Encore: Archer | Lord of the Lies | 1
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Jeffrey Archer is a young and up and coming Tory politician. He dreams of becoming Prime Minister. But what happens when a newspaper accuses him of paying for sex?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British Scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, British Scandal listeners. It's Matt here. |
| 0:09.0 | Now, you may have recently enjoyed our series about Boris Johnson. |
| 0:12.0 | In it, we delved into the strange alchemy of why British politics allows narcissists to thrive. |
| 0:18.0 | So we thought, what better time to revisit someone that feels very much like the blueprint for Boris? |
| 0:23.0 | Geoffrey Archer. |
| 0:25.0 | And there are quite a few parallels. They're both charismatic, ambitious men who just so happen to also be compulsive liars. |
| 0:33.0 | Now, I know that applies to most British scandal protagonists, but I do think we can learn a lot about why Boris succeeded by understanding Archer's story. |
| 0:42.0 | Geoffrey Archer climbed the ranks of the Conservative Party in the 80s and made a fortune writing novels. |
| 0:48.0 | Like Boris, he was a crossover character, a personality politician famous beyond Westminster. |
| 0:54.0 | The series follows the story of Archer's ruthless ambition and the web of lies he weaves that ultimately leads to his very messy downfall. |
| 1:02.0 | It may be hard to believe in an era when political scandals seem to emerge by the day, but this was the single biggest political scandal of the era. |
| 1:10.0 | Spending three decades, this is the ultimate story of sex, power and money and what happens when you lie to keep all three. |
| 1:17.0 | Anyway, here it is. Hope you enjoy. |
| 1:20.0 | Matt, do you know what I like to do while I'm listening to podcasts, careful? |
| 1:23.0 | Well, you only listen to your own. So critiquer and performance. |
| 1:27.0 | I would never. It's absolutely on point. The answer is in fact, cook. |
| 1:31.0 | Second question, do you know what makes cooking healthily even easier? |
| 1:35.0 | Listening to your own podcasts. |
| 1:38.0 | Actually, yes, although there isn't any empirical evidence. |
| 1:41.0 | A mindful chef recipe box is actually what I was thinking. They deliver nutritionally balanced meals straight to your door so you can have your weekly shop done in five minutes and dinner on the table in as little as 15. |
| 1:51.0 | Problem is you couldn't listen to a full episode of British scandal while doing that. |
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