Podcast · 79 episodes
Noble Blood, page 4
by iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild · English
Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.
All episodes, page 4
Who's Afraid of the Duchess of Newcastle (Part Two)Margaret Cavendish’s return to England after years in Antwerp, her publication of Poems and Fancies and Philosophical Fancies, her defenses against accusations of atheism and plagiarism, and her rise…19 Aug 2025 · 41 min · 20 chapters
Who's Afraid of the Duchess of Newcastle (Part One)Part one of Noble Blood’s episode on Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, framed against Virginia Woolf’s portrayal of her as the “crazy duchess.” The episode also explains Cavendish’s fictional…12 Aug 2025 · 40 min · 15 chapters
The Real King ArthurWhether “real” King Arthur existed, and how the Arthur legend was built from flimsy/late sources, then reshaped by medieval writers and later political PR.5 Aug 2025 · 28 min · 12 chapters
A Smoking Gun in the Spanish Royal FamilyThe 1956 shooting death of Alfonso, younger brother of Juan Carlos I, and how the unsolved, allegedly accidental “smoking gun” shaped Juan Carlos’s psychology and later reign, scandals, and…29 Jul 2025 · 22 min · 10 chapters
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved, Part 2Part 2 of “Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved,” focusing on who the letter’s recipient might be, what evidence exists, and how Beethoven’s music may connect to the romance; it also briefly pivots to the…22 Jul 2025 · 34 min · 12 chapters
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved, Part 1This episode of Noble Blood (“Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved, Part 1”) examines Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous love letter, discovered at his Vienna estate after his 1827 death, and the long-running…15 Jul 2025 · 30 min · 9 chapters
Pope of Math and Dark MagicThe episode blends legend and evidence about Gerbert of Aurillac (later Pope Sylvester II), focusing on rumors of dark magic (a speaking statue predicting the future) and his real scientific…8 Jul 2025 · 32 min · 11 chapters