Staggering success, unexpected loss, over-the-top parties, shocking betrayals, and profound intimacy are woven together into a high-profile family-therapy session. The Just Enough Family follows the meteoric rise and staggering fall of the Steinbergs, once one of America’s richest families, through the eyes of Liz Lange— successful fashion designer, captivating storyteller, and niece of the infamous corporate raider Saul Steinberg. Host Ariel Levy (The New Yorker, The Rules do Not Apply), Liz’s friend, gets an inside look at what happened to the once seemingly invincible clan. New money, old secrets, and the fine line between success and excess. The Just E...
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My Mother's Lies: Did She Frame an Innocent Man?
Jessica Currin was murdered in a quiet Kentucky town in the summer of 2000. Local housewife Susan Galbreath became instrumental in solving the case, working alongside law enforceme…
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The Murder That Shook a Family—and the Son Who Solved It
Noreen Boyle goes missing, and her 11-year-old son is determined to find her. He teams up with a homicide cop to investigate his mother’s murder. In a shocking turn of events, toge…
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Lady Mafia: The Untold Story of Secrets, Lies, and Jackpots
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She Read Their Minds Then Stole Their Money: The Psychic Scammer Exposed
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Icarus
Saul suffers a massive stroke at fifty-five— he is transformed from a fearsome capitalist into someone else entirely—and in his stead, Bobby presides over the largest insurance col…
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33 min
The Three Kisses
Liz always thought of her father as her “beacon,” so she is stunned and devastated when she gives him a loyalty test—and he fails.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…
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The Magic Kingdom
Liz and Jane—and most of New York City—were dazzled by the gorgeous woman with the strange name who Saul took up with after his second divorce: Gayfryd. Meanwhile, Kathy and Bobby…
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Pollyanna
When Liz married Jeff Lange everyone thought she’d won the lottery, but ultimately his mental illness led to a tragic end that challenged even Liz’s relentless Pollyanna optimism.L…
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32 min
It’s a Wasp World
Saul was a genius—a business phenomenon who went to Wharton at sixteen, had a publicly-traded company by the end of his twenties, and led a “Halston kind of life” dating models and…
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Pumpkins and Monkeys
Liz learned about glamour from her mother, Kathy—a “shopper’s shopper”—whom she fought with all the time as a kid, to the great distress of her little sister, Jane, and their fathe…
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Park Avenue Shtetl
The Steinberg wealth is all thanks to Liz’s uncle Saul, who became a multi millionaire before he turned thirty, and brought his entire family along for the ride—especially Liz’s fa…
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Perestroika
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Introducing... The Just Enough Family
Meet the Steinbergs—who have way too much. Hosted by New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author Ariel Levy. Episodes arrive September 9th. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…