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  • Episode 753: General Hospital Fan Spotlight - Emily & Renee

    Episode 753: General Hospital Fan Spotlight - Emily & Renee
    May 14 2026
    This week's Port Charles 411 Fan Spotlight features Emily and Renee, a mother and daughter who have been watching General Hospital together for decades, across two states and a lot of texts about the show. Renee got started in the seventies, introduced to GH by her grandmother over after-school snacks. Emily came to the show through her mom and has been watching since she was little. She found Pier 54 while looking into starting a mother-daughter GH podcast of her own, discovered Shannon and Amanda had already built one, and has been listening ever since. Her Fan Spotlight entry dates back to June 2023, which makes this one nearly three years in the making. The conversation covers favorite couples, GH history going back to the Luke and Laura era, the moments that hit hardest, and plenty of current storyline speculation from all four of them. Listen to the full episode wherever you find your podcasts, and find the link at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com. We will meet you at the pier. Find us at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com or email pier54podcast@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 10 min
  • Episode 752: Real Safe Grandma 5/11/26

    Episode 752: Real Safe Grandma 5/11/26
    May 11 2026
    Jack Brennan burst into Carly's bedroom and found Valentin Cassadine stepping out from hiding with a gun on him. Valentin introduced himself as her attorney. Cullum, meanwhile, declared Brennan incompetent and made clear he was now in charge. Joss spent the week locked below Wyndemere after Nathan choked her unconscious in her apartment. By Thursday, he told her everything: his name is Cassius Faison, Nathan's twin. Joss figured out pretty quickly why he was telling her all of this. Ric asked Elizabeth to go away with him. She said yes. Laura called Ric to her office and tried to find out whether he had truly changed. Nathan told Lulu it was not if Cullum found out Rocco shot him, it was when, and when he did he would kill him. Lulu did not move Rocco. Dante and Liz pieced together the blood on the gun was not Cullum's. Rocco and Danny are brothers. Of course Jason would protect him. At Willow's house, Nina hid a syringe under Wiley's toy truck before answering the door for Jack, Valentin stepped out with a gun, and it ended with Jack on the floor. Ethan heard Delilah Wilson's name for the first time at Tracy's, went to the pier, pulled out a polaroid, and talked to it. Then Sonny pulled a gun on Ric at Ava's gallery. Also this week: Michael James Scott performed at the Savoy, Brook Lynn and Chase talked adoption, Molly's book is being published, and the Jordan hit-and-run investigation keeps grinding. A shout out to Louise for the Jonathan Jackson and Claire show link, June 6 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. And a quick note for anyone who wrote in about Ethan and Joss: he is Luke's son, she is Bobbie's granddaughter through Carly. Cousins. Coming Thursday: Shannon and Amanda's first ever mother-daughter fan spotlight with Emily and her mom Renee. Find us at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 30 min
  • Episode 751: Lucy Coe (1986-2026)

    Episode 751: Lucy Coe (1986-2026)
    May 7 2026
    This week on Port Charles 411, Shannon and Amanda are covering one of General Hospital's most iconic characters from start to finish: Lucy Coe. Lucy has been a lot of things since she first walked into Port Charles in 1986. A mousy librarian. A surrogate mother. A CEO. A vampire slayer. A reluctant spy. A woman who has ended up in her underwear on the Nurses' Ball stage more times than anyone can count. She has married her way through the Port Charles phonebook, launched Deception Cosmetics more than once, and somehow remained one of the most beloved figures in daytime television history. This episode covers it all: the murder trial alibi that started everything, her marriages to Tony Jones, Alan Quartermaine, Scott Baldwin, Rex Stanton, and Kevin Collins, the founding of the Nurses' Ball in 1994, the full Port Charles spinoff era including vampires and a healing spring beneath the city, her return to General Hospital in 2012, the Nurses' Ball kiss that blew up her marriage, the Ava Jerome blackmail, the Victor Cassadine spy mission, her romance with Martin Grey, the barnyard photo shoot, and where things stand right now with Jens Sidwell. This one came together thanks to a write-up submitted by Pier 54 listener Kim Hudson, who tracked Lucy's full history using her research, her sources, and, in her own words, her own body memory. We had a lot of feelings about all of it. Find us at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com. New episodes every Monday and Thursday #GeneralHospital #GH #PortCharles #LucyCoe #LynnHerring #AlanQuartermaine #ScottyBaldwin #MonicaQuartermaine #BobbieSpencer #KevinCollins #JenzSidwell #AvaJerome #Pier54Podcast #SoapOpera #Daytime #ABCSoaps #GHFan #RyanChamberlain #JohnMcBain #MartinGrey #TonyJones #VictorCassadine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 min
  • Episode 750: Sliver of Your Liver 5/4/26

