# Napoleon and Josephine with Rosalie Minnitt Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435/napoleon-and-josephine-with-rosalie-minnitt Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435/napoleon-and-josephine-with-rosalie-minnitt.md Podcast: [The Way They Were](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435) Published: 2026-02-17T07:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/42c44ce3-865b-4197-b39c-41114e86a58a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgtDaHJvbWUGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d05363d83ce333c74f32188013892b2863ad051c Audio file: https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/42c44ce3-865b-4197-b39c-41114e86a58a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgtDaHJvbWUGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d05363d83ce333c74f32188013892b2863ad051c Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-way-they-were-6655435/episodes/napoleon-and-josephine-with-rosalie-minnitt Duration seconds: 4960 ## Resource The original short king meets the ultimate revolutionary party girl and sparks one of history’s most chaotic love stories. Napoleon, the obsessive letter-writer who conquered Europe but couldn’t quite conquer matters of the heart falls hard for Josephine: glamorous, widowed, and a real good time girl. Comedian and actress Rosalie Minnitt joins Gráinne and Chantal to unpack the passion, politics and spectacularly messy breakup of history’s most dramatic power couple. Yes, tonight, Josephine! To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon:  ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠  You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in  The Gossip  our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-way-they-were-6655435/episodes/napoleon-and-josephine-with-rosalie-minnitt/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435/napoleon-and-josephine-with-rosalie-minnitt.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.