Hey guys, it's Andy here to tell you about a podcast that you might enjoy if like me you're a fan of history.

It's called significant others and it tells the story of folks just beyond the spotlight of history.

Each episode tells the story of a talented

difficult and little-known individual who altered the destiny of their better-known

partner, child, sibling, or friend and they impacted the world they left behind without

anyone really knowing about it. The first episode covers a name I bet you

haven't heard before, Peggy Shippin, but I'm sure you've heard of her

husband Benedict Arnold.

Listen to a snippet now of the episode that explores how Benedict Arnold may never have turned on

his country and committed one of the most famous acts of treason

were it not for Peggy. Plus hear me playing the role I was born to play Benedict Arnold.

The scene in Philadelphia when Arnold arrived was bleak.

Citizens were starving, whole neighborhoods were burned.

Horses lay dead in their traces.

Churches were stripped of their pews and pulpits and gravestones had been overturned.

Independence Hall was bare and Washington Square was filled with 2,000 American corpses.

The only part of town that appeared untouched by the British Army's occupation was the one square mile of homes and shops where the wealthy folk

lived. In other words, Peggy Shippen's neighborhood.

Benedict Arnold was brave, brilliant, and had a tin ear for PR. He was constantly doing things that rubbed people the wrong way, like the time he accused

his commanding officer of demoting him out of jealousy. In this charged moment when political ideology was getting people killed and even trying to stay out of the fight could get you into trouble, he didn't worry about public opinion.

He moved right into the same mansion the British general had just vacated and picked up

where Howe and his officers had left off, with the socializing and the theater going and the special

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