0:00.0	You know Roll Doll, the writer who thought up Willie Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.
0:06.3	But did you know he was also a spy?
0:09.3	Was this before he wrote his stories?
0:11.0	It must have been.
0:12.4	Our new podcast series, The Secret World of Roll Doll, is a wild journey through the hidden chapters of his extraordinary, controversial life.
0:20.0	His job was literally to seduce the wives of powerful Americans.
0:23.6	What?
0:24.3	And he was really good at it.
0:25.9	Okay, I don't think that's true.
0:27.9	I'm telling you.
0:29.9	Did you know Dahl got cozy with the Roosevelt's?
0:32.3	Played poker with Harry Truman and had a long affair with a congresswoman.
0:36.2	And then he took his talents to Hollywood, where he worked alongside Walt Disney and
0:39.5	Alfred Hitchcock, before writing a hit James Bond film informed by his experiences in
0:43.9	MI-Sex.
0:45.4	How did this secret agent wind up as the most successful children's author ever?
0:50.2	And what darkness from his covert past seeped into the stories we read as kids.
0:55.1	The true story is stranger than anything he ever wrote.
0:59.8	Listen to the secret world of Roll Doll, starting January 19th on the IHeartRadio app,
1:04.4	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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