Podcast Corner: Julia Roberts, Rupert Murdoch, and women's magazines

This week's recommendations include a look at erotic culture in the 1990s, and the tale of the battling Murdoch clan 

Podcast Corner: Julia Roberts, Rupert Murdoch, and women's magazines

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A perennial favourite, Karina Longworth’s incredibly well-researched series about the first century of Hollywood follows up last season’s 12-part Erotic 80s with… Erotic 90s. Venerated US magazines feature here too: Penthouse rival Playboy’s articles about feminism and sex at the turn of the '90s haven’t aged well, it’s safe to say; while centrist feminist magazine Ms put out its own special sex issue, which Longworth examines closely.