Encore: The Murdochs | Rupert | 83
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
What’s black and white and read all over the world? In this new four-part series, we look at the in-fighting, back-stabbing, and the many marriages of Rupert Murdoch and his children. The fight in the Murdoch clan to take over the media tycoon’s empire is so juicy that it inspired HBO’s hit series “Succession.” Well, we have a secret: the real-life story is even juicier. The true heir will control a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with the power to elect presidents. In this episode, young Rupert Murdoch transforms a single newspaper into a global media empire. He hopes one of his kids will take it over someday. There’s only one problem: Rupert can’t decide which kid.
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can |
| 0:01.7 | convince the newest season of Even the Rich |
| 0:03.3 | before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery App |
| 0:05.9 | or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.9 | Succession season three is right around the corner, |
| 0:10.6 | which makes this the perfect time to revisit our four-part series on the Murdoch's. |
| 0:15.2 | But quick note, this series originally aired in April of 2020, |
| 0:19.2 | back when the world was just starting to go to hell. |
| 0:22.0 | So you're saying there's going to be a lot of swearing? |
| 0:25.0 | Yes, there is going to be a lot of... |
| 0:27.0 | swearing, we've earned it. |
| 0:29.0 | Yeah. I want you to picture a yacht floating in the Caribbean sea in the middle of the night. |
| 0:41.2 | And not just any yacht, this one's huge, 140 feet long. It's the length of four city buses. |
| 0:48.8 | The yacht has custom racing gear, a swimming pool, and a rock climbing wall. It even has a fancy name, |
| 0:55.4 | Sarissa. It's named for the giant spears that Alexander the Great's army used in |
| 1:01.4 | battle. Considering I'm sitting in isolation in my PJs, |
| 1:05.0 | and I basically haven't left my house in a month, |
| 1:07.0 | I'm really enjoying this picture you're painting. |
| 1:10.0 | So who am I on this yacht with? |
| 1:12.0 | Well, I gave you a hint. |
| 1:14.0 | This yacht is named for something having to do with the world conqueror, Alexander the Great. |
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