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• James Haspiel and His Memories of Marilyn Monroe 01.06.2026 1ч 10мин

  Send us Fan Mail For this special episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, released on June 1 in celebration of the 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe, Scott sat down with James Haspiel, a longtime figure in the Marilyn community whose connection to Marilyn began in 1954 outside the St. Regis Hotel in New York. This is the first "in-person podcast interview" for All Things Marilyn as Scott was with Jim in his home. What started as a chance encounter grew into a personal relationship tha...
• Marilyn: The Lost Photographs • The Last Interview 07.05.2026 56мин

  Send us Fan Mail In advance of the highly anticipated release of Marilyn: The Lost Photographs The Last Interview, Scott Fortner and Elisa Jordan sit down with authors Chris Flannery and Jason Greene for an in depth conversation about one of the most significant Marilyn Monroe projects in decades. Bringing together Marilyn’s final recorded interview with Richard Meryman and the complete archive of photographs taken by LIFE photographer Allan Grant, this new volume offers an unprecedented look...
• Author David Wills on Marilyn Monroe, Photography, and Preserving Her Legacy 23.03.2026 46мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of All Things Marilyn, Scott Fortner and Elisa Jordan welcome acclaimed author and photography historian David Wills for a thoughtful and deeply engaging conversation about Marilyn Monroe’s enduring legacy through the lens of photography. Best known to Marilyn fans for his celebrated books Marilyn in the Flash and Metamorphosis, David shares the personal story behind his lifelong fascination with books, classic Hollywood, and Marilyn herself. From childhood me...
• Marilyn Monroe at 100 10.02.2026 30мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of 2026, All Things Marilyn returns to mark a historic milestone: the forthcoming 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe. Hosts Scott Fortner, historian, collector, and founder of The Marilyn Monroe Collection, and Elisa Jordan, author, tour founder, and Marilyn Monroe historian, reunite to explore the global celebrations, exhibitions, books, and conversations shaping Marilyn’s centennial year. After a brief hiatus, Scott and Elisa return with renewed focus, ...
• "Marilyn, Inc." with David Stenn 15.05.2025 38мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, hear Part II of Scott and Elisa's conversation with David Stenn. (In Part I, we covered the true origin of Marilyn Monroe's birth name, Norma Jeane.) In Part II, we talk about an article David authored for the September/October 1982 issue of Film Comment magazine, in which he detailed the incredible mismanagement of Marilyn Monroe's estate after she died, which lasted for 20 years. Through research that started with his...
• "Naming Norma Jeane" with David Stenn 09.05.2025 36мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the All things Marilyn Podcast, Scott and Elisa interview American television writer, producer, biographer, film preservationist and historian David Stenn. His television credits include Untold Hollywood, Boardwalk Empire, Girl 27, the L Word, 21 Jump Street, Hill Street Blues, and Beverly Hills 90210. He's known for his biographies of Hollywood Stars, Clara Bow and Gene Harlow. There's a commonly told story that Norma Jeane Baker, a.k.a. Marilyn Monr...
• Holly Madison on Marilyn Monroe 09.04.2025 45мин

  Send us Fan Mail For the premiere of season 3 of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, Scott and Elisa spend time with well-known television personality Holly Madison. Holly is the host of Lethally Blonde on Investigation Discovery, and she’s appeared on countless movies and television shows, and of course she was on the wildly popular series The Girls Next Door with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Like Marilyn, Holly appeared in Playboy magazine. She’s an author, a podcaster, a Las Vegas performer an...
• Greg Schreiner, Marilyn Monroe Historian, Collector, and Marilyn Remembered Fan Club President 10.08.2024 59мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, Scott and Elisa spend an hour with Mr. Greg Schreiner, Marilyn Monroe historian and collector, and President and founding member of the Marilyn Remembered Fan Club. Marilyn Remembered is the longest running fan club in existence today. Greg is often considered to be the father of the Marilyn Monroe community. He has arranged the annual memorial service for Marilyn for 42 years. He has been interviewed for countless doc...
• Luke Yankee, Son of Eileen Heckart and Writer/Director of "Marilyn, Mom, & Me" 10.02.2024 35мин

