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New York City, 1973. Bob Guccione, the founder of the men’s magazine Penthouse, is about to drop his latest project, and it’s not quite what anyone is expecting. Enter Viva, an erotic magazine for women published by a porn king but staffed by – drumroll – a bunch of feminist writers and editors. Viva features groundbreaking full-frontal male nudes, writing by feminist icons like Betty Friedan, and profiles of literary legends like Maya Angelou. Its cover stars include Bianca Jagger and Shelley Duvall. Anna Wintour is even Viva’s fashion editor at one point. But what is originally...
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4.3 stars from 223 ratings
Top level podcast
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“Great story, great telling, great detail, great narration.”
bbb3000 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/18/24
Great story, but way too many ads!
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“While the story itself is well crafted and engaging, but the number of ad breaks made this show extremely hard to listen to. I see this as a bit of a trend with iHeart shows, and will probably avoid iHeart properties in the future for this reason alone.”
Geerawrd via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/10/24
I heard the trailer. I liked it.
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“Iheart radio podcast… of course they’re gonna ruin everything with too many ads. This was green lit to make $$$$$$. Too bad they can’t buy the whole internet and decide what we all hear and see like they did to all the radio stations.”
BlanketFortRecordings via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/31/24
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