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Black and white portrait of lyricist Lorenz Hart, overlaid with an image from the theatre program for "Boys from Syracuse" featuring two men's faces overlapping into one. Episode 63 - Pal Joey, Part 1: The Beauty of Lorenz Hart
A frame from old black & white stock footage with caption "THIS IS SAFE" from AIDS-era music video for "Too Darn Hot" by Erasure. Overlaid on this image is a ceiling fan and the structure of a bed laced with plastic vines and roses. Episode 62: I've
A black woman, Neneh Cherr, under a stream of water lit by orange light. The words "DON'T IGNORE ME" appear on on her open mouth. Overlaid on this image is a photo of an empty hospital bed. Episode 61: I've Got You Under My Skin, Part 2.
A black woman splashes water on her face, lit by orange light. Overlaid on this is a 1930s era couple, the woman looking longingly at a city skyline as the man watches on. Text: "USE YOUR MENTALITY, FACE UP TO REALITY" - COLE PORTER. Episode 60: I've
Garrett Cash is a white man in a pink suit jacket and shades, smiling in front of the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada" sign. Overlaid on this image is Frank Sinatra in a cameo as "Man at Slot Machine." Episode 59: Meet Me in Las Vegas (ft. Gar
Prince and Jerome Benton from "Under the Cherry Moon", striking a pose for the camera. Overlaid text from a 1940s Australian magazine: "For the best letter saying what you would do with 'Too Many Husbands', we will award a cash prize of five pounds
Jenny Bravo, the female version of Johnny Bravo, overlaid over a rainbow pattern with two dancing Irish immigrants. Episode 57 - Finian's Rainbow.
70s kitschy illustration of two straight couples chasing each other around a heart. The two men are in pajamas and the women are in sexy underclothes. Text in the middle reads "I Love My Wife: a musical". Episode 56: I Love My Wife
A man and a woman stare lovingly into each other's eyes while dancing, as seen on the Songs for Swingin' Lovers album cover. Overlaid on the image is Harry "Sweets" Edison's hands playing trumpet. Episode 55: Songs for Swingin' Lovers.
Black & white image of Frank Sinatra's haunted eyes in the character of Frankie Machine as he re-injects heroin in "The Man with the Golden Arm", overlaid with an image of a frog on the back of a lizard who have climbed a bridge to escape a flood. Ep
Image of JD Vance in drag, overlaid with photo of Life magazine cover with Walter Winchell (played by Stanley Tucci) on the cover. Episode 53 - Wake Up and Live, Part 5: Giardina on Winchell.
A red wax seal with the letter "S" is overlaid on a can of Andrews Liver Salt laxative. Episode 52 - Wake Up and Live, Part 4: The Secret.
Article about the 1944 radio adaptation of Wake Up and Live, and Sinatra's acting in it. Overlaid on this image is a photo of Sinatra from the 1959 album cover "Come Dance with Me!" in which he is winking and beckoning. Episode 51 : Wake Up and Live,
1930s era black & white illustration. A man is reading a book marked "Detective Thriller" with his feet up. A frustrated-looking woman is attempting to hand him some business documents and a phone she has just answered. The man is absorbed in the nov
A microphone with a devil's face on it, overlaid with a Warhol style four-colour portrait of a woman's face. Episode 49: Wake Up and Live, Part 1 - Mic Fright.
Text says "Screenplay by Oscar Saul. From a book by Art Cohn." A hand holds a glass of liquor. Episode 48: Post Time.
In black & white, Frank Sinatra walks towards a nightclub with the marquee headline reading "Joe E. Lewis." Overlaid is an illustration of The Joker from Batman comics, his face laughing maniacally. Episode 47: The Joker is Wild.
Image of an aging Spalding Grey in a brown jacket, gesturing off camera, overlaid onto the entrance of a City Feed and Supply in Massachusetts. Episode 46: Why "Our Town" Matters.
A street in Australia where every house is an identical white box with narrow windows. Overlaid on top is a male hitchhiker in shabby clothes, standing by the side of the road with his thumb extended. Going my way? Episode 45: Suspense.
Painting of Sinatra smoking a cigarette on an empty night street from the album cover to "In the Wee Small Hours", overlaid with the sleeper carriage on the Sydney/Melbourne overnight XPT train.
