EP170: Taking The Time To Talk To Strangers, ...

On this episode of Our American Stories, at 17 years old, Pino Lella was helping Jewish families escape Nazi-occupied Italy by guiding them across the Alps into Switzerland. A year later, after being drafted into the German military, he found himself assigned as the personal driv ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, when Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You" in 1973, she wasn't writing about a romantic breakup. She was saying goodbye to her longtime friend, mentor, and business partner, Porter Wagoner. The song became a country hit, but its jour ...  Show more

Make like Meghan and Harry’s wedding anniversary celebrations and sip a marg as you tune in to our jam-packed new episode. This week, Rachel & Roberta do a deep dive on the Cambridges’ ever-changing social media presence, Kate & William’s (er, Mom and Dad’s) bingo night at the Sh ...  Show more

This week, Margarette Lincoln on the secret life of Daniel Defoe, government agent; and Claire Lowdon transports herself back to the teenage turmoil of Martin Amis’s debut novel, fifty years on. ‘The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Daniel Defoe’ edited by Nicholas Seag ...  Show more

Welcome back, RoRos! It's almost October, and we're still recording remotely (womp, womp). But we have tons of exciting (virtual) royal news this week, from Kate's outing with mums and babies to the Sussexes' joint TV appearance for Time100. Also, paparazzi pics of Louis, Barbado ...  Show more

This week, the ladies are joined by Finding Freedom author and ABC royal correspondent Omid Scobie as he revisits his Sussex biography one year later by re-releasing the book with a new epilogue. Plus, it’s been 24 years since Diana’s untimely death. There’s also a deep dive into ...  Show more