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S8E11: Ring of Fire | Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash, and June Carter & Paula Yates, Bob Geldof, and Michael Hutchence
If two is company, this week we’re taking a look at some very trashy crowds. It’s love triangle week! First up, Alicia introduces us to the first wife of country legend Johnny Cash. He courted Vivian Liberto in thousands of pages of letters while deployed to West Germany, but after a dozen years together, it was June Carter who won his heart for good. Then, Stacie recalls the shockingly public and profoundly tragic love triangle of TV presenter Paula Yates, who left musician and organizer Bob Geldof for doomed rock star Michael Hutchence, and ultimately lost her own life along the way.
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Alicia’s Receipts
I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, by Vivian Cash and Ann Sharpsteen (amazon.com)
“My Darling Vivian” Explores Johnny Cash’s Untold Stories (insidehook.com)
Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash’s First Wife, Speaks Up About Their Ruined Marriage (countrythangdaily.com)
Meet Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash’s First Wife Before June Carter (allthatsinteresting.com)
Rosanne Cash on Dad Johnny’s Drug Use | PEOPLE.com (people.com)
Rosanne Cash on Dad Johnny Cash’s Affair with June Carter: ‘It Seemed Inevitable’ (people.com)
Stacie’s Receipts
INXS – MICHAEL HUTCHENCE 1986 FULL INTERVIEW (YouTube link)
Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence on Big Breakfast (YouTube link)
Bob Geldof’s first candid interview on Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence | 60 Minutes Australia (YouTube link)
Paula Yates’ first interview after Michael Hutchence’s death | 60 Minutes Australia (YouTube link)
The story of Bob Geldof, Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates (kentonline.co.uk)
Bob Geldof: ‘We are a normal family. And one of us didn’t make it’ (theguardian.com)
Michael Hutchence changed after vicious attack (smh.com.au)
The passions of Paula Yates (independent.ie)
The story of Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates (independent.ie)