com.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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Apr 21, 2025 • 1h 3min

218. Betsy Bloomingdale | Queen of California

In this exciting double Done and Dunne bonus, we explore the life of Betsy Bloomingdale, the legendary hostess and Queen of California, at least as it concerns the reins of power of politics, royalty, and Hollywood.The first part of our Betsy coverage includes all the basics, a bit about her relationship with the legendary designer Billy Haines, and her fabulous style with entertaining too. No one hosted a party like Betsy. We follow on with Betsy Bloomingdale and her fabulous haute couture and jewelry. As for the clothing part, Betsy has so many stories to share from her fashion retrospective in 2009 encompassing 35 years of style. After Betsy passes, a select few of her jewels are auctioned. The details about these pieces are simply incredible and continue to show Betsy's practical side, even if it is high-end practical.See sources and more at doneanddunne.com.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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Apr 14, 2025 • 35min

217. Dunne in Haute Couture | Au Revoir, Paris!

This week, we conclude our journey into Dominick Dunne’s time in Paris for the January 1998 couture shows. So many more shows, including the collections of Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, and Karl Lagerfeld. There is a Princess Diana moment, and a few international and political drops too, including Dunne’s rapprochement with Adnan Khashoggi and the brewing Clinton scandal in Washington D.C., which is beginning at the time to get some press. Sources and more at doneanddunne.com.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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Apr 7, 2025 • 1h 9min

216. Dunne in Haute Couture | Paris 1998 - Spiderwebs Galore!

In our continuing journey from the land of haute couture in Paris in January of 1998, Dominick Dunne will continue his walk down the runway. Luckily for us, we have a whole of threads to pull together this week. Take out your index cards, investigators! We are spilling the details on so many characters in this one, including the well married The Miller Sisters, Ellin Saltzman, Alfred Taubmann, Jayne Wrightsman, Coco Chanel, Nan Kempner, Andre Leon Talley, Ira von Fürstenberg, and Isabella Blow too. There is really no end to the world our man Nick discovers and reveals to us.Darlings, stay tuned for the Coco Chanel and Ellin Saltzman NDY episodes in short order, and more Wallis too – it is all so connected!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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Mar 31, 2025 • 40min

215. Dunne in Haute Couture | Paris 1998

Fashionista investigators, this one is for you! In a little break from true crime, Dominick Dunne travels to Paris for the January 1998 couture collections, and what a time he had! In this mix of high fashion and celebrity, our man Nick is catching on quickly in this world, and revealing all the inside scoop. From the beginnings of couture to its Paris history, from one show and event to another, it is quite a debut week for Dominick. Get sources and more on this episode's show page at doneanddunne.com.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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Mar 24, 2025 • 58min

214. The Rockefeller Heiress and Her Ballet Boys, Finale!

In this week’s conclusion of Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Cuevas de Larrain’s story, we examine her life from the early 1960s on, including more ballet, a much younger husband, and ultimately, the battle over her estate. Also included, the defection of Rudolf Nureyev from the Soviet Union, the murder of Jan de Vroom, and so many recurring characters within our universe of Nick. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com.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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Mar 17, 2025 • 44min

213. The Rockefeller Heiress and Her Ballet Boys, Part Two

In this next installment of Dominick Dunne’s reporting on Margeret Rockefeller Strong, we investigate her first husband, George de Cuevas. George was a real fan of the ballet, which his wife lovingly supported through his lifetime, and even a little after his death. George did enjoy a theatrical and artistic lifestyle, including delicate duels as well as hosting the Party of the Century in 1953 in Biarritz. He also enjoyed bringing a host of other artistic men around his wife, including Raymundo de Larrain and Jan de Vroom, whose stories are set up in this episode, coming back in full swing in next week’s conclusion. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com.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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Mar 12, 2025 • 8min

Introducing The Glamourous Gabors!

The Gabor sisters were some of the most iconic cultural figures in the second half of the 20th century, having arrived on our shores from Nazi-occupied Hungary, where they experienced loss and engaged in heroic resistance. Along with their mother, Jolie, sisters Eva, Zsa Zsa, and Magda, stormed the mid-century zeitgeist and lived through extremely complicated family dynamics, as well as complicated romantic entanglements - including, between them all - 23 marriages, 18 divorces, two widowhoods, and two annulments. They were allies and rivals, poly-linguists, artisans, and entrepreneurs. But mostly, they were women possessed of a drive to succeed and an eternal willingness to bend their stories to suit the moment at hand.This month, Trashy Divorces is proud to present the lives and loves of The Glamorous Gabors, an eight-episode arc bringing these four amazing women into focus in the 21st century. Listen online or wherever you get your podcasts!The Glamorous Gabors was researched and written by Melanie Shawn, with our deep gratitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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