Season 2 Episodes
1. Choose Your Own Adventure
June 9th, 202644 min
Through the lens of share-house culture, we follow first arrivals and longtime residents as they describe the rituals that shape life in the Fire Island Pines. Candid perspectives from Indian and Black voices, and a look at The Doll Invasion, the annual trans-takeover festival.
2. Heated Rivalries
June 11th, 202642 min
We explore how the Fire Island Pines emerged from exclusion and competition with Cherry Grove. Original Pines entrepreneurs Peggy Fears and John Whyte set the stage for a sophisticated, private alternative to Cherry Grove. Plus– Architect Horace Gifford’s p*n lodge aesthetic, Calvin Klein’s Fire Island legacy and the glass palace “Reflections”—glossy 1980s visions of desire that still feel suspended in time.
