I have a welcome to Ann's nose history. What a story got for you today. After Woodrow

Wilson returned from the Paris Peace Conference of Versailles Treaty of I like of 1919, he

began to campaign to get Senate approval for that treaty and for the League of Nations

Covenant. However, in October 1919, he suffered a very serious stroke left in Bedridden

and partially paralyzed. And that's when one of the most remarkable first ladies in history

really sips the four Edith Wilson, his wife, hit the extent of the president's illness.

She light to the American public and the Welsh public about how disabled President Wilson

was. She took over a number of tasks that the president would have been expected to perform

for the rest of his term about a year and a bit long. She decided what communications

got through to the president. She acted as his gatekeeper and she acted as the sole link

of communication between the president and his cabinet. That sent out memos and correspondence

and anything they needed doing. She even pushed the removal of the Secretary of State, Robert

Lansing, and she decoded and encoded encrypted messages for the president. She has been described

as the first female president of the USA. Other historians have more sober outlook instead

that her stewardship did not amount to some kind of shadow presidency. But she's been

a fascinating figure her role debated ever since. Now she is the star of a new podcast series,

a drama series starring Britain's Rosman Pike as Yuth Wilson, but written by Gonzalo

Codd over and Emmy award winning Travis Hellwig. Many of you will recognize Travis's name

from his work at Cooked Media with John Lovett and the Podsave America gang. I got a chance

to talk to you guys about this history, about Edith. Why on earth they embarked on this

journey? And why they were so drawn to this particular episode in American political

life. I hope you enjoyed the conversation. If you wish to listen to other episodes of

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