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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mag Hags is a society podcast hosted by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas hosts Mag Hags, a society show with 43 episodes published.

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  Episode #31

  Mag Hags Unwrapped

  Feb 11, 202638 minS2

  <p>It’s the final episode of Mag Hags and what better way to bid you farewell than with a behind-the-scenes tour of the show! Find out how we make it, how much it all costs, and what (if any) money we make from it. We also dig into what’s hot and what’s not about making a show like Mag Hags, and hash out our Season 3 vision board.</p><br><p>Thank you all so much for listening and coming with us on this brilliant journey into British magazine history. If anything you’ve heard today has sparked an idea...

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  Episode #30

  Marie Claire, October 1990

  Feb 4, 20261h 3mS2

  <p>Got a crush on your married colleague? Has masturbation become mundane? Looking for ways to make your beauty routine more efficient? </p><br><p>It’s October 1990. Mr Bean is in, Margaret Thatcher is out, and Germaine Greer is shaking it all about in a long and highly convoluted essay on masturbation. Is it self-love or self-abuse? We’re not sure we’ve emerged any the wiser.</p><br><p>Elsewhere this week (the final episode of the season!) the Mag Hags get the tea from both sides of an affair, discuss the power and value of real life stories...

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  Episode #29

  Sidebar: French women do it better

  Jan 28, 202623 minS2

  <p>Ooh la la! This week we’re donning our berets and nibbling disinterestedly on our croissants as we attempt to unpick the British cultural obsession with French women. From their revolutionary spirit, to their ability to combine women’s liberation with flawless lipstick, we ponder whether French women have it all. However, 15 page “Francophile special” from Cosmopolitan 1989 suggests that coveted je ne sais quoi might be something of a double edged sword.</p><br><p>Welcome to Mag Hags “Sidebar” where we talk about the stuff we couldn’t fit into the main episode. Or else go off on a mad tangent...

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  Episode #28

  Eve, November 1973

  Jan 21, 202658 minS2

  <p>Curious about the latest form of contraception? Is your friend’s husband mansplaining ironing to you? Wondering how on earth you can look sexy in just sixty minutes? </p><br><p>This week the Hags are going back to 1973 to explore a very mysterious magazine called Eve. Not to be confused with Eve magazine that ran from 2000-2008 or for that matter with Eve magazine that ran from 1926 til 1955. This Eve was a weekly magazine that ran from… well, actually we don’t know. There doesn’t appear to be any record of it anywhere.</p><br><p>Unfazed, we dive h...

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  Episode #27

  Sidebar: What body positivity looked like in the 70s

  Jan 14, 202616 minS2

  <p>Do you have a “big personality”? This week we’re talking all things body image and size, helped by 70s body positivity icon, Janet Webb. Janet was a plus-size actor and TV star who appeared in The Morecambe & Wise Show from the late 60s onwards. We’ve encountered her twice now in the pages of the magazines we’ve looked at and we cannot wait for you guys to meet her!</p><br><p>Welcome to Mag Hags “Sidebar” where we talk about the stuff we couldn’t fit into the main episode. Or else go off on a mad tangent abou...

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