48. Anna Nicole Smith

Big Reputations

In this episode, we discuss Anna Nicole Smith, from her early life to her first marriage, and from the moment she meets her second husband until her untimely death. We look at her career in modeling and film and consider what the media had to say about her and her body. Then we break down some of the names she was called and labels she was assigned to uncover the realities of her life. Finally, we look back at her untimely death and the circumstances that might have put her in that situation in the first place.

Trigger warnings: Mentions of sexual assault and eating disorders

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Hosts: Kimberly Kunkle and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Samantha Marmolejo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

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Sources:

• Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me directed by Ursula Macfarlane
  
• “Tragic Beauty: Anna Nicole Smith” 20/20
  
• “Inside the Tragically Short Life of Anna Nicole Smith” by Natalie Finn
• “How Anna Nicole Smith Became America's Punchline,” by Sarah Marshall
• “When Cameras Were Off, Anna Nicole Smith Was Still Vicki Lynn, Friends Say” by Allie Yang