

Done & Dunne
Hemlock Creatives
A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today.
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Jan 6, 2025 • 1h 44min
202. The Kennedy Chronicles | Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy
In this encore Done and Dunne episode, we continue our Kennedy Chronicles with the story of Kick Kennedy, the most exuberant of the Kennedy family members. Her story is truly something – the American girl who marries into the British aristocracy – but her story, and the story of the Kennedy family, is so much more than that. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon!To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com.Find sources and recommended reading at doneanddunne.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 29, 2024 • 49min
201. Chicago the Musical (Trashy Divorces Crossover)
Alicia got to experience the majesty that is Chicago the Musical on Broadway for her birthday this year, and came home with a lot of thoughts about it all - the stories behind the play, its development over the decades, and the theater itself. Happy New Year, investigators! And be sure to subscribe to Swiftory, whose debut episode lands on the 31st!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

Dec 23, 2024 • 59min
200. The Kennedy Chronicles | Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, Part One
In this continuing episode within our Kennedy Chronicles, we pick up the storyline of Ted Kennedy, and into the events of what should have been a wonderful July weekend in 1969. A group of twelve – six men and six women - gather to celebrate so many things. There is a whole lot happening this weekend on Chappaquiddick - the Apollo 11 moon journey, the 43rd Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta, and the memory of Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated just a year before. How does this fun-filled weekend turn into Ted’s very worst nightmare? In this episode, we set up the facts we can establish. What are the details of this weekend that everyone can agree upon, at least on Friday, before Saturday comes around? 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

Dec 16, 2024 • 1h 1min
199. The Kennedy Chronicles | The Early Life and First Marriage of Ted Kennedy
In today's episode, we take a look at the early life of Ted Kennedy, the last of the Kennedy children. Ted was a kid that took a lot of risks, with much to prove within his famous family. Not that any of that risky behavior ceased once Ted settled down with Joan Bennett. Ultimately, that marriage was not successful, ending in divorce after almost a quarter of a century, helped along with the many scandals and missteps of the last of the famous Kennedy children. 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

Dec 13, 2024 • 50sec
Introducing Swiftory!
New from Hemlock Creatives: Swiftory, a not-so-typical Taylor Swift podcast, perfect for any Swiftie, literature lover, or history buff. Hosts Alicia and Melissa explore Taylor Swift’s music as a jumping off point into a wider world of fascinating figures and iconic literature. Join us as we romp through Taylor’s stories, visiting the places, personalities, and – of course – the eras, that her songs evoke. Coming 12/31/2024, wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe here on Spotify, or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 9, 2024 • 24min
198. The Kennedy Chronicles: They Really Hated Dominick Dunne
In this introductory episode about Dunne's writing on the Kennedy family, we explore a bit of the history and background about exactly why the Kennedy family hated Dominick Dunne so much. Dunne was there to cover so many of their scandals, and unlike the Kennedy men, always kept the inconvenient woman at the center of his narratives.Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon!To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com.Find sources and more at doneanddunne.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 2, 2024 • 1h 22min
197. Suzy Tells All: The Incredible Aileen Mehle
In this spiderweb-filled NDY (Not Dunne Yet), Alicia dips into the life and times of Aileen Mehle, the gossip columnist also known as Suzy. She was the most famous gossip columnist of the century, and a heroine to our man Nick. Aileen was able to get all the scoop as she moved with the high society circles – in whatever town she was in, Miami, Palm Beach, New Your City, or Washington D.C. This episode has everything - so many of our current cast of characters and so many new characters too! I mean, for real, everyone is included in this one. Old and new. What a tale, and Aileen, legendary lady with so many stories to share. Y'all are going to LOVE this one!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

Nov 27, 2024 • 1h 3min
196. A Trashy Divorces Crossover: Aristotle Onassis and His Lovely Ladies (Part Nine) | Tumultuous Times for Lee Radziwill and Christina Onassis
This week we continue our Onassis saga by exploring some of the fallout within our main players after the wedding of Aristotle and Jackie. Two lovely ladies really get the shaft in this rocky time period, Lee Radziwill and Christina Onassis.Jackie’s sister Lee definitely has a period of tumult with accidents and hospitalizations, but not to worry, her new lover Peter Beard will be on the scene soon enough and the two will be spending a lot of time at Grey Gardens with her relations, Big Edie Bouvier and Little Edie Bouvier. Another gal having a tough time is Aristotle’s daughter, Christina Onassis. We explore much more about her childhood and her very first love and marriage too. They are not with the same man. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon!Find sources and more at doneanddunne.com.To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 24, 2024 • 1h 5min
195. A Trashy Divorces Crossover: Aristotle Onassis and His Lovely Ladies (Part Eight) | The Marriage That Rocked the World
Holy cats! In Part Eight of this series, we arrive at Aristotle's second marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. It is not exactly a blessed occasion, and no one is happy about it, except Ari's sister Artemis, who makes a big comeback in this episode. Everyone else in Ari's life, including his mistress Maria Callas, and his children all have a whole lot of feelings about grand affair. Jackie’s sister and mother also have very strong feelings, which they do not hold back. The whole Kennedy clan is none too pleased either, even though Teddy will step up to negotiate the marriage contract. Calamity abounds in this one – take cover and enjoy the show! 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

Nov 20, 2024 • 1h 6min
194. A Trashy Divorces Crossover: Aristotle Onassis and His Lovely Ladies | Sister Act: Lee Radziwill and Jacqueline Kennedy
In Part Seven of the Aristotle Onassis and His Lovely Ladies series, we open with the Bouvier Sisters, Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill, taking a little R&R on Onassis’s yacht, the Christina. What was a quiet trip turns into mayhem, scandal, and controversy for the sisters, their husbands, their lovers, and their family too.How do we get from this getaway girls’ trip to the engagement of Jackie and Ari just a few years later? This episode gives you all the details, with some surprising spiderwebs too.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