    Episode 750: Sliver of Your Liver 5/4/26
    May 4 2026
    Valentin has been in Carly's attic for months. His phone call to Anna's clinic was a mistake, Cullum caught it, and now Brennan is in Carly's bedroom. Meanwhile, Chase shows up to Willow's office with flowers and Michael is on his way out the door when it happens. He sees enough. Shannon has thoughts. Brook Lynn is carrying serious guilt about Jordan's accident and it is starting to show. Alexis gives her a reality check about the adoption line, Trina delivers a package at the worst possible moment, and Brook Lynn's reaction says everything. Brick visits Jordan and makes no attempt to hide how he feels about her. Curtis is building a case against Isaiah, and the paint from the accident scene is pointing toward a German vehicle. Rocco keeps ending up near Cullum's room during his community service hours, Britt pulls him out, and what she does next is what Shannon and Amanda cannot stop arguing about. Joss is gathering intel she was never supposed to have, Dante tells her he already knows she is WSB, and her visit to Nina is one of the most awkward scenes of the week. Nathan pushes Lulu to send Rocco out of town and Lulu is not having it. Lucy arrives at Bobbie's while Ava is already there with Jenz, inserts herself into a vacation plan, and later tries to provoke Ava directly. Ethan turns down Sonny's loyalty test and makes clear he has his own reasons for wanting Jenz handled. Kristina and Lucas plan the Marco Rios Tennis Center, James and Nathan have a moment at the Metro Court that leaves more questions than answers, and the Savoy is buzzing ahead of Michael James Scott's performance next week. We also get into our Port Charles Pipeline, listener mail about the fan trip conversation, and a preview of Thursday's Port Charles 411 on Lucy Coe. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. Find us at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com or search Pier 54 Podcast on social media. Got something to say? Email us at pier54podcast@gmail.com. #gh #ghupdates #generalhospitalpodcast #carlyspencer #luluspencer #nathanwest #CesarFaison #brooklynnchase #harrisonchase #lauracollins #giopalmieri #dannymorgan #charlottecassadine #alexisdavis #tracyquartermaine #roccofalconeri #brittwestbourne #annadevane #sonnycorinthos #josslynjacks #jenzsidwell #lucasjones #avajerome #riclansing #portiarobinson #trinarobinson #valentincassadine #ninareeves #ethanlovett #rosscullum #lucycoe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 13 min
  • Episode 749: Diane Miller Part 3 (2017 - 2026)

    Episode 749: Diane Miller Part 3 (2017 - 2026)
    Apr 30 2026
    We are wrapping up our three-part deep dive into Diane Miller, covering roughly 2017 through today. This episode has everything: custody battles, interventions, a near-death experience, one very ruined white dress, and a love story the show keeps interrupting at the worst possible moments. We pick up with Diane bursting into an interrogation room to stop Alexis from confessing to a murder, going head to head with Nora Buchanan over Charlotte's custody, and navigating the impossible position of representing Sonny while genuinely caring about Carly during their divorce proceedings. From there we move through the two-Jasons situation and Diane's very practical approach to Jason Morgan returning from the dead, her complete lack of boundaries when it comes to Alexis's love life, the insanity plea that did not go the way anyone planned, the chaos of the Shiloh custody case, and the Michael and Nelle hearing that ends with one of the best single lines Diane has ever delivered in a courtroom. We also get into the hook attack and what follows, the slow and repeatedly interrupted love story with Robert Scorpio, and the moment Diane gets to walk into the Invader, hold up a letter like a gift, and tell Alexis that the two-year suspension she was just handed actually started four years ago. Diane Miller is the fiercest woman in Port Charles. Twenty years of cases, clients, and friendships later, she is still the person you call when everything has gone wrong. Find us at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop Mondays for recaps and Thursdays for Port Charles 411. We will meet you at the pier. #GeneralHospital #GeneralHospitalPodcast #CarolynHennessy #DamianSpinelli #DianeMillerGH #LukeSpencer #AJQuartermaine #AlexisDavis #ElizabethWebber #LuckySpencer #SamMcCall #JasonMorgan #CarlyCorinthos #SonnyCorinthos #NelleBenson #CarlySpencer #RicLansing #RobertScorpio #TracyQuartermaine #DrewCain #NoraBuchanan #HollySutton #SashaGilmore #CesarFaison #PeterAugust #SpencerCassadine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 14 min
  • Episode 748: Sisters Would Talk 4/27/2026

