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Marilyn: Behind the Icon - Podcast

Marilyn: Behind the Icon

 Gary Vitacco-Robles, Nina Boski and Randall Libero

Marilyn: Behind the Icon is three series in one: an audio drama, an investigative series, and a discussion series. It blends a original scripted episodic story with commentary on the remarkable life of Marilyn Monroe. It’s up close, raw and real; telling her story through extensively researched historical events, including Marilyn Monroe’s own perspective in her own words. We explore her inner journey and human side as no other podcast, film or TV show has ever done before. The series portrays her personal struggles with mental illness and addiction in addition to her amazing resiliency in achieving her dreams as one the greatest movie actresses and icons in motion picture history. We begin our story with her life as a young girl named Norma Jeane—a girl desperate for a stable family and home life — a girl seeking to find her place—a girl nobody wanted—who grew up in the care of foster families and caretakers. As a young teen searching for her identity, she became determined to make something of herself and created a life born out of her dreams, imagination, and talent. Marilyn became a top cover girl model, a young starlet, a celebrated actress, an accomplished singer and dancer, a wife, aspiring mother, a producer, and ultimately, a legend—an enduring ICON. 

We’ll highlight the tragedy and pain yet celebrate the triumphs of the life, legend, and the global phenomenon known as MARILYN.

Health & Fitness Mental Health True Crime Society & Culture Documentary
Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
24 minutes
Episodes
47
Years Active
2020 - 2022
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Episode 2: Special Investigation: Photos Never Lie…Or Do They?

Episode 2: Special Investigation: Photos Never Lie…Or Do They?

The panel talks about how there are many Marilyn Monroe photographs that are photoshopped or cropped and sensationalized in the media.
00:08:30  |   Tue 07 Jun 2022
Episode 1: Special Investigation: Were Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen Friends?

Episode 1: Special Investigation: Were Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen Friends?

The panel looks into the connection of Marilyn and columnist Dorothy Kilgallen alleged in the book "Collateral Damage".
00:13:22  |   Fri 03 Jun 2022
#9 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#9 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

Marilyn’s 1962 Happy Birthday performance and her relationship with Ella Fitzgerald.
01:05:07  |   Fri 27 May 2022
EP 9 Soul Sisters

EP 9 Soul Sisters

Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald bond over common experiences and unite to advance the civil rights movement.
00:44:41  |   Mon 21 Feb 2022
#8 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#8 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

Discerning the truth about Marilyn’s last day, what’s to come in Season 2 of the podcast, the JFK gala in 1962, Marilyn and Ella Fitzgerald, Gary’s forthcoming book on her death.
00:29:29  |   Tue 03 Aug 2021
EP8 Marilyn's Last Day

EP8 Marilyn's Last Day

Three critical scenes in the last 24 hours of Marilyn Monroe's life.
00:51:50  |   Mon 11 Jan 2021
#7 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#7 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

The legend of Marilyn’s white piano; the identities of her abuser and the woman who failed to protect her in childhood.
00:24:52  |   Sat 01 Aug 2020
EP7 The White Piano

EP7 The White Piano

Marilyn reclaims a piano from her childhood at an auction. She recalls a period she lived with her mother, childhood sexual abuse traumas, her mother’s psychotic episode and its aftermath, and her st…
00:38:42  |   Sat 01 Aug 2020
#6 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#6 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

The producers talk about Marilyn’s craving for a father, 1930s film stars as her role models and her later professional career choices.
00:26:13  |   Sat 09 May 2020
Interview: Brad Hyland (Narrator)

Interview: Brad Hyland (Narrator)

Producer, Nina Boski interviews series narrator, Brad Hyland.
00:12:49  |   Fri 08 May 2020
Interview: Actress Erin Gavin

Interview: Actress Erin Gavin

Producer, Nina Boski interviews actress Erin Gavin who plays Marilyn Monroe.
00:10:37  |   Fri 08 May 2020
EP6 Lonely Escape Into Dreams

EP6 Lonely Escape Into Dreams

Marilyn attempts to meet her father in 1951, recalls living with her mother in the early 1930s and escaping her loneliness and the harsh reality of her daily life through movies and her imagination.
00:35:43  |   Wed 06 May 2020
#5 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#5 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

The producers explore the circumstances surrounding Marilyn’s birth, the early attachment challenges of child and mother, and her adverse childhood experiences including abuse and loss.
00:22:38  |   Wed 06 May 2020
EP5 My Life Was Kind of Grim Part 2

EP5 My Life Was Kind of Grim Part 2

Norma Jeane is born in Los Angeles. She is placed in a household with a couple who have rigid religious beliefs and where she experiences abuse and trauma.
00:28:29  |   Wed 06 May 2020
#4 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#4 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

An analysis of Monroe’s efforts to ground and rebuild her life through a new home and relationship, and correcting her unstable past impacted by her family’s serious challenges.
00:13:42  |   Wed 06 May 2020
EP4 My Life Was Kind of Grim, Part 1

EP4 My Life Was Kind of Grim, Part 1

When Marilyn purchases a home in California in early 1962, she reflects upon her childhood and her mother’s challenges during the 1920s.
00:31:02  |   Wed 06 May 2020
#3 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#3 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

An investigation into Monroe’s negative childhood memories through the dramatization of her psychotherapy sessions with Dr. Ralph Greenson, including an evaluation of Monroe’s treatment options durin…
00:24:42  |   Wed 06 May 2020
EP3 I Was a Black Mark on a White Cross

EP3 I Was a Black Mark on a White Cross

Marilyn engages in psychotherapy sessions with Dr. Ralph Greenson in 1960 and explores her family's history of mental illness. Greenson begins to connect the patterns in her past.
00:32:28  |   Wed 06 May 2020
#2 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

#2 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths

The series producers provide insight into the Monroe-DiMaggio relationship, the Tampa Bay, Florida community’s reaction to the couple’s visit in 1961, and actress Erin Gavin’s preparation for the rol…
00:29:20  |   Wed 06 May 2020
EP2 A Promise of Hope

EP2 A Promise of Hope

Marilyn heals from her agonizing experience after moving to a convalescent hospital in New York with Joe DiMaggio by her side in early 1961. Marilyn renews her relationship with Joe as the couple tra…
00:24:28  |   Wed 06 May 2020
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