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Episode 29 ft. Susan Wood from 2022-02-15T16:53:32
Returning for a new season, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with photographer Susan Wood.
Susan Wood is a New Yorker born and bred. She started her career in the early ...
Episode 28 ft. Hugo Vickers from 2021-10-24T16:05:15
Hugo Vickers is a writer, historian and broadcaster who discovered his interest in history and the royal family while still at school. He is the author of many books about the royal family, the Bri...
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Episode 27 ft. Shirley Lord from 2021-10-07T17:45:37
Shirley Lord is a journalist, beauty editor and expert, and novelist, who rose from working-class Cockney lass to one of the most influential people in the beauty industry through grit, good humor,...
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Episode 26 ft. Tere Tereba from 2021-09-16T13:00:16
This week on Sighs & Whispers, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with fashion designer, actress, writer and all-around creative Tere Tereba. As a teenager Tereba began designi...
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Episode 25 ft. Meryl Meisler from 2021-09-09T12:00:07
Meryl Meisler is an acclaimed photographer known for her street and documentary work. Meisler began photographing in the mid-70s, focusing on the Jewish community in her hometown on Long Island as ...
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Episode 24 ft. Carole Bell Ford from 2021-06-12T15:18:16
Carole Bell Ford is an educator, historian and writer. Born to Jewish immigrant parents in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in 1934, Carole’s choices led her away from the narrow options available to her in ...
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Episode 23 ft. Penny Arcade from 2021-06-11T13:00:53
Penny Arcade is a performance artist and provocateur. “A runaway at thirteen, a reform-school graduate at sixteen, a performer in the legendary New York Play-House of the Ridiculous at seventeen, a...
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Episode 22 ft. Charlie Morrow from 2021-06-03T12:00:11
Charlie Morrow is a sound artist, composer, musician, producer, conceptualist, performer, magazine editor and former jingle writer. He joins host Laura McLaws Helms to discuss all aspects of his li...
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Sighs and Whispers - Charlie Morrow from 2021-06-03T12:00:11
Charlie Morrow is a sound artist, composer, musician, producer, conceptualist, performer, magazine editor and former jingle writer. He joins host Laura McLaws Helms to discuss all aspects of his li...
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Episode 21 ft. Barbara Nessim from 2021-05-27T15:47:10
Barbara Nessim is an artist, teacher, and creative visionary. She joins host Laura McLaws Helms to discuss all aspects of her life, work and creative process. From the personal—her childhood in a J...
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E20 ft. Martha Clarke from 2020-05-21T13:00:13
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with dancer, choreographer and director Martha Clarke—known for transcending dance and theater to make deepl...
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After Hours - Veronica Vera from 2020-01-07T12:00:43
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with Veronica Vera. Opening up about her multifaceted career as a sex journalist, porn star, erotic model, p...
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E19 ft. Veronica Vera from 2020-01-07T12:00:43
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with Veronica Vera. Opening up about her multifaceted career as a sex journalist, porn star, erotic model, p...
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E18 ft. Robert Farber from 2019-10-26T12:00:12
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with photographer and filmmaker Robert Farber. Rising to prominence as a nude and fashion photographer in th...
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E17 ft. Rick Gillette from 2019-10-11T12:00:24
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with makeup artist, hairstylist, interior decorator and gallery owner Rick Gillette. Passionate about beauty...
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E16 ft. Mel Odom from 2019-09-27T12:00:24
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with illustrator and doll creator Mel Odom. An acclaimed illustrator known for utterly captivating and total...
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E15 ft. Willie Christie from 2019-09-20T12:00:16
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with photographer and filmmaker Willie Christie. A wonderfully gossipy conversation, Willie discusses his ca...
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E14 ft. Barbara Daly from 2019-09-13T12:00:36
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with make-up artist Barbara Daly.
Barbara’s long and illustrious career includes working with such ...
E13 ft. Tony Vaccaro from 2019-09-06T12:00:16
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with acclaimed photographer Tony Vaccaro.
Now 96, Tony Vaccaro is a legend in the photography world...
E12 ft. Marylou Luther from 2018-10-19T16:00:43
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with acclaimed fashion journalist Marylou Luther. Opening up about her seven decades writing about fashion, ...
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E11 ft. David Lance Goines from 2018-08-16T15:28:57
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with graphic artist David Lance Goines.
Incredibly multi-talented, Goines is an artist, calligraphe...
E10 ft. Mel Ramos from 2018-07-15T21:24:01
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with pop artist Mel Ramos.
Sacramento native Mel Ramos was a progenitor of the pop art movement in the e...
E9. ft Sandy Dvore from 2018-06-18T15:41:03
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with graphic artist Sandy Dvore.
Originally from Chicago, Sandy Dvore left advertising to move to LA to ...
E8 ft. Ingrid Boulting from 2018-05-23T14:46:39
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with model, actress and yogi Ingrid Boulting.
One of the most memorable models of the late 1960s and 197...
E7 ft. Anna Sui from 2018-05-10T13:00:16
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with fashion designer Anna Sui.
Born in Detroit in 1952, from a young age Sui became obsessed with fashi...
E6 ft. Jerry Schatzberg from 2018-04-26T16:16:44
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg.
Originally from the Bronx, Jerry became intrigued...
E5 ft. Vicky Tiel from 2018-03-15T16:31:59
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with fashion designer Vicky Tiel.
Vicky Tiel started designing clothes as a pre-teen before studyin...
E4 ft. Marilyn Cole Lownes from 2018-03-05T15:12:49
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with model, Playboy Playmate and journalist Marilyn Cole Lownes. From a small seaside town in England, Maril...
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E3 ft. Russell and Marian Morash from 2018-02-15T18:25:16
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with legendary television producer Russell Morash and his wife, Marian Morash. Working at WGBH in Boston sin...
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E2 ft. Norma Kamali from 2018-02-01T18:50:51
This week on LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with legendary fashion designer Norma Kamali. Opening up about her life, work and creative process, Norma is...
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E1 ft. Duane Michals from 2018-01-23T20:57:25
On this first episode of the relaunched LADY’s After Hours, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms sits down with renowned photographer Duane Michals. An incredibly prolific artist, he h...
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AFTER HOURS: The Infamous Kern Speaks from 2016-09-26T22:46:31
Sit in on controversial artist Richard Kern’s AFTER HOURS conversation with Fabiola Alondra and Jane Harmon of Fortnight Institute. In the wake of "Polarized," their current exhibition of Kern's wo...
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