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The Chuck ToddCast

Alt History: What if King Edward didn’t abdicate?

The Chuck ToddCast

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News, Government

4.02.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Harry and Meghan may be in the news, but one person who would’ve understood their plight best is King Edward the Eighth, Harry’s great uncle. How different would the world be if Edward hadn’t abdicated the throne in December 1936. Chuck talks with Jeff Nussbaum, a speechwriter for President Biden and author of “Undelivered: The never-heard speeches that would have rewritten history.”

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello there and happy holidays.

0:07.7

I am the ghost of Christmas past here with some alternative political history.

0:13.2

We're back with another game of Choo-Jear on Adventure where we're going to imagine that

0:15.8

one thing that happened in our nation's history or our globe's history did not actually

0:21.0

happen.

0:22.0

We've been hearing a lot about Megan and Harry's decision to leave the royal family,

0:25.5

but one person who might have understood their play is King Edward VIII.

0:29.6

Harry's great uncle and today we're going to discuss Edward and how he might be living

0:33.6

in a very different world had he not abdicated that throne in the mid-30s.

0:40.1

So we're going to travel back to December 1936 when King Edward VIII did step down from

0:44.5

his post with a speech.

0:46.1

Joining me today is Jeff Nussbaum.

0:47.8

He's a speech writer for President Biden.

0:49.9

He's been a speech writer for years and written for multiple presidents.

0:53.5

He's author of Undelivered.

0:55.5

These are the never heard speeches that would have rewritten history and Edward VIII is

1:02.0

featured here.

1:03.0

Jeff, it's good to see you.

1:05.8

It's great to be with you, Chuck.

1:07.1

So tell me about the premise before we get into the Nazi King here a minute.

1:12.8

Tell me about the premise of the book and the various subjects that you have in here.

1:17.0

Sure.

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