Noah and Aidan discuss the evolution of the term celebrity, who it applies to and how the world began to rever entertainers of all kinds. This episode primarily covers pop culture events and the evolution of Hollywood up until the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.

This is Part 1 of a 2 part series.

Sources:

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/long-and-strange-history-celebrity
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-day-the-supreme-court-killed-hollywoods-studio-system
https://www.history.com/news/judy-garland-barbiturates-hollywood-studio-drugs
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/13/the-little-known-history-of-americas-first-black-celebrity-richard-potter/
https://www.wmur.com/article/richard-potter-new-hampshire/39048676
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/late-night-shows-donald-trump/

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