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You Must Remember This

You Must Remember This

By: Karina Longworth
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You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It’s the brainchild and passion project of Karina Longworth (founder of Cinematical.com, former film critic for LA Weekly), who writes, narrates, records and edits each episode. It is a heavily-researched work of creative nonfiction: navigating through conflicting reports, mythology, and institutionalized spin, Karina tries to sort out what really happened behind the films, stars and scandals of the 20th century.2020 Karina Longworth Art
Episodes
  • Your Next Listen: Talking Pictures

    Your Next Listen: Talking Pictures
    May 28 2026

    If you're a fan of You Must Remember This, we think you'll also enjoy Talking Pictures, a podcast from TCM and HBO Max. On this episode, Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez sits down with host Ben Mankiewicz to discuss the films that shaped her career—Do the Right Thing and Fearless—as well as early favorites like Saturday Night Fever and Double Indemnity. She reflects on building a career in an industry that didn’t readily accept her for who she is, and speaks candidly about being raised in a strict Catholic home for girls. In the Super 8 segment, she tells Ben about an amazing boxing story she’d love to see on the big screen.Listen to Talking Pictures wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on HBO Max
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    1 hr
  • Presenting Cautionary Tales | Lights, Camera, Tax Break

    Presenting Cautionary Tales | Lights, Camera, Tax Break
    May 23 2025

    If you like You Must Remember This, you might also enjoy Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford, a

    podcast about stories of historic human error, catastrophes, and heists, and the lessons we can

    learn from such mishaps. In this episode of Cautionary Tales, Tim examines what happens when the bright lights of Hollywood collide with the far less glamorous world of tax evasion.

    When Ernest Borgnine was cast as the lead in the 1955 romantic drama, Marty, he thought it

    was his big break. But he soon discovered Marty was not exactly a dream gig. Listen to

    Cautionary Tales every Friday wherever you get your podcasts.
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    40 mins
  • Welcome to Hollywoodland: John Waters: Subversion, Shock, and the Ultimate Outsider

    Welcome to Hollywoodland: John Waters: Subversion, Shock, and the Ultimate Outsider
    May 2 2025

    If you’ve finished all episodes of The Old Man is Still Alive, I’ve got another treat for you from Jake Brennan at Hollywoodland. Have a listen to this episode of Hollywoodland about John Waters, from his beginnings in X-rated art films to cult classics like Hairspray and Crybaby, as he created and cultivated his own peculiar niche in film while nurturing a legendary troupe of players who became a family of outcasts.
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    35 mins
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The content was interesting but I was hoping for a more original or different viewpoint/analysis of the subject.
Still, good enough for me to continue with as some of the future episodes look very intriguing.
The delivery, however, is appalling.
Good content read in a monotone, almost robotic, droning tone. Really off putting. She should have stuck to compiling the podcast and hired someone with more expression to narrate. She sounds almost bored in her delivery. Is there a reason for this that I'm unaware of?
Such a shame as it hugely affects the listenability (?) of the whole episode. Not sure how many episodes I'll be able to cope with her delivery for, dang.

Interesting

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Always loved this podcast! You can tell it’s a true labour of love and I’ve learned so much about history and culture. Fascinating.

A gem!

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a geand idea but the promised research not evident. disappointing and amateurish. silly and childish.

weak and disappointing

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