Significant Others: A Sneak Peek at the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold’s Betrayal

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

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4.8 • 57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

It’s been said that history is written by the person at the typewriter. But who did the person who made history depend on? Often, it’s impossible to find out. But once in a while, we get lucky, and the story was not only recorded, it’s really good. Well that’s what this podcast is all about. “Significant Others” is a show that tells a story you might not know about a person you probably do. For example, in this episode we explore how Benedict Arnold might never have turned on his country were it not for his wife, Peggy, who influenced his betrayal. Head over to “Significant Others” to listen to the rest of the episode and listen to other stories like how Amelia Earhart would neither have found fame nor, possibly, disappeared over the Pacific, had it not been for her husband, George Putnam. Or learn who is really to blame for Friedrich Nietzsche’s connection to Nazism. Listen and subscribe to “Significant Others” wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey there, loyal listeners, Conan O'Brien here. You might know if you've been listening to the
0:04.8	podcast over the years that I'm a huge fan of history and I would like to tell you about a history
0:10.8	podcast from Team Coco and it's called significant others and I
0:15.7	mention it because it happens to be written and hosted by my own significant
0:20.3	other Liza Powell O'Brien you know us both you prefer Liza, Powell, O'Brien.
0:23.0	You know us both, you prefer Liza, don't you?
0:25.0	I love Liza. Definitely prefer her.
0:27.0	Everyone does.
0:28.0	Everybody I've ever met prefers her.
0:30.0	All right, let's take it easy.
0:31.0	She's just such a pleasant person.
0:32.0	My mother prefers lives in me.
0:34.6	Anyway, significant others is a podcast that tells a story
0:38.1	you might not know about a person you probably do.
0:41.1	For example, Liza did an episode where she explores the story of
0:44.2	Peggy Shippin. Now I pride myself in knowing a lot about history. I didn't know
0:48.0	much about Peggy Shippin. She was married to Benedict Arnold and if it weren't for Peggy Schippin, Benedict Arnold may never
0:56.0	have turned on his country and become sort of synonymous with treachery. And so these are characters in people's lives who help sometimes in good ways, sometimes in bad ways, sometimes both.
1:08.8	Yeah, and they're...
1:09.8	Yeah, it's...
1:10.8	She does an amazing job. Check out the following clip from significant others that details Peggy's involvement in to keep the negotiations alive indicates
1:29.4	that she was becoming the driving force behind Arnold's going over to the British.
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