Front page of the Daily Telegraph tabloid from after the marriage equality "Yes" vote in Australia. Text: "Now we can all share the joy." An image of Al Bundy from Married with Children, depressed, with his hand down his pants on the couch. Overlaid
Tables with red tablecloths in a nightclub, lit with candles. Overlaid is an image of a B-52 bomber with googly eyes. Episode 42 - The Tender Trap.
The Palestinian flag. On the black stripe it says, "episode 41." On the red triangle it says, "Sinatra Was Wrong About Israel."
Black-and-white photo from 1955 of a construction worker sifting through the rubble of West Melbourne Stadium, days after it burnt down. He is surrounded by twisted metal that used to be seats and the stage. Text: "episode 40 - church on fire (with D
Historic sepia photo of Sonny Clay's Coloured Idea, an African-American jazz band, arriving in Australia in 1928. They have just left the ship in Sydney and are playing an improvised set on the wharf. There is a saxophone, tuba, banjo and trumpet. A
A boarded-up 1950s style mansion, on top of a lonely hill. Text: "episode 38 - dream empire (with Karina Longworth)."
Street sign for "Runyon's Way" at West 45th Street, New York City. Text: "episode 37 - BONUS - more guys, more dolls."
Pen sketch on lined paper of a retro-looking woman with curly hair, wearing a jacket with a turned-up collar. Her glasses are tinted yellow. Text: "episode 36 - dolls."
A page of a ring binder notebook. Two sketches in black, purple and pink of two unidentified people - a man and a woman. The man is wearing cool glasses. The woman has purple hair. Text: "episode 35 - and."
A sketch in black and yellow of Frank Sinatra in a suit and bow tie, gesturing at the camera as if throwing dice. Next to him is an open can of beer. Text: "episode 34 - guys."
Black and white. The entrance to a hospital. Overlaid in a ghostly manner is a man standing under a lamppost at night, gazing upwards to the sky. Text: "episode 33 - love like surgery."
Protestors at the Trevi Fountain have dyed the water black in a recent 2023 photo. They are standing knee deep in the water, holding a banner that reads "Non Paghiamo Il Fossile." ("Don't Pay for Fossils" in English.) Overlaid on this photo in a ghos
A colour postcard featuring a painting of the Art Deco-style NBC Radio City studio building in Hollywood, California. The building is sleek, elegant and radiant in the night. A neon sign glows "NBC." Overlaid on this image in a ghostly manner is a bl
A black & white screengrab from the 1942 Soundie short film, Club Lollypop. A 10-year-old Bobby Long is captured dancing in a tuxedo as other children in various costumes look on.
The words "GET HAPPY" are tiled over and over again, in black text on a white background. They are written in a 1930s typeface originally used to advertise a candy bar. In the middle of this pattern is a black box with writing: "Episode 29 - Not by R
A 2007 photo of the iconic Trevi Fountain in Rome, surrounded by tourists. The water is stained deep red. Text: "Episode 28: Glamour."
Frank Sinatra is driving on a highway. It's a rainy night. We are sitting in the back seat of the car, looking out onto the highway ahead of him. We can see his cold, determined look in the rearview mirror. Text: "episode 27 - the long."
1980s style dreamlike illustration of a shadowy man in a a purple suit and fedora, ascending a staircase made of piano keys into the blue sky. From Bobby Caldwell's album cover, "Where is Love?" Text reads: "Episode 26 - A Tribute to Bobby Caldwell.'
A classic colour photo from 1953 in which Frank Sinatra is leaning against a lamp post at night, watching two couples walk past. This was the basis for his iconic 'Songs for Young Lovers' album cover. Overlaid on top of this shot in a ghostly, transp
The homemade gun wrapped in gaffer tape used to assassinate Shinzo Abe in July 2022, captured by a photographer in mid-air as it is thrown to the ground moments before the suspect was arrested. Text: "Episode 24 - SUDDENLY."
Black and white photo. In an unguarded moment during 1952, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner take a stroll together on a dirt road in the middle of a forest in Kenya. Caption: "Episode 23 - White Man's Graveyard."
Frank Sinatra with Sy Oliver, former arranger of the Tommy Dorsey band and the writer of the song "Lonesome Man Blues." Sinatra is wearing his classic fedora & suit combo. Sy is a bald Black man with a moustache in a collared white shirt with tie. Th
Black & white photo of Shirley Vercoe, an Australian white woman, wearing a white dress with exposed cleavage as worn by Jane Russell in the movie 'His Kind of Woman.' Text: Episode 21 - Brisbane's Jane Russell.
