Unveiling the Legends: Dolls of the 60s & 70s

Author: Emma Rosa Katharina & Abigail Devoe

The Dolls Podcast spotlights ladies from the 60s and 70s who inspire cohosts Emma Rosa Katharina and Abigail Devoe. With each episode theyll share the story of one actress, activist, musician, groupie, or fashion icon, with the purpose of proving her lasting influence. They may have lived in the time of the Whiskey A Go-Go and Studio 54, but celebrating the women of yesterday still matters today.Keep the shindig going with @thedollspod on Instagram!
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Jean Seberg: The Price of Being Seen
Episode 19
Friday, 6 November, 2026

It’s amazing to think one of the icons of the French New Wave came from the corn fields of Iowa, but this was just where this week’s Doll came from! Season 3 of the Dolls Pod concludes by spotlighting the complex and tenacious nouvelle-vague muse, Jean Seberg. Part 1 of this 2-part season finale covers her humble beginnings in midwestern America and controversial turn as Joan of Arc through her most iconic role: Patricia, in Jean-Luc Godard’s masterpiece “Breathless.”Plus: Abby travels to Kansas (by plane instead of tornado,) Emma’s dad forms a band and turns 60, and the hosts share their Halloween plans.Part 1 of “Jean Seberg: The Price of Being Seen” is available now, wherever you stream your podcasts 🗞(Episode starts at 12:07)Sources used:David Rich, “Played Out: The Jean Seberg Story” (1981)Gary McGee, “Jean Seberg: Breathless - Her True Story” (2019 ed.)Dudley Andrew, “‘Breathless’: Then And Now” The Criterion Collection, 2/28/2014“Views of the New Wave: Godard and Rohmer’s first features” Sight and Sound, spring 1960 (archived by British Film Institute, 1/29/2026)“’À bout de souffle,’ retour sur une révolution” Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, 11/23/2020Jean-François Hangouët, “Two Cinemas: ‘Sierra de Teruel’ by André Malraux and ‘Birds in Peru’ by Romain Gary” Vilnius University Press, 10/29/2022Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall, “The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Domestic Dissent” (1990)