{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Wallis Simpson: Duchess of Windsor (Part 2)","description":"Welcome back to the final episode in our two-part series on Wallis Simpson! In this episode, Kyla Pitts-Zevin (Kristin’s sister & mayor of all of Kristin’s podcasts) gives us a lesson on how to tell a story concisely. (Did you know that you could tell a person’s life story in less than seven parts? News to us!)\n\nLast week we learned about Wallis Simpson’s early life and first two marriages. In this episode, she meets King Edward VIII. Their love affair leads to a constitutional crisis that changes the course of history. Oh, and look out for Nazis.\n\nRemember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Kyla pulled from:\nThat Woman: The life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba\nCountdown to Abdication: A Very Royal Crisis, BBC Documentary\nDuchess of Windsor: The Woman Who Stole a King’s Heart, Documentary\nWikipedia\nTraitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie\nDisbelief from Family of Simpson’s Lover, BBC\n\nAre you enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Then please leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts!\n\nAre you *really* enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Well, calm down, history ho! You can get more of us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/oldtimeypodcast. At the $5 level, you’ll get a monthly bonus episode (with video!), access to our 90’s style chat room, plus the entire back catalog of bonus episodes from Kristin’s previous podcast, Let’s Go To Court.","author_name":"An Old Timey Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5130139-an-old-timey-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43784510/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8938693/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"></iframe>"}