John F. Kennedy | Camelot Comes Crashing Down | 4
Legacy
Wondery
3.9 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Arguably the most famous political assassination of the 20th century, the shooting of John F. Kennedy has ignited scores of conspiracy theories. Was Oswald really acting alone? Could the Soviets have been involved? The CIA?
And how does his infamous death affect how we view his legacy? Should he be remembered as charismatic proponent of civil rights who prevented nuclear world war? Or a womaniser who mishandled foreign affairs and was too slow to support the plight of African-Americans?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the final episode of our series on JFK. |
| 0:12.2 | We left you in the last episode with Kennedy having saved the world from possible nuclear war |
| 0:18.0 | by staring down the Soviets in the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| 0:21.9 | He's now been in the White House for approaching three years. |
| 0:25.0 | He feels he's really settling into the job. |
| 0:28.2 | But there's a lot on his to-do list. |
| 0:30.8 | Domestically, he wants to push his civil rights bill. |
| 0:34.4 | Internationally, there are problems mounting in Vietnam. |
| 0:38.9 | And it's time to be thinking about re-election, four more years in the White House, and that means getting out on the road. |
| 0:44.4 | It's time to be seen out and about in America, starting with a trip to Dallas, Texas. |
| 1:04.4 | Music From Wondery and Gollhanger, I'm Peter Frankipan. |
| 1:05.7 | I'm Afwa-Hash. |
| 1:11.4 | And this is Legacy, the show that tells the lives of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived, |
| 1:14.7 | and asks if they have the reputation that they deserve. |
| 1:28.4 | This is JFK, episode four. |
| 1:30.7 | Camelot comes crashing down. |
| 1:45.2 | So we're November 1963 and the Kennedys are preparing to leave the White House for a trip to the south. It's time to turn on that Kennedy smile and charm, particularly in those turbulent and tricky |
| 1:51.9 | southern states. Jackie is going with him. They are both grieving. Three months earlier they lost |
| 1:58.0 | their baby Patrick, who was born prematurely and died after only two days. |
| 2:02.9 | The fact that Jackie feels strong enough to join her husband on this tour is unexpected, but cheers everyone. |
| 2:09.4 | The Kennedys leave the White House on the 21st of November 1963. |
| 2:14.6 | One on Looker said, he looked taller than his six feet standing there on the grey green carpet |
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