Vanity Fair

Type: Media

Vanity Fair

As of November 2026, Vanity Fair has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts, first heard Jun 2025 on Fresh Air. Mentioned as the publisher of an article critiquing the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Vanity Fair is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, which reflects both its satirisation of early 19th-century British society and the many illustrations drawn by Thackeray to accompany the text. It was published

Vanity Fair at a glance
Mentioned in2 episodes on 2 podcasts (as of November 2026)
First heardJun 2025 on Fresh Air
Format1847–1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray

What do podcasts say about Vanity Fair?

2 quotes from Terry Gross, recorded on Stuff You Should Know and Fresh Air.

  • There's great a great article in Vanity Fair called The Han Solo Comedy Hour exclamation point.
    Stuff You Should Know · · Episode
  • That was originally published in Vanity Fair called Sexual Culture.
    Terry Gross · Fresh Air · · Episode

How do different shows talk about Vanity Fair?

2 shows discussed Vanity Fair in these episodes.

Who talks about Vanity Fair on podcasts?

Terry Gross brought up Vanity Fair; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.