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Our American Stories

America's Last King: The Story of King George III

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, American history hasn't been kind to our last king. He's viewed as a tyrant, and the Declaration of Independence claims he was unfit to lead a free people. The truth is more complicated. British historian Andrew Roberts tells the story of King George III. 

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.5

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0:07.1

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0:11.1

I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:13.9

And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told.

0:17.4

Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company

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And then boom, it's everywhere.

0:29.3

And that was that moment.

0:30.7

Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:44.8

Music or wherever you get your podcast. And we return to our American stories and up next a story from British historian Andrew Roberts,

0:51.7

who's written the book Churchill Walking with Destiny, and also,

0:56.1

for this feature story, The Last King of America, the misunderstood reign of King George

1:01.8

III.

1:02.9

Today, Andrew shares with us that story and the misconceptions about the last English ruler

1:08.8

of this country.

1:10.3

Take it away, Andrew.

1:14.6

The thing that Americans assume about King George III

1:19.0

was that he was a tyrant.

1:20.9

And we know that because he was mentioned

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