Trashy Divorces
A Good Podcast About Bad Relationships. Every Wednesday and Sunday, Alicia and Stacie take you on a comedic ride through stories of marital misconduct and love gone wrong, blending biography, pop culture, history, and politics.
"It’s one part Vanity Fair meets Town & Country, one part country music song—and an all-around good time." - The Atlantan.
"Enjoying the juicy details of other people’s relationships is having a moment." - Sunday Times Style Magazine (UK).
"When this shameless show about bad relationships kicks off with astrological analysis of the couplings discussed in the episode, you know it’s going to be a party." - AV Club
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 553
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
S6E4: Cabaret | Countess Luann de Lesseps & Cary Grant
As the musical Cabaret says, “What good is sitting alone in your room? Come to the Cabaret!” This week, we have the stories of two people inhabiting a role: Luann de Lesseps, the Countess of Real Hou…
01:09:36 |
Sun 26 Apr 2020
S6E3: Tusk | Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci & Paulina Porizkova and Ric Ocasek
This week, Alicia has the story of Maurizio and Patrizia Gucci, whose high profile divorce led to the murder that shocked the fashion world. Then, Stacie has the long, low-key love and never-complete…
01:08:56 |
Sun 19 Apr 2020
S6E2: My Heart Will Go On | James Cameron and Linda Hamilton & John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon
It’s listener request time! This week, Stacie covers filmmaker James Cameron, who spent much of his adult life engaging in something like serial monogamy and abusing the heck out of his subordinates.…
01:17:12 |
Sun 12 Apr 2020
S6E1: Eye of the Tiger | Frank Lloyd Wright & Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
This week, we take a look at two pretty singular individuals who might have been better off staying single. First up, Alicia has the shockingly trashy story of American architectural master Frank Llo…
01:19:50 |
Sun 05 Apr 2020
I Love Trash (Bonus)
We’re off this week, but wanted to check in with thanks, trashcandy, and some ideas that might help you disconnect from all the anxiety.
Check out our catalog of Patreon stories pulled from the paywa…
00:19:50 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
S5E12: They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Anna Nicole Smith & Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner
Welcome to the end of Season 5 and another host’s choice edition of Trashy Divorces! Stacie has the surprising and sad tale of model Anna Nicole Smith, whose Playboy notoriety, marriage to a billiona…
01:19:18 |
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Bein’ Green (St. Patrick’s Day Bonus) | Juliette Gordon Low & Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! In honor of the Wearing of the Green, we’ve got two bonus stories for you. Alicia has the sordid story of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low, whose husband moved …
01:09:11 |
Tue 17 Mar 2020
S5E11: Over the Rainbow | Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney & Judy Garland’s Tragic Loves
It’s all Judy Garland, all the time! This week, Stacie kicks us off with the mysterious and incredibly brief marriage between actress Renee Zellweger (who just won Best Actress for Judy) and country …
01:38:40 |
Sun 15 Mar 2020
S5E10: You Make Me Feel So Young | Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra & Larry King’s Many, Many Divorces
The Mia Farrow-Frank Sinatra marriage and divorce is a story with surprising right-now resonance. Alicia shares the tale of how a very young Mia Farrow met and fell in love with Frank, who was expect…
01:13:28 |
Sun 08 Mar 2020
S5E9: The Lady is a Tramp | Shirley MacLaine & Zsa Zsa Gabor
This week, Stacie dives into Rat Pack friend Shirley MacLaine and her 28-year-long marriage to Steve Parker. Spoiler: The revelations that set off the divorce are out of this world!
Then, Alicia brin…
01:16:41 |
Sun 01 Mar 2020
S5E8: That’s Life | Porfirio Rubirosa & Halle Berry and David Justice
Welcome back! Have you ever wondered how the men of the Rat Pack developed their sense of style? In our eighth episode of Ocean’s Eleven: 12 Degrees of Frank Sinatra, Alicia shares the strange but tr…
01:21:33 |
Sun 23 Feb 2020
S5E7: Strangers In The Night | Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan & Diahann Carroll
Sinatra was a big booster for Ronald Reagan as California governor, part of Sinatra’s own shift from Democratic to Republican politics. This week in our Ocean’s Eleven: 12 Degrees of Frank Sinatra se…
01:15:27 |
Sun 16 Feb 2020
S5E6: Luck Be A Lady | Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach & Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett
This week in our Ocean’s Eleven season, we take a look at the two Tess Oceans. In 1960, the Rat Pack – plus Angie Dickinson – starred in a heist flick called Ocean’s 11. In 2001, a more modern set of…
00:56:40 |
Sun 09 Feb 2020
S5E5: I’ve Got the World on a String | Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.
Are you ready for some Rat Pack? This week, Stacie has so much #trashcandy about Dean Martin, whose ethics seem highly situational, and Alicia covers Sammy Davis Jr., whose life was threatened anytim…
01:11:09 |
Sun 02 Feb 2020
S5E4: Swinging on a Star | Patricia Kennedy Lawford and Peter Lawford & Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
You can’t talk Sinatra without eventually talking about some Kennedy trash, so in week four of Ocean's Eleven: 12 Degrees of Frank Sinatra, Alicia brings us the first ever Kennedy divorce. Patricia K…
01:19:15 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
S5E3: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning | Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra & Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner’s Work Divorce
Alicia’s been tangling the web, but you may not be ready for the trashy affair, marriage, affairs, and divorce of Frank Sinatra and his second wife, movie legend Ava Gardner. It’s our third installme…
01:09:11 |
Sun 19 Jan 2020
S5E2: One For My Baby (and One More For The Road) | Johnny Carson & Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner and Artie Shaw
For our second dive into the Ocean's Eleven: 12 Degrees of Frank Sinatra season, Stacie has the Rat Pack-adjacent comedian and original King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. He was a private person who …
01:09:09 |
Sun 12 Jan 2020
S5E1: Love and Marriage | Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sr. & Charles Dickens, Victorian Trashbag
It’s the #trashpack, y'all! For our fifth season launch, Alicia is deep-diving into Frank Sinatra’s trashy life and loves. This week we kick off with Ol’ Blue Eyes’s first marriage and divorce to Nan…
01:08:41 |
Sun 05 Jan 2020
It Had To Be You | Happy Couples (First Anniversary Bonus)
Happy New Year, everybody! Can you believe it: January 1 is one year to the day since we launched Trashy Divorces. What a ride 2019 has been!
To celebrate, we’ve decided not to trash up your first da…
00:27:40 |
Wed 01 Jan 2020
S4E12: Baby It’s Cold Outside | Claudine Longet and Andy Williams & Mariah Carey and Tommy Mattola
Hello, and welcome to our season four closer and our last (regular) episode of 2019! This week, Alicia has the true crime story of Christmas crooner Andy Williams and his marriage to, divorce from, a…
01:10:34 |
Sun 15 Dec 2019
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