logo
episode-header-image
Dec 2024
43m 14s

On Lisa Marie Presley

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
About this episode
As Elvis’s only child, Lisa Marie Presley was burdened from birth with extraordinary, largely unwanted fame. Before her death in 2023, she spent years as tabloid fodder, less for her sporadic music career than for her highly publicised relationships with Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage and Scientology. In a recent review of her posthumous memoir, Jessica Olin ... Show More
Up next
Oct 14
Who were the English?
For decades after the Roman legions left Britain in the early fifth century, people expected them sooner or later to return. ‘During this bizarre interregnum,’ Pablo Scheffer wrote recently in the LRB, ‘a veneer of romanitas was everywhere.’ But unlike in other parts of the forme ... Show More
33m 10s
Oct 8
On Politics: What is political writing?
In What is literature? (1948) Jean-Paul Sartre argued that writers and artists have a responsibility to engage with political and social realities. But is it still possible for writers to have political agency in a culture that instantly commodifies ideas? Lea Ypi, a professor of ... Show More
57 m
Oct 6
Fascism in a time of AI
Since Trump first took office in 2016 there has been a debate on the left as to whether he and other authoritarian right-wing leaders, such as Viktor Orbán and Narendra Modi, should be described as fascist. Some have dismissed the label as rhetorical excess, while others have cho ... Show More
54m 26s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2023
When Lisa Marie Presley Married Michael Jackson
Lisa Marie Presley will be remembered for many things like being the only daughter of Elvis, her contribution to music and her unfortunate marriage to Michael Jackson.  This week we learn about a very odd time in pop-culture history, when the king of Rock'nRoll's daughter dated t ... Show More
23m 3s
Jan 2023
The Sudden & Tragic Loss of Lisa Marie Presley
<p>On Tuesday night, we all saw Lisa Marie Presley cheer on Austin Butler at the Golden Globes. So nobody expected what happened just two days later. Yesterday, Lisa Marie died in the hospital shortly after suffering cardiac arrest at her Los Angeles home. In spite of having been ... Show More
10m 50s
Jan 2023
Lisa Marie Presley's Star-Studded Send-Off
<p>Lisa Marie Presley has been laid to rest. The daughter of icon Elvis Presley recently died after cardiac arrest at the age of 54. Yesterday, in a star-studded Memorial Service at Graceland, those who knew and loved Lisa Marie turned up to celebrate her life. There were touchin ... Show More
10m 35s
Nov 2021
I was light & he was just there
Did you know that Priscilla Presley is an actual icon? In this episode of Thick & Thin, I detail the true and, by today's standards, scandalous relationship between the young Priscilla Wagner, and the King of Rock, Elvis Presley. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte // ... Show More
48m 3s
Oct 2024
Riley Keough on posthumous memoir written with her mother Lisa Marie Presley
Riley Keough is telling Drew about the forthcoming posthumous memoir that she wrote with her mother Lisa Marie Presley. 
19m 23s
Oct 2019
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was one of the most successful musicians of all time and was one of the most famous men on the planet at the time of his death in 1977, at the young age of 42. But some question the official story of his passing and claim instead that the King faked his death to esc ... Show More
47m 41s
Jun 2023
A Secret Celebrity Text Chain & Vogue’s Most Surprising Interview
On the show today… The dispute over the late Lisa Marie Presley's estate has come to an end this week, with actress Riley Keough and her grandmother, Elvis’ daughter Priscilla Presley, coming to an arrangement following a publicised legal back and forth. And at the age of 82, act ... Show More
20m 1s
Nov 2023
Elvis
This week we are all shook up as we RE-RELEASE our Elvis episode. One of the biggest stars of his generation, we discuss the controversy around him covering black artists music, his tumultuous relationship with his toxic manager and Priscilla, and the rise and fall of the king of ... Show More
1h 8m
Dec 2021
Elvis Presley (Part I)
We've finally reached the King, blues idol, and father of rock 'n roll: Elvis. Elvis historian and author of 'Elvis: Destined to Die Young' Sally Hoedel has spent a lifetime busting the myths that have sprung up about one of the most iconic figures of all time. In a two-parter, K ... Show More
44m 9s
Oct 2024
Ye Saying 'Nay' to Bianca?, Riley Keough on Mom’s Memoir, and JLo's Single Life
<p>Richies, it's another busy week in Hollywood and we got you covered. First up, we dig into all the divorce rumors surrounding Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori. (Are they really splitting up? And is Kanye actually moving to Tokyo?) And then in some more somber news, Rile ... Show More
23m 43s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami