109. Arbella Stuart | A Tragic Tale of Tudor Times

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109. Arbella Stuart | A Tragic Tale of Tudor Times

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Introducing: Psychedelic Women 4:09

2 days ago4:09

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Hey friends, Alicia and Stacie here to tell you about a new show that we're really excited about. Our friend Rainbow Valentine has been collecting the stories of the first generation of women to have access to The Pill, Rock n Roll, and LSD. In her podcast Psychedelic Women, Rainbow talks to the women who lived and made the counterculture in 1960s San Francisco and, eventually, the world. It's a fascinating, beautifully crafted show featuring real-life stories that'll blow your mind. Coming up is the trailer for Psychedelic Women, and Episode 1 lands today. Subscribe on Apple , Spotify , or wherever you’re listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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112. Mary, Queen of Scots | Exile, Imprisonment, Execution 52:10

3 days ago52:10

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In this final installment of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, we follow Mary's flight from Scotland into England, the domain of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, in 1568. Historians believe that Mary thought - or at least hoped - that her cousin would assist in returning her to the throne in Scotland, but instead, Mary and her retinue would spend a strange decade and a half imprisoned - in some of the finest homes in England. In the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife, Bess of Hardwick, Mary gradually became a unifying figure for English Catholics chafing under the rule of a Protestant queen. A prolific letter writer throughout her time in the custody of Elizabeth, she became enmeshed in the Babington Plot to assassinate her cousin in 1586. She was convicted at trial and sentenced to death; a situation that Elizabeth struggled with. She feared the precedent it set and certainly the impacts on her conscience and her relations with James VI of Scotland, Mary's son and Elizabeth's eventual successor, but in the end, she signed the death warrant of her cousin. Mary, Queen of Scots, one-time Queen of France, and aspirant to the English throne, was executed by beheading on February 8, 1587. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast. To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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111. Mary, Queen of Scots | Queen of Scotland, Wife of Darnley, Wife of Bothwell 1:03:12

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In this second installment of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, Alicia follows Mary back to Scotland after her tenure as teenaged Queen of France. A young widow, she returned to a Scotland that had gone through the Reformation, making her Catholicism a notable feature. In 1565, after about four years back at home, she married her half-cousin, the ambitious Lord Darnley, which produced a son the following year. The marriage was troubled, with Darnley openly seeking to become King and not just the Queen's consort, and to succeed Mary should she - and he certainly was not plotting to make this happen, no no - die. The problem resolved itself in February of 1567, when the home that Darnley was staying in suddenly exploded and his body, and that of one of his servants, was discovered nearby, seemingly untouched. It was speculated that they had been smothered, and suspicion soon fell on James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, a confidant to the Queen and an ambitious climber himself. The whole thing was hugely suspicious, and Mary's reign fully fractured just months later when she married Bothwell. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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110. Mary, Queen of Scots | Her Childhood to Widowed Queen of France 43:06

17 days ago43:06

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This week, we begin our Trashy Royals journey into the life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots. She has been a long time coming as a missing link on our ride of the naughty nobles in her time. In this episode, we journey from Mary’s birth in 1542, with her becoming Queen of Scotland at the tender age of 6 days old to Mary, three days before her 18th birthday as a widow of the King of France. Her first husband, Francoise II does pass away just as the couple's reign was beginning, leaving Mary with an uncertain future with not much else to do but come on back to the country that is rightfully hers in 1560. In the middle of Mary's lifepath from 1542 to 1560, there are so many European power plays and plots, trashy uncles on all sides, a girl squad forming, religious strife in all the ways, an evil Mother-in-Law, and a little astrology too. Mary’s story really does contain multitudes. Her story begins here. Get ready for a very trashy ride as this one has everything you adore in a royals romp! Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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109. Arbella Stuart | A Tragic Tale of Tudor Times 54:44

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Come with us this week as we take a journey into the Tudor Court with perhaps the most tragic story of the time. Arbella Stuart is our focus this week, and her tale is ever so tragic. It could have been a regular life for this girl, except that she was related to every single person in the royal line-up, and that makes for very dangerous times to be a girl in the 16th century. So many connected players, so many spiderwebs in this one – buckle up for some Big Royal Energy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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108. Happy Valley Set: The Life, Loves, and Murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Lord Erroll 54:08

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Good nobles, we have a real treat for you this week as we journey down into Africa - Kenya specifically - to begin the trashy tales of the Happy Valley Set. This group of self-absorbed, wealthy British expatriates is legendary in history for all of the sins that occurred in their heyday, from the 1920s to the 1940s. Today’s episode serves as a great introduction to this heap of hedonism, as we explore the life, the loves, and the mysterious murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll. After a life of great debauchery, he is found dead at a lonely crossroads near Nairobi on January 24, 1941. There are no lack of suspects in this case, as mostly everyone would like Josslyn more dead than alive. The is an arrest and a trial though of a jealous husband, Sir Jock Delves Broughton. It doesn’t go how you think it might. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Sources White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll , by James Fox (Amazon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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107. Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione | The Too-Much Countess 49:35

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Turns out that selfies aren't really a new phenomenon, and as cameras emerged as a new technology in the 19th century, there was a nearly perfect subject who made the form her own. Meet Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, spy, diplomat, model, courtesan, art director, and one-time mistress of Emperor Napoleon III. It's quite a resume and a heck of a story - a minor noble whose beauty was legendary but whose arrogance and self-importance certainly rubbed the Parisian upper crust the wrong way. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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106. Stanislaw II August, the Last King of Poland 47:31

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As a young man, Stanislaw Poniatowski arrived at the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, a Polish noble in the service of an English diplomat. An affair commenced with the future Catherine the Great, whose affection (and malign influence in the politics of Russia's neighbor) resulted in Stanislaw being elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in in 1764. It was a good news/bad news reign for Stanislaw, who saw his country partitioned not once, not twice, but three times, by the greater powers on his borders. His efforts to modernize and liberalize Poland - including the creation of an American-style constitution in 1791 - were all for naught, as his former lover finally annexed what remained of Poland in 1795. It would be more than a century before Poland re-emerged as a nation, and one which views Stanislaw II August in an understandably mixed way. Thanks to listener Ray for contributing this banger of a tale. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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105. Persephone and Hades, ft. Alicia King Anderson 56:17

7 weeks ago56:17

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This week, Alicia invited Alicia King Anderson Ph.D. to talk all things Persephone and Hades, the Queen and King of the Underworld. We unpack the myth of this royal couple down below. How does a young girl, Kore, complete the transformation into Persephone? Who is Hades and why is he messing with his niece, Kore? How does the whole snatching of the beautiful maiden go down, and what happens in the Underworld? It's a story with complicated supernatural family ties, a kidnapping, a mother's grief, famine, a marriage, and - big headline - the introduction of seasons into the human world. And this myth was a foundational piece of the Eleusinian Mysteries, which helped initiates of the cult of Demeter and Persephone abandon their fear of death. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Explore More with Alicia King Anderson Alicia King Anderson Ph.D.'s website Join Alicia's Patreon community, Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! Sign up for Alicia's March 22 workshop, The Return of Persephone: Spring Equinox Workshop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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104. The Wives of Julius Caesar: Cossutia, Cornelia, Pompeia, and Calpurnia 55:36

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As we roar towards the Ides of March, it just makes sense to spend a little time with Rome's OG, Gaius Julius Caesar. But since it's also Women's History Month, we're taking stock of his life and times through his marriages, both the ones we're sure happened, the one we aren't sure happened - and of course, Cleopatra makes an appearance. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Introducing The Glamorous Gabors! 7:46

9 weeks ago7:46

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The Gabor sisters were some of the most iconic cultural figures in the second half of the 20th century, having arrived on our shores from Nazi-occupied Hungary, where they experienced loss and engaged in heroic resistance. Along with their mother, Jolie, sisters Eva, Zsa Zsa, and Magda, stormed the mid-century zeitgeist and lived through extremely complicated family dynamics, as well as complicated romantic entanglements - including, between them all - 23 marriages, 18 divorces, two widowhoods, and two annulments. They were allies and rivals, poly-linguists, artisans, and entrepreneurs. But mostly, they were women possessed of a drive to succeed and an eternal willingness to bend their stories to suit the moment at hand. This month, Trashy Divorces is proud to present the lives and loves of The Glamorous Gabors, an eight-episode arc bringing these four amazing women into focus in the 21st century. Listen online or wherever you get your podcasts! The Glamorous Gabors was researched and written by Melanie Shawn, with our deep gratitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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103. Queen Cynethryth of Mercia 51:31

9 weeks ago51:31

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Just in time for Women's History Month here in the US, Alicia has a story as old as time - an 8th century Queen of the central English kingdom of Mercia during the Anglo-Saxon period who maybe was the victim of a smear campaign centuries later. Obviously, contemporaneous records of the period are sparse, but what we do think we know is that Queen Cynethryth and her husband King Offa had a contentious relationship with the Archbishop of Canterbury in that period. Mercia confiscated some of the Archbishop's lands, and the Archbishop supported an uprising that saw Kent liberate itself from King Offa's rule. Things went far enough south between them that Offa eventually created an entirely new Archdiocese in Lichfield that would presumably be a bit more compliant with his wishes. And while Offa and Cynethryth would outlive that Archbishop of Canterbury, it seems that the Church would have the final say over Cynethryth's story. Coincidentally, that portrayal became extremely negative right around the time, centuries later, that Empress Matilda was attempting to exert her righteous claim to the English throne after the death of her father, King Henry I. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Sponsors This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/trashyroyals . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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102. Nero, ft. Agrippina the Younger (Encore) 56:54

10 weeks ago56:54

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We're on break this week, so we're delving into Trashy Royals history (see what we did there!) with an encore of one of our earliest episodes, Roman Emperor Nero. While things started out relatively well when he took the reins from Claudius at just age 16, his attention and priorities quickly spiraled to pointless things and private grievance. As one does. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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101. Trashy Tabloids | "The Fantabulous Imam of Yemen," Ahmad bin Yahya 36:43

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Back in 1959, a writer named Samson Rebaldi gave an autocrat and despot a real glow-up in the pages of Confidential, a gossip rag of the era. Yemen's second-to-last hereditary ruler, Ahmad bin Yahya - known as "Ahmad the devil" within Yemen - was in Rome at the time, receiving medical treatment for a variety of ailments, and Rebaldi delighted in the news that he had traveled with his multiple wives, dozens of concubines, and maintained a stable of "slave girls" back at home. In Rome, Rebaldi says that doctors limited the ailing dictator to six female visitors a day, though Yahya's age, health problems, and various drug addictions may have made these visits less exciting that Rebaldi believed. Yahya died in his sleep three years after the piece was published, at the age of 71, and was briefly succeeded by his son, Muhammad al-Badr. The Badr reign came to an end after just a week, when disaffected soldiers launched a coup and declared Yemen a Republic. It is, very tragically, still working on that. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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100. SIX The Musical! 42:54

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Last summer, Alicia was finally able to catch SIX The Musical on Broadway, and last weekend, Stacie got to see the US Tour version. A pop spectacular featuring the wives of Henry VIII, the play's back story is every bit as cool and fun as the show itself is. In this episode, we talk SIX The Musical, and we pull a Patreon Royal-Tea Time episode from August where Alicia got into what it's all about. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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99. Chatsworth and The Duchesses of Devonshire 1:04:24

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This week, join us for a journey 500 years in the making! Off to Derbyshire we go to spend some time at Chatsworth, the ancestral home of the Cavendish family and the Dukes and Duchesses of Devonshire through time. There were many women who claimed the Duchess title, and a few who did not. We explore them all - from Bess of Hardwick, the lady who begins it all, to Georgiana Spencer and Deborah Mitford, the ones who did attain the title, as well as the ones who did not, including Lady Caroline Lamb, Adele Astaire, and Kick Kennedy. Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1646–1710), wife of the first duke Rachel Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1674 – 1725), wife of the second duke Catherine Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1700–1777), wife of the third duke Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), first wife of the fifth duke Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759–1824), second wife of the fifth duke Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1832–1911), wife of the eighth duke Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960), wife of the ninth duke Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988), wife of the tenth duke Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920–2014), wife of the eleventh duke Amanda Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (born 1944), wife of the twelfth duke Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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98. Bring Out Your Dead: Royal Fascinations with Dead Bodies 49:52

14 weeks ago49:52

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We regret to inform you that today's legal regime of protecting corpses from desecration is a modern development, and even worse, royals have a rich history of relying on them for all sorts of things. Today we get into the alleged curative powers of corpses, especially among Spain's Hapsburg leaders a few centuries back. Don Carlos himself, whom we covered last week, is said to have recovered from that serious head wound he received with the help of a local miracle-maker named Diego de Alcala - a Franciscan lay brother who had died some hundred years before. Apparently the Spanish royals frequently slept beside the corpses of the venerated long dead. For instance, Isidore the Farmer was born around 1070 in Madrid and, over the course of his life, developed a bit of a legend for alleged miracles and feeding the poor. In death, his legend continued to grow, resulting in him being declared a Saint in the Catholic Church in 1619, then having his teeth pulled out to be placed under Charles II of Spain's pillows to aid his many ailments in 1696. Speaking of Charles IIs, England had one, too, and he also had a penchant for human body parts. In his case though, the medicinal aspect was attained through consuming a tincture made from human skull fragments. And best of all, "The King's Drops" became all the rage across Europe for a century or more, which was certainly one way to put the remains of your ancestors to work for you. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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97. Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias 57:08

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We've often marveled at the incestuous nature of royal marriages in Europe, but the inbreeding really came to a head in 16th century Spain, when King Philip II married and had a son with his double first cousin, Maria Manuela of Portugal. Carlos, their baby boy, came into the world with significant disadvantages; his legs were different lengths and his spine curved abnormally, causing problems with his gait and posture. These are issues to be compassionate about, but Carlos's behavior from infancy forward tended toward the violent and sadistic. He injured his wet nurses by biting them, and was known to torture animals and humans alike as a child and adolescent. It's unclear whether his behavioral issues might have been inherited as well; among his four great-grandparents (most people have eight) and six great-great-grandparents (most people have sixteen) was Juana I of Castile, better known to us as Juana the Mad. While Carlos was clearly unfit to become a monarch, Philip II was in a bit of a bind because he had no other sons, and his wives - he would be married four times in total - kept dying on him. Carlos's mother, Philip's first wife, died from complications from delivering him, Mary I of England died four years into their childless marriage, Elisabeth of Valois - originally betrothed to Carlos - died after nine years of marriage and several daughters, and finally, Anna of Austria was able to produce a living heir before she died after ten years of marriage. In the meantime, Philip found himself going to extreme lengths to protect his kingdom from his son - perhaps even by murdering him. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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96. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1:01:18

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One of the more fascinating women of the Tudor era was actually one of the last Plantagenets, Margaret Plantagenet, later Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (he of Malmsey wine fame), and a niece to both King Edward IV and King Richard III, Margaret and her brother were taken into the care of King Henry VII after Richard's defeat at Bosworth Field. Henry's wife, Elizabeth of York, was Margaret's cousin, and perhaps because of his insecurities about his claim to the throne, Henry preferred to keep the remaining Plantagenets close. As a consequence, Margaret had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential moments in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, including as a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon, who would become a close a friend across the decades. But she also suffered mightily; Henry VII imprisoned and then executed her brother, and after the death of her husband, Hank VII kept her nearly destitute through the confiscation of the Salisbury estate, rightfully her brother's Earldom. When Henry VIII succeeded his father - and Catherine of Aragon made a big return - Margaret was made whole, becoming one of only two women in 16th century England who was a peer in her own right. Her success as a landowner did not sit well with the increasingly paranoid Henry VIII, who spent her last decade cracking down on her children, and eventually put Margaret into the Tower of London for a couple of years before Henry ordered her executed on the Tower Green on May 27, 1541. A contemporary report has it that she taunted her inexperienced executioner to the last. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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95. The Swiftory of Catherine of Aragon 1:14:21

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Alicia is leading a Swiftory takeover! To celebrate the launch of her newest podcast, Swiftory , she's taking you into one of its origin stories - the life of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII, through a five-song arc of Taylor Swift songs. This one will sate the palate of both Trashy Divorces and Trashy Royals listeners! Subscribe to Swiftory on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you listen. Here are lyrics and live performances for you to enjoy your own musical journey! Links with lyrics This Love: Taylor Swift - This Love (Taylor's Version) (Lyric Video) Long Live: Taylor Swift - Long Live [Lyrics] (Taylor’s Version) Gold Rush: Taylor Swift - gold rush (Official Lyric Video) Death By a Thousand Cuts: Taylor Swift - Death By A Thousand Cuts (with LYRICS) Peter: Taylor Swift - Peter lyrics Links to live performances This Love, live from 2015: [Remastered 4K] This Love - Taylor Swift - 1989 World Tour 2015 - EAS Channel Gold Rush, Live from Philly: gold rush live at the eras tour (surprise song) DBATC, Tiny Desks: Taylor Swift - Death By A Thousand Cuts (Performance Legendada - Live) Peter, from Stockholm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZt7nrE6GIo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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94. Elizabeth Bathory, The Blood Countess (Or Maybe Not) 1:17:54

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Legend has it that at the turn of the 17th century, in a small corner of the then-Kingdom of Hungary, a noblewoman preyed on her peasant tenants, torturing and murdering them for her own sadistic pleasure high up in her castle in the Little Carpathian Mountains. Countess Elizabeth Bathory (Erzsebet Bathori, or Alzbeta Batoriova, in Hungarian and Slovakian, respectively) has been described as history's most prolific female serial killer - her death toll was said to be as high as 650 - until she was finally stopped on the order of the King of Hungary. But the story is more complicated than the tale that's been passed down. The daughter of an extremely powerful and wealthy family, Elizabeth and her husband had loaned the crown significant sums to keep it afloat during a long war with the Ottoman Empire. She herself was a Calvinist in a time when Lutherans were agitating for greater authority in post-Reformation Europe, and one Lutheran minister in particular seems to have been diligent in spreading rumors of Elizabeth's bad conduct. After Elizabeth became a widow - thus a rich and powerful independent noblewoman who was owed a large sum of money from the King - the rumors intensified significantly. Is this because Elizabeth's murder spree picked up steam, or because, for reasons ranging from sexism and sectarianism to simple power politics and repayment avoidance, it was convenient to destroy Countess Bathory's reputation for all of history? Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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93. More Bizarre Royal Deaths | Viking Sigurd the Mighty, Qin Shi Huangdi of China, Bela I of Hungary, Martin I of Aragon, George II of England, Philip the Fair's Unhappy Afterlife 57:04

19 weeks ago57:04

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It turns out that Royals have been enjoying (?) bizarre deaths a lot more often than we first realized! Among this set's methods of departure from the world: getting a little too cozy with your enemy's severed head, life-extension mercury (don't try this at home!), poorly constructed furniture, laughter, constipation, and, in a bit of a twist, a story about the arguable desecration of Philip the Fair's corpse by his too-loving widow. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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92. Bizarre Royal Deaths | Alexander I of Greece, Roman Emperor Valerian, Herod the Great, Henry I of England, and Adolf Frederick of Sweden 43:19

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Like the rest of us, the world's royals are mere mortals who meet our universal fate in the end. But for some, that end came about in unusual ways - infected simian bites, the ingestion of liquid gold, genital maggots, a surfeit of lampreys, and the sweetest, perhaps: death by pastry. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Introducing Swiftory! 0:50

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New from Hemlock Creatives: Swiftory, a not-so-typical Taylor Swift podcast, perfect for any Swiftie, literature lover, or history buff. Hosts Alicia and Melissa explore Taylor Swift’s music as a jumping off point into a wider world of fascinating figures and iconic literature. Join us as we romp through Taylor’s stories, visiting the places, personalities, and – of course – the eras, that her songs evoke. Coming 12/31/2024, wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe here on Spotify , or on Apple Podcasts . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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91. Princess Michael of Kent, Part Three: Say Less, Way More Often 51:23

21 weeks ago51:23

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And in the concluding episode of the (ongoing) story of Princess Michael of Kent, we watch aghast as the Anglican and Catholic churches battle over the pending nuptials of Prince Michael and his sweet Marie-Christine, and then Alicia tries (and seems to largely fail) to explain to Stacie why British law and custom required Prince Michael of Kent to marry Princess Michael of Kent, and not Baroness Marie-Christine. Seems like Prince Michael's cousin Queen Elizabeth II could have done him - and his fiance - a solid here with some alternative title, but I guess not. Then, we again watch aghast as Princess Michael of Kent unloads on the deceased Princess Diana (and the then-Prince of Wales, by proxy) and lobs some racist displays in the general direction of Meghan Markle. Why? It's just a matter of tradition, apparently. Yikes, this one is trashy. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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90. Princess Michael of Kent, Part Two: The Road to Royalty 55:06

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This week we continue our journey into the life and times of Princess Michael of Kent. In this middle episode of her arc, we explore her teenage years, her first marriage and subsequent divorce, and her romance with Prince Michael of Kent. This love affair is assisted by a familiar character, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who manages with charm and royal politics to attain the Queen's permission. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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89. Princess Michael of Kent, Part One: Papa Will Nazi See You Now 53:38

23 weeks ago53:38

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We begin our exploration of the UK's surprisingly controversial Princess Michael of Kent with a little back story. And given that Princess Michael of Kent started life in January 1945 as a German baroness named Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, you can bet the Nazis had a hand in it! The daughter of Baron Gunther von Reibnitz, a Nazi Party member who spent time at the Russian front during the war, Princess Michael's mother, Austro-Hungarian Countess Maria Anna, was stridently anti-Nazi, enough that it got her in trouble. Her father's allegiance to the party was pretty loose by the time the war came around, and he was eventually kicked out of the Nazi party entirely. This was helpful when he was later investigated by the Appeals Tribunal for Upper Bavaria after the war ended. Meanwhile, Gunther's somewhat impromptu wartime marriage to Princess Michael's mother turned out to be a bigamist marriage, since old Gunther had never had his first marriage annulled in the Catholic Church, which declared Princess Michael and her older brother legitimate, but essentially ended things between Gunther and Maria Anna. He skipped out on the whole "wreckage of Europe" thing and moved to Mozambique and a third marriage there. This left Countess Maria Anna in the post-war wreckage of Europe with two very young children. She did what aristocrats always do: she packed up a bunch of gemstones - Europe was flooded with gemstones from out of luck rich folks at the time - boarded a boat for Australia, and set her family up in their next chapter by selling the stones into a much more favorable market. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast . To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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88. James I of England | More Money, More Problems 1:04:41

24 weeks ago1:04:41

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We return this week to the Stuart Dynasty, and King James VI of Scotland, coming on in as King James I of England. His reign begins in 1603 and runs through 1625, you might be surprised what you can pack into 22 years to trashy administrating, but James makes the most of it. Included: Rewriting of The Bible, Witch Hunting, More Pamphlets, Gunpowder Plots, and Jimmy's Maybe Lovers, with a little treason and murder on the side too. The Howard Family resurrects themselves and spiderwebs are everywhere! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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87. James VI in Scotland | Sitting, Waiting, Wishing 53:05

25 weeks ago53:05

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In this exciting installment of our past selves bringing you current episodes, we continue with the thread of the Trashy Stuarts. It is time to explore the life of James VI from his birth to the age of 39 when he assumes the English Throne in 1603. Oh my – so many things before he even assumes the throne in England after the death of Elizabeth. James is dealing with dead parents, mad -lunatic and angry uncles, and a child bride, Anne of Denmark. Feuds with countries and religions. Kids, and witches, and pamphlets too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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86. Witch Hunting with King James VI (A Trashy Divorces Crossover Bonus) 40:25

26 weeks ago40:25