{"podcast":{"title":"Willy Willy Harry Stee...","slug":"willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749","podcast_index_feed_id":6300749,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643708c2cf22560011db18ed","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/643708c2cf22560011db18ed/1681383189743-42216b9e12d17c527f5a081659830f2b.jpeg","author":"Charlie Higson","episode_count":186,"summary":"Charlie Higson's History of the Monarchy. In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like: Were they any good? What did they actually do? Why did so many die from an exploding stomach? It's the story of families at war....literally! New episodes every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749"},"episode":{"title":"Book Companion - Henry IV","slug":"book-companion-henry-iv","published_at":"2026-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-henry-iv","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749","url":"https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643708c2cf22560011db18ed/e/69727bf0b2d74ff8430745eb/media.mp3","summary":"Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three. One Two Three Neds, Richard II, Henry's Four........ yes, welcome to the next batch of Henry's, starting with Henry IV. Forget what Shakespeare said. In this episode, you'll hear Charlie Higson continue his voyage through history with a story of a King who lived fast and died young without really achieving much, while this episodes proper historian, Ian Mortimer, author of 'The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King', argues that Henry was actually genuinely impressive. You can read more about Henry by popping to the bookshop, or going online and buying what can only be described as 'The Book Of The Podcast'. Willie WIllie Harry Stee is available now, with illustrations by Jim Moir and words by our very own Charlie Higson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three. One Two Three Neds, Richard II, Henry's Four........ yes, welcome to the next batch of Henry's, start…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4338,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/episodes/book-companion-henry-iv/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-henry-iv.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}