A psychedelic pattern of orange, green, black and dark blue. Text: "episode 20 - a day in the life (with Henry Giardina)"
Normani (a Black woman in a white baseball jacket and jeans) is holding a bag of Cracker Jill, a rebranded version of the snack Cracker Jack (caramel popcorn and peanuts). She is throwing some popcorn into the air. Text: "episode 19 - boys and girls
A sea lion is standing on a small stool, in the spotlight of a darkened stage. He appears to be smoking a cigarette. He is lit like Humphrey Bogart or Frank Sinatra. This is a very surreal black & white photo, largely because he is a sea lion. Text:
Rabia and Felix stand in front of a statue of Joan of Arc at the State Library of Victoria. Rabia is in a long flowing orange dress with white dots. Felix is wearing jeans and a blue overshirt, giving two thumbs up. Text: "episode 17 - don't worry da
A photo of a laptop resting on a backpack in a park. The laptop is playing the 1949 movie, The Kissing Bandit. Text: "episode 16 - the kissing bandit diaries, with Alison Evans & Justin Gausman."
A shirtless man is sitting in a boat constructed from oil drums, floating on the sea. He is wielding a paddle like a spear. This is a black & white photo taken at night. Handwriting appears at the bottom: "PETER PEDAJA - DARWIN - PEOPLE." Added text:
A cross-section photo of a Quonset hut - emergency stopgap housing provided in the postwar period in the US, installing a domestic US house in former army shelter buildings. The Quonset hut resembles a cylinder cut in half. Inside, we see a classic A
A sepia publicity photo of 1940s child star Bobby Long, about 12 years old, wearing a striped t-shirt and Mickey Mouse watch. Text: "episode 13 - What happened to Bobby Long?"
A photo of Fatima Island in the Cooks River, Sydney, Australia. This is a small island that has eroded to the extent where it now looks mostly like a single tree sticking out of the water. In the background, we see apartment tower developments. Text:
A view of Los Angeles at night, with a crescent moon. Text: "episode 11 - girls from the future (with Molly Lambert.)"
Black & white action shot of a group of young people running a race on the beach in 1945. They are smiling, laughing and running against the wind as a small group of adults watch on approvingly. Text: "Episode 10 - The Sinatra Kids."
A sea lion poses on a deck chair as six women in bathing suits look on, smiling approvingly. Text: 'EPISODE 9 -SHARKEY'S DAY with DAVID NICHOLS'.
The catgirl from the SUDDENLY logo, wearing her classic fedora and suit and tie. Text: "Episode 8 - SUDDENLY presents Rocky Fortune in 'The Museum Murder.'"
A woman (Jean Ruth Hay) is pictured waking up in the morning in a stylised black-and-white photo. She is clutching an alarm clock. The woman is Jean Ruth Hay. Text: 'Episode Seven - night and day.'
A woman's silhouette against a sparkling background made up of what seems to be glitter or stars. Text: 'Episode Six - We Two in the Spray.'
black & white screencap from the 1941 film 'Las Vegas Nights.' a neon sign reads 'CLUB NEVADA.' overlaid are the silhouettes of a cowboy and three 1940s era women. text: "Episode Five - Heaven or Las Vegas.'
A black & white screencap from 'The House I Live In' of a man looking at an old-fashioned recording device that cuts directly to an acetate disc. Text: 'Episode 4 - The Reversoscope, Part 3.'
Black & white screencap from 'The All-Star Bond Rally' (1945). 1940s characters Fibber McGee & Molly stand in front of a war bonds sales booth. Fibber is turning to the camera with a pen in one hand, as if to offer it to us. Text: 'Episode 3: The Rev
A black & white screencap from 'The Road to Victory' (1944). An old-fashioned dial reads "REVERSOSOCOPE - STEWART TELEVISION CO." The knob also says "Reversoscope." The dial features the years 1940 to 1960. It is pointed to 1944. Text: "Episode 2: T
Screencap from a 1980s tourism commercial for New York City, starring Frank Sinatra and the cast of the musical CATS. Sinatra, wearing a bow tie, stands underneath the statue of George M. Cohan in Times Square at night. He is smiling and gesturing in

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