{"podcast":{"title":"THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR","slug":"this-is-history-a-dynasty-to-die-for-5654352","podcast_index_feed_id":5654352,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thisishistory","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c19dc628-23bd-11ed-af67-6329d1fd88d8/image/8a8d39d7dd8d50153289b5f75c9414e6.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sony Music","episode_count":180,"summary":"This is a story of three brothers, one crown, and not an ounce of loyalty between them. It’s the beginning of the end for England's most storied royal dynasty, the Plantagenets. Dan Jones brings you the story of the Yorkist King, Edward IV – tall, golden, ferocious – a young king who wins his throne on the battlefield and then destabilises it in the bedroom. His secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a Lancastrian widow of minor nobility, detonates the political order. The old guard revolts. The Earl of Warwick aka the Kingmaker, emerges as a lethal enemy. What follows is a sequence of betrayals so baroque they border on the operatic. Alliances invert overnight as Warwick makes daring political moves. Kings drown in malmsey wine, princes mysteriously disappear from Towers and Richard III, becomes England’s last ever Plantagenet king. Through this carnage emerges a family that will define English history: The Tudors. In a freezing Welsh castle, a thirteen-year-old Margaret Beaufort delivers a son she will spend decades manoeuvring towards the throne. Henry Tudor's claim is thin. His exile is long. His invasion, when it finally comes, is a bet against every reasonable odds. A Sony…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T14:17:30.496825+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-history-a-dynasty-to-die-for-5654352"},"episode":{"title":"S9 E12 | Rise of the Yorks","slug":"s9-e12-rise-of-the-yorks","published_at":"2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-history-a-dynasty-to-die-for-5654352/s9-e12-rise-of-the-yorks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-history-a-dynasty-to-die-for-5654352","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/143/pdrl.fm/5858fc/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY8819901908.mp3?updated=1774005959","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/143/pdrl.fm/5858fc/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY8819901908.mp3?updated=1774005959","summary":"To learn more about the last time an English king was usurped, listen to Season 7, Bonus Episode 12, where Dan tells the story of Henry VI’s grandfather, Henry Bolingbroke. In 1399, he toppled Richard II to become King Henry IV. By 1460, England has emerged into a polycrisis. King Henry VI has been relegated to a pawn. His son and wife have been disinherited, with Richard, Duke of York, now heir presumptive. Violence pulses through the countryside. In this pivotal chapter of the Wars of the Roses, it appears that Yorkist forces have finally overwhelmed the Lancastrians in the battle for the crown. But then, Richard, Duke of York is killed in an ambush. It throws everything into disarray, and Queen Margaret of Anjou makes one last attempt at violent restoration. It appears the clock has run out for the Yorkists. That is, until the eleventh hour, when Richard's son, Edward Earl of March, is propelled into the decisive moment. – A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices – Written and presented by Dan Jones Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Executive Producer - Simon Poole Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production coordinator - Eric Ryan Mixing - Amber Devereux Head of content - Chris Skinner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"To learn more about the last time an English king was usurped, listen to Season 7, Bonus Episode 12, where Dan tells the story of Henry VI’s grandfather,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2183,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-history-a-dynasty-to-die-for-5654352/episodes/s9-e12-rise-of-the-yorks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-history-a-dynasty-to-die-for-5654352/s9-e12-rise-of-the-yorks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}