Mag Hags

Mag Hags

The culture and history podcast that every modern woman should know.

Join Franki and Lucy as they dive into the glossy archives of women’s magazines to find out what's still hot, and what's definitely not.


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Tatler, December 1980
November 27, 2024x
6
57:2352.58 MB

Tatler, December 1980

Grab your Barbour and don your wellies – it’s time for Tatler!  Lucy is taking the Mag Hags back to Tina Brown’s formative career years and a festive issue of the high society bible. Here, Franki and Lucy learn some valuable lessons in how to *really* show off one’s status and discuss the Brit...

Woman's Own, November 1972
November 13, 2024x
5
49:3345.41 MB

Woman's Own, November 1972

Welcome to Guess The Meat with Lucy and Franki! ... Only joking! That would be insane.  This episode, Franki is taking the Mag Hags deeper into the archives than they have gone before… to Woman’s Own, November 1972. A relic of the mid-century suburban housewife, this mag is serving up hobby ho...

New Woman, September 1997
October 30, 2024x
4
53:5149.34 MB

New Woman, September 1997

Dig out your Union Jack tea-towel dresses, girls! This time, Lucy is leading the way through a magazine that’s channeling all the Girl-Powered benign anarchy of Spice World: The Movie. It’s New Woman, September 1997.  There’s a ‘how-to’ for spying on your boyfriend, bafflingly horny ads and – ...

Good Housekeeping, March 1988
October 16, 2024x
3
59:5354.86 MB

Good Housekeeping, March 1988

The Mag Hags are back and cooking with gas! This episode Franki and Lucy ponder on some cutting edge household appliances – cordless iron, anyone? Because, yes, Franki is guiding us on a tour through Good Housekeeping, March 1988.  There’s Ovaltine innuendo, shoulder-revealing fashion, and a s...

Honey, March 1976
October 02, 2024x
2
53:4249.2 MB

Honey, March 1976

Lucy and Franki are back with more dispatches from vintage women’s glossies.  This week, Lucy is heading to Honey magazine March 1976 – but it’s less Patti Smith and Sex! on the Kings Road, more women named Sue and unequal division of household labour.  We also meet the last of debutantes...

Cosmopolitan, October 1982
October 02, 2024x
1
49:5245.7 MB

Cosmopolitan, October 1982

Welcome to the very first episode of Mag Hags, the podcast that every modern woman should know. Join Franki and Lucy as they dive into the glossy archives of women’s magazines to find out what's still hot, and what's definitely not.  And where else to begin than the OG of having it all: Cosmop...

Coming soon... Mag Hags
September 11, 20241:343.62 MB

Coming soon... Mag Hags

Mag Hags is a brand new podcast that celebrates and interrogates the glossy women’s magazines of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. If you love magazines, 20th century pop culture, and questionable life advice on glossy paper stock, then join us each fortnight when we’ll be diving into a vintage issue to find ...