Legacy
Wondery
From Wondery and Goalhanger Podcasts, Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now – and doesn’t always like what it sees.
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Categories: Education
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Born in colonial-era Jamaica to a black teenage mum and an absent white dad, Bob Marley has a fractious childhood and is constantly moved around. But Bob dreams of making it big as a musician, whilst Jamaica dreams of independence. Can this small island boy make it big amongst the violence and chaos engulfing his home nation? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Previous episodes
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45 - Bob Marley | The Captain's Son | 1 Wed, 24 Jul 2024
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44 - Hoover | The Deep State Lives On | 4 Wed, 17 Jul 2024
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43 - Hoover | Civil Rights and Dirty Tricks | 3 Wed, 10 Jul 2024
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42 - Hoover | Guns, Gangsters and G-Men | 2 Tue, 02 Jul 2024
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41 - Listen Now: American History Tellers, First Ladies Mon, 01 Jul 2024
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40 - Hoover | The Library Clerk Who Became All Powerful | 1 Tue, 25 Jun 2024
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39 - Margaret Thatcher | We’re All Thatcherites Now | 4 Tue, 18 Jun 2024
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38 - Margaret Thatcher | Strikes, Bombs, & Selling the Silver | 3 Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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36 - Margaret Thatcher | Cuts, Riots, & War | 2 Tue, 04 Jun 2024
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35 - Margaret Thatcher | The Making of the Iron Lady | 1 Tue, 28 May 2024
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33 - Cleopatra | The Last Pharaoh of Egypt | 4 Tue, 21 May 2024
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32 - Cleopatra | Bling...and Bloodshed | 3 Tue, 14 May 2024
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30 - Cleopatra | The Courageous Queen | 2 Tue, 07 May 2024
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29 - Cleopatra | A Taste for Betrayal | 1 Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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28 - Alan Turing | A Forgotten Hero | 4 Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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26 - Alan Turing | Illegal Love | 3 Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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25 - Alan Turing | Cracking the Code | 2 Tue, 09 Apr 2024
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24 - Alan Turing | An Awkward Genius | 1 Tue, 02 Apr 2024
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23 - Nina Simone | Rebirth | 4 Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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22 - Nina Simone | Breakdown | 3 Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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21 - Nina Simone | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 2 Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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20 - Nina Simone | The Road to Carnegie Hall | 1 Wed, 06 Mar 2024
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19 - Gorbachev | The Man Who Lost an Empire | 4 Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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17 - Gorbachev | Meltdown | 3 Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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16 - Gorbachev | Shutting Down the Cold War | 2 Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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15 - Gorbachev | The Boy from Stavropol | 1 Wed, 07 Feb 2024
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13 - Picasso | Drawing Lessons | 4 Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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12 - Picasso | The Weeping Woman | 3 Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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11 - Picasso | The Muse | 2 Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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10 - Picasso | Bullfights, Brothels & Bohemia | 1 Wed, 10 Jan 2024
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9 - Cecil Rhodes | Must Rhodes Fall? | 4 Wed, 03 Jan 2024
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8 - Cecil Rhodes | A Brooding Spirit | 3 Wed, 27 Dec 2023
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7 - Cecil Rhodes | The Rise of Rhodesia | 2 Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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6 - Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1 Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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5 - Napoleon | The Emperor & The Duke | 4 Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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4 - Napoleon | Clash of Empires | 3 Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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3 - Napoleon | Charlemagne's Crown | 2 Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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2 - Napoleon | Vive La Revolution | 1 Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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1 - Introducing…Legacy Wed, 08 Nov 2023