{"podcast":{"title":"Biography","slug":"biography-7874339","podcast_index_feed_id":7874339,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a06cfe968dc584eda14cb7e","website_url":"https://www.noiser.com/biography","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a06cfe968dc584eda14cb7e/1779187403549-60673f53-f341-4269-ab86-b91a80509987.jpeg","author":"NOISER","episode_count":9,"summary":"History is shaped by extraordinary people. Visionary writers like Agatha Christie. Fearless pioneers such as Amelia Earhart. Ruthless rulers including Henry VIII and Cleopatra. Groundbreaking musicians, inventors, revolutionaries, explorers and leaders whose ambition, talent and influence transformed the course of history. Welcome to Noiser’s Biography series, where immersive storytelling, powerful narration and richly crafted sound transport you into the lives, rivalries, triumphs and downfalls of the figures who shaped our world, one story at a time. A Noiser production, narrated by Paul McGann and John Hopkins. As featured on Short History Of.... Noiser+ members get ad free listening, exclusive content, and early access to new episodes across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started, or visit noiser.com/subscriptions . No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception. Hosted on Acast. See acas…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:20:11.398184+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biography-7874339"},"episode":{"title":"Henry VIII","slug":"henry-viii","published_at":"2026-06-24T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biography-7874339/henry-viii","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biography-7874339","url":"https://www.noiser.com/biography","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a06cfe968dc584eda14cb7e/e/6a0715773fd6979bfc6bfb8f/media.mp3","summary":"In 1509, at just seventeen years old, Henry VIII was crowned King of England. Over the next four decades, he would burn through six marriages, bankrupt the nation, and vandalise his country’s cultural heritage in his quest for supreme power. But how did England’s most eligible bachelor degenerate into a bloated despot, and one of the worst husbands in history? Was Henry simply a psychopath, or a complex man who dragged Britain from the Dark Ages into the modern era? This is a biography of Henry VIII. A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by Paul McGann. Written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to Dr Tracy Borman, historian and author of Crown and Sceptre . This episode was originally featured on Short History Of... Noiser+ members get ad free listening, exclusive content, and early access to new episodes across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started, or visit noiser.com/subscriptions. No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In 1509, at just seventeen years old, Henry VIII was crowned King of England. Over the next four decades, he would burn through six marriages, bankrupt th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3210,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/biography-7874339/episodes/henry-viii/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biography-7874339/henry-viii.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}