logo
episode-header-image
May 2024
48m 6s

9: The famous feud - history of Jackie K...

KATY BELLOTTE
About this episode

Today on Found Objects, we explore one of the most famous (and most complicated) pair of sisters in history. Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill. Find out why Jackie left Lee out of her Will. TLDR; It’s an all-too-familiar tale of: she loves me… she loves me not.

Follow us on Instagram: @foundobjectspodcast

SOURCES:

www.vogue.com/article/weddings-jackie-kennedy-aristotle-onassis-katie-holmes.

www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/04/jackie-kennedy-lee-radziwill-sisterhood.

www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-jacqueline-b-kennedy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2024.

www.vogue.com/article/jackie-kennedy-wedding-to-john-f-kennedy.

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a46587141/lee-radziwill-feud-capote-vs-the-swans-true-story/.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjT-WcZBpsc.

Up next
Sep 2024
27: The first lady with 3,000 pairs of shoes - history of Imelda Marcos & Marie Antoinette
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Well, that is the embodiment of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, and Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. You probably know these women’s stories, so you may not see it at first, ... Show More
35m 45s
Sep 2024
26: Were the moon landings fake? - history of the Apollo Moon landings
To this day, 5% of Americans believe that the Apollo Moon landings were faked - that’s more than 16 million people. How did this theory start? And why, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, do some still believe it? This & the Flat Earth conspiracy theory will be discussed t ... Show More
38m 20s
Sep 2024
25: The smartest man who ever lived - history of William James Sidis
Meet William James Sydis, the “smartest man who lived.” Sydis’ IQ score is estimated by some, to be somewhere between 50 and 100 points greater than that of Albert Einstein. By the time he was just 18 months old, Sydis was able to read The New York Times. At age 2, he taught hims ... Show More
42m 32s
Recommended Episodes
Nov 2023
JFK Special 1. | The Irish Woman Who Built The Dynasty
This November marks 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated.  His name is associated with history defining events, but it’s also connected with a dynasty, known for their celebrity and notoriously for being ‘cursed.’ The Kennedy family, thought of as American roy ... Show More
42m 43s
May 2022
43: Cleopatra, Catherine, Jackie, And Yoko: Their True Stories
Women. We really get the short end of the stick don’t we. And it’s nothing new. In fact there are women all throughout history who could tell all kinds of tales of when the odds were stacked against them. Or when history completely ignored them. Or when society made them out to b ... Show More
47m 31s
Nov 2023
JFK Special 2. | The Kennedy Sister They Tried To Hide
This November marks 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated.  His name is associated with history defining events, but it’s also connected with a dynasty, known for their celebrity and notoriously for being ‘cursed.’ The Kennedy family, thought of as American roy ... Show More
44m 19s
Dec 2023
JFK Special 4. | How Jackie O Defined An Era
If the Kennedy's were America's first royal family, then Jackie was its queen. She was a style icon who, alongside her husband and president JFK, symbolised a fresh hopeful start in post-war America. And then on 22nd November 1963, the unimaginable happened. But who was the woman ... Show More
34m 17s
Sep 2021
Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis
In the late 1960s, the widow of President Kennedy had a secret romance with Aristotle Onassis, who was then the richest man in the world. Simon Watts spoke to Nico Mastorakis, a Greek journalist who visited Onassis’s yacht in disguise to confirm the relationship and secure a sens ... Show More
10m 31s
Apr 2021
Secret affairs & famous lovers
In this episode of Thick & Thin, we take a look at the life of Hollywood’s once leading lady, Katharine Hepburn. Initially despised by many for her distinctive speech and quirky mannerisms, Katharine became known all over the world for her independence, sharp intelligence, and he ... Show More
52m 15s
Apr 2023
Heirs, Affairs & Exiles: The Powderham Scandal
Why would a man embroil his own nephew in a sex scandal? What was it like for a Georgian man to have his affair with another man shared in the papers? And what options were available to them after this happened? Today Betwixt the Sheets, Kate is finding out about the lives of Wil ... Show More
49m 5s
Oct 2022
Outlaws, Cattle Rustling and Bootlegging: The Life of Josie Bassett
Josie Bassett Morris' life epitomised the Wild West. She grew up on a homestead in the late 18th century, in Northern Utah, USA. Their home was situated on the Outlaw Trail and gun-slingers like Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid would stay as they passed through. Her mother was ... Show More
30m 33s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami