Queen of Kings: Cleopatra, Part One
Criminal Broads
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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
When a queen dabbles in both fratricide and sororicide, is she on the wrong side of the law? Or is she the law itself? When you’re Cleopatra, the richest woman in the entire world, the legality of your actions is…irrelevant. More pressing matters include keeping your subjects happy, seducing Rome’s most powerful married men, and appearing in clouds of incense to keep your mystique going. Bloodshed? That comes with the territory, of course, but who’s going to stop you?
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| 0:00.0 | No gloss, no filter. |
| 0:03.1 | Just stories. |
| 0:04.8 | Spoken without fear. |
| 0:06.5 | Person who is not generous can not be an artist. |
| 0:09.4 | The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. |
| 0:14.3 | Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhaw on the IHeart Radio app, |
| 0:18.5 | Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:23.2 | Come for the honesty. |
| 0:24.9 | Stay for the fire. |
| 0:31.5 | Diversion Audio. |
| 0:42.1 | Is it a sin? |
| 0:44.8 | Is it a crime? |
| 0:48.9 | Loving you dear like I do. |
| 0:54.2 | If it's a crime, then I'm guilty. |
| 0:59.0 | Guilty of loving you. |
| 1:02.8 | Hello, hello, my kings and queens. |
| 1:08.6 | Welcome to Criminal Broads, a true crime podcast about wild women on the wrong side of the law, or in this case, wild women who were the law itself, |
| 1:13.9 | who were the alpha and the omega of the law. When I called you kings and queens, I was being |
| 1:19.6 | very, very literal. Today we're getting royal. And now, look, I don't want to offend anyone |
| 1:25.7 | who might be happily living in a monarchy, |
| 1:28.9 | have some beautiful, benevolent ruler who you just think is great, okay? |
| 1:33.7 | No offense, but today's kings and queens are toothless. |
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