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Lolita Podcast

Lolita Podcast

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Who is Lolita? The Nabokov literary classic has sparked infinite discussion in the 65 years since its release, but the cultural memory the book has left behind lives more in romance and fashion aesthetics than a cautionary tale about a deceptive predator and his young prey. Jamie Loftus wants to know how we got here, and this series traces Lolita — the person, Dolores Haze — from her literary origin to current status as a doomed icon.

Recent Episodes

  • 10: Poems That Take 1000 Years to Die

    4 years ago

  • 9: The Four Lolitas

    4 years ago

  • 8: Dolores Logs In

    4 years ago

  • 7 (Part 2): Lolita In the 90s

    4 years ago

  • 7 (Part 1): That Time David Mamet Wrote a Draft of Lolita (And Other Hollywood Tragedies)

    4 years ago

  • 6: Lolita the Cover Girl, Lolita the Pop Star

    4 years ago

  • 5: Dolores Onstage

    4 years ago

  • 4: Dolores, Psychology, and Survivors

    4 years ago

  • 3: How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Lolita? (1962)

    4 years ago

  • 2: Volodya Takes America

    4 years ago