The making and breaking of Marilyn Monroe: Part one

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🗓️ 28 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Good morning, pals! Today, we’re heading back to 1926. She was the blonde bombshell who won hearts the world over. But the story of Marilyn Monroe’s life extends far beyond glamour, wealth and fame to something much darker. As we mentioned in this episode, head here to check out ‘Marilyn Monroe: The Biography' by Donald Spoto. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Dyson for making this episode possible. Check out the Dyson Corrale hair straightener (and all their other incredible hair tools!) over at dyson.com.au. Want to support our show? We are sending air kisses, air tea, and air hugs (too far?) to anyone who clicks ‘subscribe’ on Apple (bonus hugs for anyone who leaves a five-star review, too) or ‘follow’ on Spotify. Still not enough? Well! Our hearts! See below for everything else. Subscribe to the weekly ‘ASK SHAMELESS’ newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gFbYLT Join our book club: https://www.instagram.com/theshamelessbookclub/ Check out our website: https://shamelessmediaco.com/ Thanks for listening! We are very big fans of yours.

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0:59.0	I'm a dream, got your match, stick the actor, back on the sea world over, but the story of Marilyn Monroe's life extends far beyond glamour, wealth and fame to something much darker.
1:17.6	Welcome to scandal from Shameless Podcast, the stories of the biggest celebrity controversies revisited.
1:23.4	Now you know I'm back.
1:28.4	Well, meish people have been asking for this scandal series for a little while now because if there is a bigger
1:35.2	historical celebrity than Marilyn Munmer I want you to tell me who it is.
1:38.7	Yeah literally show me that celebrity she is the biggest icon biggest celebrity icon that I can think of for sure.
1:45.7	This is one that we've had on the cards for a very, very long time, but it's almost like a little
1:50.1	bit intimidating because the life of Marilyn Monroe is so
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