No one inside or outside the palace seems all too pleased in this continuing episode of our Wallis series. We are definitely on the countdown to the December 1936 abdication of Edward VIII, and the events of the summer and fall really turn up the temperature on the whole sordid mess. David isn’t too keen on being the king. Neither are his advisors. A lot of folks would like to see David just walk away from the job. The one lone voice urging him to keep the gig was his lover, Wallis. She wants no...
Jul 07, 2025•56 min•Season 29Ep. 10
King George V has passed, and it is David’s time to assume the throne. The new King of England is pretty okay with it, for now – but only if his rules are followed. The people of England are pretty fired up about the monarch who they feel will be a youthful, modern twist to the staid and formal reign of the past. There are a lot of other folks, mostly the ones close to David, who do not share this same enthusiasm. Meanwhile, Wallis is still playing her hand, balancing between an ever more needy ...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 29Ep. 9
This week, we bring Wallis and the Prince of Wales together, and it is some scandalous stuff. Walls sells out her friend Thelma. David is resolved to get Wallis into his inner court world, no matter what he must do, even with enemies on all sides. The prince has now become a determined guy, and Wallis is playing a very dangerous game with some very high stakes. Aunt Bessie does try to warn Wallis, bless her heart, not that it does much good. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, ...
Jul 02, 2025•53 min•Season 29Ep. 8
This week, we progress in our journey to the last lover of the Prince of Wales, before Wallis, that is. Thelma Furness enters the picture. Thelma comes with her own legend, being one of the Magical Morgan Twins, along with her sister Gloria. Thelma thinks she can trust her good friend Wallis to keep an eye on “her little man” when she is needed to support her sister, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, back in the United States, where Gloria is stuck right in the middle of the “trial of the century,” conc...
Jun 30, 2025•52 min•Season 29Ep. 7
We continue our journey into the love life of the Prince of Wales this week introducing the lovely, and married, Freda Dudley Ward. This phenomenal woman was romantically involved with David for 15 years, and he sure liked it that way, until he didn’t. This one is quite a journey of a wonderful woman who played her role perfectly, in good times and in bad times too. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.c...
Jun 26, 2025•54 min•Season 29Ep. 6
In this week’s exciting episode of our Wallis, Duchess of Windsor series, we change the focus to the Prince of Wales. With a complicated childhood without a whole lot of family love, you can see how it would be easy for David to be swayed by romance. He does this romance dance quite a lot – sometimes with suitable girls, sometimes not. In this episode, we will explore a few of David’s first loves, including Marion Coke, Lady Sybil Cadogan, Marguerite Alibert, and Rosemary Leveson-Gower. No gal i...
Jun 25, 2025•52 min•Season 29Ep. 5
Upon her return to the United States, Wallis will finally obtain her divorce from Win Spencer, and soon enough meet her next husband, Ernest Simpson. Slightly problematic, Ernest is married at the time, but who can stop true love? Wallis will seek and find happiness (finally) here, as a contented married lady and star hostess of London society. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Wan...
Jun 23, 2025•56 min•Season 29Ep. 4
Hold onto your conspiracy theories in this one, darlings! Wallis took a lot of heat for the year she spent in the Orient, her Lotus Year. Many folks pinned a whole lot of terrible deeds on Wallis this year, largely all untrue. Her year in China becomes the basis for the future China Dossier, which was supposed to dissuade the Prince of Wales from his married lover. That plan did not work out too well, and this year, Wallis truly steps into being the woman she is to become. Also, she will break w...
Jun 19, 2025•49 min•Season 29Ep. 3
In this second installment of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, we visit steamy Pensacola, Florida, and meet Wallis’s first husband, Earl Winfield “Win” Spencer, Jr. This flyboy will woo and wed Wallis, only for the relationship to reveal some very large red flags. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise ...
Jun 18, 2025•48 min•Season 29Ep. 2
Welcome to a whole spider of a series - Wallis, Duchess of Windsor! We know her story, or we think we do. In this first episode, we meet Bessie Wallis Warfield, just a tiny girl making her way in the world surrounded by a whole lot of family drama, on both sides. Between her mother Alice and her uncle Sol, it is no wonder Wallis wants to break free to see a different world than the one she knows. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts,...
Jun 16, 2025•56 min•Season 29Ep. 1
This week, we get into Alicia's favorite quickie divorce - the eight day, 1970 union of California Dreamin' singer Michelle Phillips and bad boy - very bad boy at that moment in his life - actor Dennis Hopper. This one has a lot of spiderwebs and extremely trashy behavior. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo!...
Jun 11, 2025•46 min•Season 28Ep. 19
Alicia has perhaps the spiderwebby-est story she’s ever told, with the 1960s marriage and divorce of actors Brooke Hayward and Dennis Hopper. They were together through the decade and became a central part of the scene - art, politics, music - but the highly combustible nature of their marriage meant it could not last. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message f...
Jun 09, 2025•46 min•Season 28Ep. 18
Today we have a round-up of stories involving some of the characters in our Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe. Kardashian momager Kris Jenner seems to have had some work done, Jimmy Buffett's widow Jane is in a legal fight over their marital trust, a stolen bust of Jim Morrison has been recovered in France after 37 years on the lam, Hugh Jackman's ex Deborra-Lee Furness is expressing her feelings of betrayal as divorce proceedings begin, and King Charles will knight footballer David Beckham ami...
Jun 08, 2025•35 min•Season 28Ep. 17
It’s been a while since we followed the dysfunction of a band’s trashy breakup, but Alicia has a good one this week! For three brief, shining years, The Mamas & The Papas were chart topping leaders of the late ’60s hippie sound. Born in professional jealousy, romantic rivalry, and personality conflict, the band’s run ended almost as suddenly as it began. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trash...
Jun 04, 2025•45 min•Season 28Ep. 16
Today we dive into the dumpster for a series of celebrity stories, but really focus in on reality TV stars and now-pardoned fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley. We tell the new part of their story, then share the old part of their story from January 2023, when we first covered them. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out ...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 28Ep. 15
For months now, the biggest story in American sports has had nothing to do with a game or a team. Instead, the public has been gripped by a feverish need to know more about the unusual relationship between former New England Patriots Coach/current UNC Football Coach Bill Belichick, age 73, and his latest girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, age 24. What exactly is going on here? We're not sure, but we try to get into it pretty thoroughly, because we're pretty sure this isn't the last we'll have to say on ...
May 28, 2025•56 min•Season 28Ep. 14
Are you down to clown? Alicia sure is, with a super-sized 13th episode of the season devoted entirely to the latest news of Taylor Swift and Swiftworld - which is fervently hoping for the release of Reputation (Taylor's Version) on Monday. Meanwhile, a human leg bone was found a couple of hundred yards from her Rhode Island home, TayTay nemesis Scooter Braun is offering unsolicited financial advice, and when it comes to her longtime friend Blake Lively, it does seem to have ended with them. Want...
May 25, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 28Ep. 13
Today, we take a walk down memory lane with a list of some of the shortest marriages in the celebrity-verse. Unsurprisingly, we're extremely familiar with many of them. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ...
May 21, 2025•48 min•Season 28Ep. 12
On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed on the Tower Green at the Tower of London, following months of scheming by Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell. Alicia follows the final, pivotal months of the one-time Queen consort of England, the woman Henry had broken with the Catholic Church to wed, and the mother of the future Elizabeth I, from celebrations of the death of Catherine of Aragon in January to the blade of a hired swordsman from Calais in May. Want early, ad-free episodes, reg...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 28Ep. 11
It is an exciting week for Alicia, and she wants to share her love, passion, and fervor of the Tudor Era with you - especially her love of Anne Boleyn! Next week marks the 489th anniversary of Anne’s death, and it is her time to shine within our trashy universe this week. In this episode, we explore the 17 surviving love letters that King Henry VIII penned during his courtship and early relationship with Anne Boleyn in the latter half of the 1520s, particularly noting that for quite a long time,...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 28Ep. 10
Continuing our exploration of the mid-century's most famous sisters sextet, we turn our attention to Unity, Jessica, and Deborah Mitford. If you thought the politics of the first three were fascinating, just wait: Unity adopted Nazism and befriended Adolph Hitler, Jessica was an avid communist, and Deborah married a Cavendish and became the celebrated renovator and promoter of Chatsworth House, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorc...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 28Ep. 9
Hey friends, Alicia and Stacie here to tell you about a new show that we're really excited about. Our 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 i...
