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Prevail with Greg Olear

Golden Ticket: The Hidden Life of Roald Dahl

Prevail with Greg Olear

Greg Olear & MSW Media

Politics, News, News Commentary

5.0630 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

You’re familiar with his books: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, James & the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda. But how much do you know about the author? Greg Olear speaks with Aaron Tracy about his excellent new narrative podcast, The Secret World of Roald Dahl. They explore Dahl’s fascinating life, his impact on children's literature, and the complexities of his character, including his anti-Semitism. The discussion also delves into the evolution of storytelling through podcasts, the crisis of masculinity, and the ongoing debate of separating art from the artist. Aaron Tracy is the founder of Parallax, the award-winning audio company. His debut audio drama, The Coldest Case, a thriller starring Aaron Paul, is the most successful Audible Original of all time. He teaches creative writing at Yale University. The Secret World of Roald Dahl, on iHeart Media, is his first narrative nonfiction podcast.

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0:00.0

M.SW. Media.

0:05.6

Britain was in its darkest hour, as you say.

0:08.2

Things were not going well.

0:09.3

They had to have America come in,

0:10.8

and so they came up with this idea.

0:12.6

The BSC did for the regulars.

0:16.3

Preveal.

0:17.3

Cscianvae

0:18.0

The history, The history national.

0:22.6

Crimin organized, money, social.

0:25.6

Global group, and a brooky for democracy.

0:29.6

And now...

0:31.6

And now...

0:32.6

...and you, with you,

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your ambition,

0:36.6

...regoglio. Regone. with you your opinion or Re, Re, Re, Re, Oliar.

0:37.9

Regoleer.

0:38.6

Thank you.

0:38.7

I'm Greg Oliar. This is Prevail. Welcome to the program. We've got a great show. Aaron Tracy is here.

1:01.7

If you like what I'm doing on the podcast, please subscribe to Prevail on Substack.

1:07.5

There's six full years worth of work in the archives on Trump and Russia, Jeffrey Epstein,

1:12.7

Leonard Leo, and much, much more. Every piece at prevail is free to read and always will be.

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