Catherine de'Medici

Queens Podcast

Comedy, History

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Catherine de Medici was a powerful figure in 16th century Europe, as the Queen consort of France from 1547 to 1559, and then as the Queen Mother from 1559 until her death in 1589. Her origin story is actually super scary. Starting as a really rich orphan whose life was constantly threatened, she was saved by her friends in high places (ie: The Pope). Then, after becoming queen of France, she was a great patron of the arts and culture, and helped to shape the cultural landscape of France during her lifetime. She was also an absolute force to be reckoned with who took no shit. She played a major role in the affairs of France, from her husband's succession to the throne in 1547 to her son's accession in 1589. From her marriage to King Henry II to her death, Catherine de Medici was a crucial figure in the history of Renaissance Europe, and her influence is still felt today. Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast.Want more Queens? Head to our Patreon, check out our merch store and follow us on Instagram! Our awesome new intro music is thanks to @1touchproduction ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	Hi, this is Katie, and this is Nathan.
0:07.5	And you're listening to Queen's podcast,
0:09.5	The Show about Bad-ass Women in history. Catherine,
0:25.0	the Medici.
0:30.0	Kathamichie. Kathamich.
0:31.0	Kathamich, Kathi Diem. Caff de Caffes to meet,
0:34.4	um, so Nathan, tell us about this cocktail.
0:37.3	This cocktail is actually called a macaroon cocktail.
0:40.6	Why is it called, why, why, why would a macaroon be something?
0:44.2	Because this, Catherine Medici actually brought a lot of cuisine to France and
0:50.0	actually one of the things that she brought was the macaroon cookie.
0:54.0	Excuse me. So we made a macaroon cocktail to accentuate that.
0:59.4	Macaroons are fucking delicious.
1:02.0	They're quite possibly one of my favorite cookies.
1:04.0	And you know what else is fucking delicious?
1:06.0	This cocktail.
1:07.0	This cocktail.
1:08.0	Yeah, okay, so what it is, this is an ounce and a half of vodka, half an ounce of chocolate liqueur,
1:12.0	and half an ounce of amaretto.
1:14.5	So it tastes like a chocolate almond cookie candy bar.
1:17.3	It's dangerous.
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