BONUS: HOW ARCHIE BROKE THE COMICS CODE

Welcome to the first BONUS episode of Josie and the Podcats, a six-part limited podcast series all about the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. After our first episode - History - dove into the pop cultural significance of Josie as a property over the decades, we decided to keep things historical for our debut bonus ep. This is all about how Archie broke the Comics Code.

Josie and the Podcats is hosted, researched and written by best-selling author, screenwriter and journalist Maria Lewis. She can be found on Twitter @MovieMazz https://twitter.com/moviemazz and marialewis.com.au The show is produced by film critic and podcast/producer behind One Heat Minute and All The Presidents Minutes Blake Howard. He can be found on Twitter @OneBlakeMinute https://twitter.com/OneBlakeMinute and graffitiwithpunctuation.com

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Amandah Wilkinson of Bossy Love and Edwin Organ are responsible for our jerkin theme song, with Bossy Love’s new album Me + U out now: www.bossylove.com and Edwin online at edwinorgan.com

Tim Hanley is the author of several non-fiction books, including Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine and the upcoming Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale. He’s on Twitter at @Tim_Hanley https://twitter.com/timhanley01 and his books can be found here: www.amazon.com/Tim-Hanley/

Alex Segura is the author of several novels and comic books, which can also be found here www.alexsegura.com . He’s on Twitter at @Alex_Segura https://twitter.com/alex_segura

This episode was sponsored by All The President’s Minutes

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