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It’s the groves of academe: Bennington College, the wildest and wickedest school in America. In the last great decade: the 1980s. Bennington class of ’86, class of Bret Easton Ellis, future writer of American Psycho and co-leader of the literary Brat Pack; Jonathan Lethem, future writer of Motherless Brooklyn and MacArthur Fellow; and Donna Tartt, future writer of The Secret History and Pulitzer Prize winner. All three are, at various times, infatuated and disappointed with one another, their friendships stimulated and fueled by rivalry as much as affection. And all three will mythologize Bennington in their fiction—fiction that, as we’ll discover, isn’t always fiction, is often fact—and thereby become myths themselves. From Vanity Fair's Lili Anolik, comes the latest installment in the Once Upon a Time… franchise, Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College. This is a tale of money, murder, madness, and—of course—genius. This is, too, a multi-dimensional expose: the secret history of The Secret History revealed; the secret history of three of the greatest writers of Generation X revealed; and the secret history of Generation X itself revealed.
Once Upon a Time at...Bennington College is an Audacy original.
This follows Season One: Once Upon a Time...in the Valley, a real-life psychological thriller about underage adult star Traci Lords.

Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College

Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial spectrum are opening their wallets—and their lives—to tell you everything: what they make, what they want, and—for one week—what they spend.

 
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Introducing: What We Spend

Welcome to Once Upon a Time… in the Valley.
 
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Welcome to "Once Upon a Time... in the Valley"

It's 1986. The San Fernando Valley. And, it turns out, the biggest star in Adult, isn't one.
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 1: T-R-A-C-I

A 15-year-old Redondo Union High sophomore learns to fake it so she can make it... as a nude model.
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 2: Wanted: Figure Models

Traci lands the Penthouse centerfold--and the studliest stud in porn.
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 3: We Kinda Made it Hardcore

Traci goes from adult model to adult actress to adult phenomenon. 
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 4: A (Porn) Star is Born

The only thing wilder than Traci on camera, is Traci off camera. Also: Traci gets a rival; Traci gets a company; Traci gets a passport; and Traci gets busted.
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 5: Shooting (Porn) Star

The adult industry is screwed. The question is: Who's doing the screwing?
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 6: Fake Out and Make Out

We leave the Valley and Traci Lords behind; go back to Redondo Beach and to Traci Lords before she was Traci Lords, when she was Nora Kuzma.
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 7: Surf City, USA

Meet Troy Matherly, the heart of this story. The heart of Nora's story, and of Traci's story.
 
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Once Upon a Time... in the Valley S1 | Ep 8: Marion Davies' Love Button

Mississippi, 1963-1982. Donna’s origin story. And Lord Jim... revealed?
 
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S2 | Ep 7: Donna Lou

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