Tabloid
Tabloid
New York Magazine | Luminary
Tabloid stories are not just guilty pleasures; they are revelatory ones, electrified by the tripwires of culture: race, class, gender, and politics. Season 2 reveals new details about Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape: how it was stolen and distributed, the effect on their lives--and ultimately, how the tape changed our culture. Season 1 is a full-life inquiry into the making of Ivanka Trump, from child of very public 1980s divorce to teenage party girl and then to her trophy-collecting father’s very favorite trophy.
The Making of Ivanka Trump: THE PARTY-GIRL YEARS
Ivanka regains her dad’s attention by dipping into the world of his dating pool--the modeling world. It's perhaps a strange choice for an ambitious, well-capitalized, well-educated and well-connected young woman, but Ivanka seemed to understand just what her father might want out of her.Originally published September, 2019.
Dec 6, 2023
25 min
The Making of Ivanka Trump: THE REBELLION
Ivanka as teenage rebel, looking to get her parents' attention back and learning to be the aristocrat of Ivana's dreams at Chapin and Choate, all while dying her hair and smoking cigarettes and flashing hot-dog vendors.Originally published Aug, 2019.
Nov 29, 2023
24 min
The Making of Ivanka Trump: DIVORCE!
The rise of Marla; how Ivanka coped with the ruin of her perfect, cosseted world; and watched her parents duke it out in the tabloids as though she and her siblings didn't exist, learning that everything is a competition and that there’s more than one way to "win."Originally published Aug, 2019.
Nov 22, 2023
31 min
The Making of Ivanka Trump: IVANKA THE TROPHY DAUGHTER
Ivana Trump tries to give Ivanka a normal childhood, even if they live in the penthouse of Trump Tower. Still, young Ivanka witnesses her father’s obsessions with business, women, and the media. At eight-years-old, Ivanka gets a front row seat to her parents’ very messy – and very public – divorce.Originally published in 2019.
Nov 15, 2023
27 min
The Making of Ivanka Trump: WHO IS IVANKA?
We know her as a family hood ornament, a succession of masks, and a strange collection of assets to her father (PR, attack dog, Manchurian candidate, sex object). The first episode opens at the inauguration to set up the major framing of the series--what's Ivanka Trump's psychological motivation? How does she present herself in the world? How did she become the person she is today? The Trumps are a tabloid family at their core, who didn't just conduct their dirty business in the tabloids but raised their kids in and through them, too. Vanessa Grigoriadis, the host and writer, tells the inside story of Ivanka, through a New York City lens.[Originally published for paying subscribers only in 2019]
Nov 7, 2023
26 min
Introducing Tabloid S1: The Making of Ivanka Trump
Tabloid stories are not just guilty pleasures; they are revelatory ones, electrified by the tripwires of culture: race, class, gender, and politics. This season, a full-life inquiry into the making of Ivanka Trump, from child of very public 1980s divorce to teenage party girl and then her trophy-collecting father’s very favorite trophy. Hosted by Vanessa Grigoriadis.[Originally published in 2019]
Nov 7, 2023
1 min
Trailer, Tabloid S2: The Pammy and Tommy Sex Tape
Host Lux Alptraum introduces us to the characters who hustled to get a now infamous tape into the world, and what that tape’s release would come to mean for our culture. Originally released in 2021. Subscribe now to get the entire season.
Jun 21, 2021
2 min