JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette | For Better or Worse | 32

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Everything is coming up roses for John. Carolyn said yes to marrying him. George magazine, his passion project, is about to launch. There’s only one thing that can get in the way now — the tabloids. They won’t let The Hunk and his bride-to-be out of their sights, which sends Carolyn into hiding and leaves John struggling to find a way forward.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can
0:01.7	convince the newest season of even the rich
0:03.3	before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wundary Plus in the Wundery app
0:05.9	or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.6	This episode contains...
0:09.0	Yeah, I know, I know, you're gonna swear,
0:11.3	I'm probably gonna swear too. let's get on with this story.
0:14.0	Okay hold on there's also a fight scene there's also a fight scene yeah okay I'm gonna
0:18.6	go grab some popcorn okay. It's September 1st, 1995, a Friday morning, and JFK Jr. are
0:26.0	and J.F. J.K. Jr. are sitting at his desk trying to figure out how such a glorious summer could have come to such a shitty end.
0:37.0	Everything was going so well.
0:39.0	He got the money he needed to start George magazine and set up shop on the 41st floor of a Manhattan high rise.
0:45.0	You'd think with a Kennedy running things the office would be glamorous, but they're not.
0:50.0	The carpet is covered in coffee stains and the walls are coded in grime.
0:54.8	But John didn't care.
0:56.1	He was too busy having a blast getting the first issue ready.
0:59.5	In a few days he's going to reveal it to the world at a press conference.
1:03.0	Even though he's still a novice editor-in-chief,
1:05.0	he's come up with a pretty good governing ethos.
1:08.0	Surround yourself with smart, young, ambitious people.
1:11.0	Listen to all of their ideas, and show them you're not above pulling all-nighters
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