History Flakes - The Berlin History Podcast
Explore the history of one of the world’s most captivating cities with "History Flakes - The Berlin History Podcast." Your hosts, seasoned tour guides Pip Roper and Jonny Whitlam, take you through the highs and low-lows of Berlin's past, exploring events, lives and stories from Berlin's past.
From the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall to the artistic renaissance of the Weimar Republic and the dark days of the Nazi dictatorship, each episode is a blend of history, stories from the tour guide streets, and a dash of humour. Whether you’re a history buff, a lover of Berlin, or simply curious about the forces that shaped modern Europe, join Pip and Jonny as they peel back the layers of Berlin's history. Discover the heroes, villains, revolutions, and evolutions that have defined this iconic city.
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History Flakes - The Berlin History Podcast
S4E2: Queen Luise of Prussia
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Why do bad things happen to hot people?!
Welcome all, we are talking about the one and only Queen Luise of Prussia, wife, mother, babe. Although she's often difficult to find under the centuries of cultural and national baggage loaded on top of her, we do our best to unpack her life from minor aristocracy to Queen of small-ish kingdom that happens to be between a power crazed Frenchman and Moscow...and then you've got to sit through dinner with him?! You should smile more love.
Watch out for the C-bomb half way through if you're in the car with the kids...but they should know that Napoleon really was a massive CURMUDGEONLY warmonger and misogynist.
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Mixed and Produced by Alex Griffiths
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📚 Sources:
Samantha Sproviero: Queen Louise of Prussia: Gender, Power, and Queenship during the Sattelzeit Era.
Constance Wright, Beautiful enemy; a biography of Queen Louise of Prussia
Heinrich Merz, Louise, Queen of Prussia
Review of Collected letters: Loretana de Libero, "Königin Luise von Preußen. Briefe und Aufzeichnungen 1786–1810
ROYAL HOUSEWIVES AND FEMALE TYRANTS: Gender and Sovereignty in Works by Benedikte Naubert and Luise Mühlbach Elisabeth Krimmer
