Paris Hilton’s Pardon Request, and Lindsay Lohan’s First Arrest | Pop Culture History Lesson

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🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In 2007, Paris Hilton was charged with DUI and driving on a suspended license, and subsequently asked Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for a pardon. That same year, Lindsay Lohan was arrested for the first time, also for driving under the influence. Amelia Wedemeyer and Alyssa Bereznak revisit these two events and talk about how they encapsulated celebrity in the aughts. Hosts: Amelia Wedemeyer and Alyssa Bereznak Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, Rob Harvilla from 60 Soles that explain the 90s here to inform you that we are back
0:05.6	with 30 more songs because the 90s were super long and had a ton of rad music.
0:10.8	Please join us every Wednesday for more 60 songs that explain the 90s only on Spotify.
0:16.5	Hello and welcome to Pop Culture History Lesson.
0:28.8	My name is Amelia Wadamire and today I'm so excited I'm joined by Alyssa Berezneck and
0:34.2	we are talking about Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan's legal troubles circa 2007.
0:41.4	Alyssa, are you excited?
0:42.8	Yeah, I'm really happy that we've come together to commemorate this moment in history and
0:47.2	arguably I would say the swap era of the most famous women in the mid and late odds.
0:53.0	That is, you know what?
0:54.0	You're 100% correct.
0:57.0	We're going to talk about it like that, yeah, it's 100% true.
1:01.4	We're going to talk a little bit about, you know, the context where they were at the
1:05.3	time.
1:06.3	Again, this is like 2007, but we'll be, you know, covering a little bit beforehand
1:09.4	and then afterwards and we're specifically talking about this because here's Hilton,
1:16.2	she asked for a pardon from then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and then
1:20.9	a Lindsay Lohan was arrested for the first time shortly thereafter.
1:25.1	This all happened 15 years ago.
1:27.2	Can you believe 15 years ago?
1:29.4	Yeah, 2007, it was just a really wild year.
1:32.7	It really was and now, you know what, they're on to bigger and better things.
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