Outrageous History!
The emperor Napolean Bonaparte, the artist Caravaggio, the writer Oscar Wilde, the Roman Empire, the lawman Wyatt Earp, the French revolutionary leader Robespierre, the Watergate scandal…..outrageous individuals and events that have significantly influenced history. You’ll find it hard to believe some of the preposterous, scandalous and excessive behaviors which permeate history. Join journalist Ernest Granson as he interviews historians around the world, delving into some of history’s most outrageous moments. You can’t make this stuff up!
Outrageous History!
The Peculiar World of Prime Minister Mackenzie King
If you're taking part in contemporary politics, you had better board up your closet to prevent any skeletons from being revealed. It wasn't necessarily so 100 years ago. The private lives of politicians, were for the most part, kept private, even by publicity-seeking media outlets. If that weren't the case, then the longest serving Canadian prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, would surely have been ridiculed and harassed to death. His voluminous amount of diaries and personal files exposed not just the man's eccentricities but certain practices like his belief that he could communicate with the dead. Even so, King is considered at the top of the list of successful and shrewd Canadian politicians. Listen as award winning author and historian Allan Levine discusses King's curious life with journalist Ernest Granson.