#FreeBritney | A Girl Named Lucky | 34
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
For more than a decade, Britney Spears has been trapped in a conservatorship that gives her father incredible power over every aspect of her life. It’s hard not to wonder: How did she go from pop princess to prisoner? Well, this season, we’re looking for answers. In this episode, Britney is a little girl with big dreams. She wants to sing and dance her way out of Louisiana. But when she’s catapulted to global fame, will it turn out to be more than she bargained for?
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| 0:00.0 | Wonder Plus subscribers can |
| 0:01.8 | convince the newest season of even the rich before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wonder Plus in the Wonder App or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | It's January 30th, 2008, and Brittany Spears is at her home in Beverly Hills. |
| 0:20.3 | She lives in a gated community. |
| 0:22.1 | There are gorgeous views of Los Angeles down below. |
| 0:24.8 | Not that she can see them because the house is surrounded by privacy hedges. |
| 0:28.9 | Her neighborhood is called The Summit, |
| 0:31.0 | which is a little ironic because right now Brittany's close to |
| 0:34.4 | rock bottom. For a decade Brittany's been America's biggest pop star, but right |
| 0:39.8 | now she's exhausted. She spent months in the courts fighting to keep custody of her kids |
| 0:45.8 | but a few weeks ago she lost that fight. Damn I'd be pacing the floors too. |
| 0:51.1 | Oh my God I know it's awful and now Brittany's |
| 0:54.4 | vulnerable and raw. Her mom showed up earlier today hoping to calm her down. |
| 0:59.6 | If anyone can it's Lynn Spears, a soft-spoken school teacher who's never far from Brittany's side. |
| 1:06.0 | Lynn wants Brittany to get out of the house. |
| 1:08.5 | She got a tip that someone's going to try to have her committed to a psych ward. |
| 1:12.0 | But Lynn's no match for what Brittany's going through. |
| 1:15.5 | And Brittany's no match for what's about to happen. |
| 1:21.0 | Twenty cops storm into the house. |
| 1:23.5 | What the hell is going on? |
| 1:25.0 | That's what Lynn wants to know. |
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