  Send us Fan Mail We had the pleasure recently of interviewing actor, director, producer, professor, and playwright Luke Yankee, who wrote and directs, Marilyn, Mom, & Me. Luke is the son of Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony-award winning actress Eileen Heckart, who co-starred with Marilyn in the film Bus Stop. In this episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, you'll hear great stories about Luke's mom and of course Marilyn: What was the relationship like between Maril...
• Michael Arnold, Grandson of Photojournalist Eve Arnold 09.11.2023 49мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, Scott and Elisa interview Michael Arnold, grandson of photojournalist Eve Arnold, who photographed Marilyn Monroe several times. Eve was more than just another photographer of Marilyn’s, she was her friend and confidant. With this interview, listeners will hear new stories and discover new insights on Marilyn Monroe: Learn about what it was like for Eve to be a female photojournalist in a male dominated profession. Disco...
• The Battle to Save Marilyn Monroe's Final Home 11.09.2023 1ч 2мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, we discuss and share opinions about the recent news that the City of Los Angeles Planning and Development Department approved a requested permit to demolish Marilyn Monroe's home, located in Brentwood, CA. This was the only house she ever owned on her own, and the location where she passed away in 1962. The pending demolition was announced in a New York Post article. All Things Marilyn co-hosts Scott and Elisa re...
• President Kennedy's Birthday Gala: Fact vs. Fiction | What's really true and what's folklore? 26.06.2023 45мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of All Things Marilyn we break down the facts and the rumors about President Kennedy's birthday gala at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 19, 1962. What are the facts? What's true and not true? There are so many stories, rumors, legends, and lies about this historic event: Marilyn bought five tickets at $1,000.00 to attend President Kennedy’s birthday gala, even though she was a performer! Who were the other four tickets for?What’s the history o...
• Jane Russell Author Christina Rice: It's time to "Tussle with Russell" 12.06.2023 48мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, we interview Christina Rice, author of “Mean…Moody…Magnificent! Jane Russell and the Making of a Hollywood Legend.” We had a wonderful time chatting with Christina about all things Jane. How she was discovered by Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks.Facts about her role in and publicity for The Outlaw.Why she was known as, "The Motionless Picture Actress."The true life parallels between Marilyn Monroe and Jane.Jane's relatio...
• All Things Marilyn Interviews Francine Gifford-Deir, Marilyn Monroe's Niece 05.06.2023 49мин

  Send us Fan Mail For the Season 2 premiere of the All Things Marilyn Podcast, hosts Scott and Elisa interview Francine Gifford-Deir, biological granddaughter of Charles Stanley Gifford and Marilyn Monroe's niece. Last year, Francine provided a hair sample for a DNA test that proved definitively that Stan Gifford was Marilyn's father. In this interview, Francine provides intimate details and stories about her family, and describes in detail what Stan Gifford was like as a person. ...
• An Elephant, a Boy, and Marilyn Monroe 21.12.2022 25мин

  Send us Fan Mail For this episode of All Things Marilyn, we interview Emmy award winning journalist Marvin Scott, who at 15 years of age photographed Marilyn Monroe on March 31, 1955. She was making her first public appearance following her divorce from baseball great Joe DiMaggio. The event was a charity opening of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Listen as Mr. Scott tells us how he gained access to the event and what it was like to...
• Rewriting History: Marilyn Monroe and Stanley Gifford 22.11.2022 35мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we announce and discuss the discovery of an undated get well greeting card to Marilyn Monroe from her father, Stanley Gifford. For years it was believed that Gifford was her father, and it was proven definitively through DNA testing earlier this year. However, there was never any evidence that father and daughter had any kind of relationship. The discovery of this greeting card rewrites history. There was indeed some kind of personal relationship between them...
• The True Story of Marilyn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Mocambo Club 31.10.2022 36мин

  Send us Fan Mail It’s been widely reported that Marilyn Monroe catapulted jazz great Ella Fitzgerald’s career by personally calling the owner of the Mocambo Club in Los Angeles to demand that Ella be booked there. Evidently, Fitzgerald couldn’t get her own gig at the club, and Marilyn promised that if she was booked, Marilyn herself would show up every night and sit in the front row, ensuring massive press for the Mocambo. Even Ella herself has told this story. It’s been used as the storyline...
• Celebrity Makeup Artist Erin Parsons Discusses All Things Marilyn 22.10.2022 50мин

  Send us Fan Mail On this episode of All Things Marilyn, our very special guest is internationally acclaimed make-up artist Erin Parsons. Erin is one of the industry’s most sought-after makeup artists, doing makeup for the world’s most famous fashion models, including @gigihadid, @bellahadid, @kendalljenner, @gisele, @adrianalima and @emilydidonato. Erin and her work have been featured in Chaos, Harper’s Bazaar, Purple, and V Magazine, along with the American, British, Italian and Japa...
• Myths, Mysteries and Facts about 12305 Fifth Helena Drive: Marilyn Monroe’s Final Home 15.10.2022 50мин

  Send us Fan Mail All Things Marilyn is pleased to present our next episode, which focuses on Marilyn’s final home, located at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, California, an exclusive suburban neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles. In this podcast, we review the story of Marilyn purchasing what would become the first and only home she’d ever own by herself at the age of 35: What was it about the Brentwood house that drew her to it?What role did former husband J...
• Marilyn's Childhood Idol Jean Harlow, The Original Platinum Blonde, with Guest Darrell Rooney, Co-Author of "Harlow in Hollywood" 10.10.2022 44мин

  Send us Fan Mail We’re going back to Marilyn’s Hollywood roots with our first guest on the All Things Marilyn podcast. We're thrilled to interview Jean Harlow author, historian and collector Darrell Rooney. How much do you know about Harlow? Was Harlow a childhood idol of Marilyn’s? How did Marilyn discover Jean Harlow?What were the similarities between the two film stars?Was Marilyn the first “platinum blonde,” or was it actually Jean Harlow? Did Marilyn recreate many of Harlo...