May 09, 2025•4 min
Starting back in the Jazz Age of the 1920s, the six daughters of an aristocratic family became something of a sensation in Britain. The Mitford Sisters - Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah - traversed many orbits, from being members of the Bright Young Things to becoming avatars of the extreme politics churning through the UK as the horrors of World War II set in. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us...
May 07, 2025•57 min•Season 28Ep. 8
Following up on last weekend's Dumpster Dive story about the budding romance of Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley, we're revisiting one of Liz's past paramours, Australian cricketer Shane Warne. First aired in December 2021, this guy deserves his legendary status both in cricket and among his Trashy Divorces alum peers. Crikey! Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personaliz...
May 04, 2025•39 min•Season 28Ep. 7
Academy Award Nominee Jennifer Tilly is having a bit of a moment. After bursting onto the scene in the 1990s - after years of the usual Hollywood slog - she made serious cultural marks in films like Bound and as a scream queen in the Chucky movies and television show. She was also half of one of the least trashy divorces we've ever heard of, which is also how she became independently wealthy enough to - now - appear as a friend on the latest seasons of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Want ...
Apr 30, 2025•54 min•Season 28Ep. 6
Sometimes, we've gotta dive into that old dumpster to catch up on the fresh doings of our Trashy Divorces alums. Today, Stacie takes us through the latest messes in the lives of Billy Ray Cyrus, Ye, and Elon Musk. You will want to grab a shower after this. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on ...
Apr 27, 2025•48 min•Season 28Ep. 5
One of the grosser stories we've lived through over the last several years is that of That 70's Show actor Danny Masterson, who has now been convicted of raping two women in 2003. Especially problematically, he and his victims are members of the Church of Scientology, and prosecutors made a strong case that the church itself worked hard to keep the survivors of his assault quiet for nearly two decades. Since 2004, he's been the boyfriend of and then husband of actress, model, and singer Bijou Ph...
Apr 23, 2025•59 min•Season 28Ep. 4
While Gypsy Rose Blanchard escaped her mother's incredibly abusive control by murdering her, the case was understandably a sensation. Gypsy Rose's childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood had been cruelly misshapen and stolen from her by her mother's abuse, and during her eight years in prison, media attention on what had happened to her only intensified. So too did contacts from young men who wrote to her in prison, leading to a broken engagement, a marriage and divorce, and a return to that...
Apr 20, 2025•45 min•Season 28Ep. 3
There are legends in baseball, but there are also cautionary tales. Cincinnati Reds icon Pete Rose, who hit more pitches than anyone else in the history of the game, is a lot of both. His ego was enormous, his personal life a dumpster fire, and even his teammates didn't particularly care for him. Hard to believe a guy like that could go bad! Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a...
Apr 16, 2025•46 min•Season 28Ep. 2
Since Cardi B roared onto the rap scene in 2018 with Invasion of Privacy, she's won all the awards and become one of the most celebrated artists of our day. But the notion of "invasion of privacy" is a little funny in our current era, where stars often seem committed to invading their own privacy by oversharing on social media. Which is our entrée into the tumultuous marriage and (ongoing) divorce between Cardi B and her husband, fellow rapper and Migos alum Offset. Want early, ad-free episodes,...
Apr 13, 2025•57 min•Season 28Ep. 1