    Episode 748: Sisters Would Talk 4/27/2026
    Apr 27 2026
    Ethan Lovett is back and wasted no time asking Sonny for Jason's old job. Sonny hired him on a trial basis while Ric Lansing went to Alexis for everything she knew about Ethan. Alexis defended him and then turned the whole conversation around on Ric. Later Ethan reunited with Tracy and came face to face with Sidwell, turning down his drink and making clear he knows exactly what Sidwell did to his family. Willow summoned Jack Brennan to her congressional office and told him to hand over evidence against Drew and kill the traffic cam footage of her car, or she would pull WSB funding and blame harassment. At Drew's, Nina told him she knows everything and is not going to help him. When Liz stopped by and figured out he was blinking SOS, she told Nina and Kai that Drew was trying to communicate and she would talk to Willow about better options. Nina was less than thrilled. Rocco was doing volunteer work when Britt walked in on him bringing a pillow to Cullum's room, which led to Rocco telling her everything. Britt went straight to Cassius and told him Rocco needs to be protected and that she knows Rocco shot Cullum. Joss brought Valentin a Faison book with Anna's photo on the cover and Faison's signature cigars pulled from Cullum's belongings, and raised the question of why Nathan claims to remember nothing when Britt came back from being gone knowing exactly what had happened to her. Gio and Emma had the highlight of the week, spending time in New York City for a VIP backstage experience at Broadway's Aladdin thanks to Gio's friend Michael James Scott. We also shared the sad news that Rick Hutton, who played Lenny Caulfield, passed away on April 18 at age 73. In the Port Charles Pipeline we covered fan theories on Ethan and Sidwell, the Cassius and Shakespeare connection, and the idea of a Pier 54 fan cruise. If that sounds like something you would want to do, email us at pier54podcast@gmail.com. Find us at GeneralHospitalPodcast.com or search Pier 54 wherever you listen. We will meet you at the pier. ⚓ #gh #ghupdates #generalhospitalpodcast #carlyspencer #luluspencer #nathanwest #CesarFaison #brooklynnchase #harrisonchase #lauracollins #giopalmieri #dannymorgan #charlottecassadine #alexisdavis #tracyquartermaine #roccofalconeri #brittwestbourne #annadevane #sonnycorinthos #josslynjacks #jenzsidwell #lucasjones #avajerome #riclansing #portiarobinson #trinarobinson #valentincassadine #ninareeves #ethanlovett #rosscullum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 16 min
  • Episode 747: Diane Miller Part 2 (2012-2016)

    Episode 747: Diane Miller Part 2 (2012-2016)
    Apr 23 2026
    If you missed part one, go back and listen before jumping into this one. We also re-released our book club episode on The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli right before this, because that is exactly where part one wrapped up. Part two covers 2012 through 2016, and it is a lot. We are talking Todd Manning, Franco, A.J. Quartermaine, the Georgie custody battle, Ric Lansing, Luke Spencer, and some of Diane's most important work alongside Alexis Davis. Somehow this is all one person's caseload. We get into Todd Manning and the baby switch, the conflict of interest juggling act with Johnny Zacchara, the guardianship hearing for Connie Falconeri, and that pretrial hearing where Diane walked into a courtroom and pulled a brain tumor in a jar out of a paper bag. The prosecutor called it a cheap stunt. The judge called it a valid legal point. From there we cover A.J. Quartermaine's murder defense, the Maxie and Spinelli custody battle for Georgie, Ric Lansing, Luke Spencer facing some of the most serious charges Port Charles has ever seen, and Diane working alongside Alexis through the entire Julian Jerome situation, inside the courtroom and out. Part three picks up in 2017. Join us Monday for this week's recap. We will meet you at the pier. GeneralHospitalPodcast.com | #GeneralHospital #GeneralHospitalPodcast #CarolynHennessy #DamianSpinelli #DianeMillerGH #LukeSpencer #AJQuartermaine #AlexisDavis #NikolasCassadine #ElizabethWebber #LuckySpencer #SamMcCall #JasonMorgan #CarlyCorinthos #SonnyCorinthos #LuluSpencer #MaxGiambetti #MaxieJones #KateHoward #ToddManning #FrancoBaldwin #JohnMcBain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 min
  • Bonus Episode: Revisiting Ethan Lovett

    Bonus Episode: Revisiting Ethan Lovett
    Apr 21 2026
    Port Charles 411 | Ethan Lovett (Bonus Re-Release) We are re-releasing our 2023 Port Charles 411 on Ethan Lovett as a bonus episode because the OG is back. Nathan Parsons returned to the role on April 17, 2026. When we originally recorded this episode, Ethan had briefly been recast with actor James Ryan, so that is who we reference at the top. Just a heads up as you listen. Ethan first arrived in Port Charles in January 2009, catching Luke Spencer's attention after getting caught trying to rob the Haunted Star Casino. It did not take long for the question of his parentage to take over, and after some DNA test drama, a lie from Holly Sutton, and a lot of back and forth, it was confirmed that Luke was his father. From there, Ethan's time in Port Charles included a complicated situation with Kristina Corinthos Davis, a mob job with Johnny Zacchara, an accidental marriage to Maya Ward in Las Vegas, a stay at Windermere Castle that led to a Cassadine trap, and more kidnappings than any one person should have to deal with. He also played a key role in keeping Robert Scorpio from jumping off a bridge, popped up in Monte Carlo in 2020, and was last seen in 2023 being auctioned off at a Cassadine compound in Venezuela. Now he is back, and according to Nathan Parsons, Ethan has a little more edge this time around. Give this one a listen to get caught up before tuning in, and join us Monday for this week's recap. #GeneralHospital #GH #EthanLovett #NathanParsons #PortCharles #Pier54Podcast #SoapOpera #Daytime #ABCSoaps #GHFan #LukeSpencer #LuckySpencer #LuluSpencer #RobertScorpio #HelenaCassadine #HollySutton #FeliciaScorpio #DanteFalconeri #KieferBauer #KristinaCorinthos #OliviaQuartermaine #AnnaDevane #LucyCoe #AlexisDavis #SamMcCall #SonnyCorinthos #SoapTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 min