Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College
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Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College
It’s the groves of academe: Bennington College, the wildest and wickedest school in America. In the last great decade: the 1980s. Bennington class of ’86, class of Bret Easton Ellis, future writer of American Psycho and co-leader of the literary Brat Pack; Jonathan Lethem, future writer of Motherles...
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29 ਐਪੀਸੋਡIntroducing: What We Spend
Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial s...
S2 | Ep 14: It Was Like I Went Where I Failed To Go
1994 to the present day. Jonathan Lethem comes from behind. And just whose world are we living in anyway—Bret’s, Donna’s or Jonathan’s?
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S2 | Ep 13: The Farmer’s Granddaughter
Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York, New York. Spring of 1986 to Fall of 1994. The Secret History is published. Plus, “The Purge” comes to Benningto...
S2 | Ep 12: Sensational Sensationalism
New York City. Spring of 1987 to Spring of 1991. Patrick Bateman is born.
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S2 | Ep 11: Disturbing Michiko Kakutani
Bennington and New York City. Autumn, 1985-spring, 1986. Less Than Zero is published and Bret becomes a cultural phenomenon. Bret also becomes a colle...
S2 | Ep 10: An Impossible Shade of Green
Bennington. Autumn, 1983-Spring, 1986. Donna begins The Secret History. Donna throws tea parties and frequents martini hours. Donna bides her time. Jo...
S2 | Ep 9: Entering Into the Sublime
Bennington. Spring, 1983. Donna Tartt becomes “Donna Tartt.” Jonathan Lethem becomes an angry young man.
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S2 | Ep 8: Murder By Numbers
Bennington. Spring, 1983-Spring, 1985. Bret lives The Rules of Attraction, then sells Less Than Zero. Bret befriends David Lipsky, then be-enemies Dav...
S2 | Ep 7: Donna Lou
Mississippi, 1963-1982. Donna’s origin story. And Lord Jim... revealed?
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S2 | Ep 6: Mississippi Chippy
Winter, 1982-1983. Over Non-Resident term, Donna gets closer to Jonathan, and becomes Paul McGloin's "Burning Boy."
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S2 | Ep 5: Bennington Revisited
Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Donna falls under the thrall of a magus-like professor, and the very small, very elite, very male band of students to whom h...
S2 | Ep 4: Disappear There
Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Bret and Donna go on a date.
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S2 | Ep 3: An Alley Along Melrose
Los Angeles, 1981-1982. “This rumor went around in 1981, 1982, that kids just were brought to see the body of another kid.” The origin story of Bret E...
S2 | Ep 2: Bret Ellis, Valley Boy
Los Angeles, 1980-1981. “There was just this huge sense that the world was gay, gay, gay.” The origin story of Bret Easton Ellis (and Less Than Zero),...
S2 | Ep 1: Dis-Orientation
Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Donna, Jonathan and Bret arrive on the campus of the school nicknamed “The Little Red Whorehouse on the Hill.” One of them c...
Welcome to "Once Upon A Time... at Bennington College"
It’s the groves of academe: Bennington College, the wildest and wickedest school in America. In the last great decade: the 1980s. Bennington class of...
Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 12: After The Afterglow
A crucial new piece of information comes to light.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 11: Afterglow
Traci Lords as the key to pop culture in the late 20th and early 21st century.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 10: Who Ratted Out Traci?
The mystery is (maybe) solved. And we hear directly—and at length—from 1985 Traci, in a never-before-aired interview.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 9: The Ghost of Shauna Grant
We return to the Valley, and it looks a whole lot different this time around.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 8: Marion Davies' Love Button
Meet Troy Matherly, the heart of this story. The heart of Nora's story, and of Traci's story.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 7: Surf City, USA
We leave the Valley and Traci Lords behind; go back to Redondo Beach and to Traci Lords before she was Traci Lords, when she was Nora Kuzma.
Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 6: Fake Out and Make Out
The adult industry is screwed. The question is: Who's doing the screwing?
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 5: Shooting (Porn) Star
The only thing wilder than Traci on camera, is Traci off camera. Also: Traci gets a rival; Traci gets a company; Traci gets a passport; and Traci gets...
Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 4: A (Porn) Star is Born
Traci goes from adult model to adult actress to adult phenomenon.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 3: We Kinda Made it Hardcore
Traci lands the Penthouse centerfold--and the studliest stud in porn.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 2: Wanted: Figure Models
A 15-year-old Redondo Union High sophomore learns to fake it so she can make it... as a nude model.
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 1: T-R-A-C-I
It's 1986. The San Fernando Valley. And, it turns out, the biggest star in Adult, isn't one.
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Welcome to "Once Upon a Time... in the Valley"
Welcome to Once Upon a Time… in the Valley.
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