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Everything Everywhere Daily

The MItford Sisters

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In the early 20th century, David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and his wife Sydney Bowles had seven children, six girls and one boy.  The sisters all achieved notoriety for entirely different reasons. They were, how can I say, different from each other. Very different. Several of them found themselves associated with some of the most important individuals of the mid-20th century. Learn more about the Mitford Sisters and their very different lives on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

In the early 20th century, David Friedman Mitford, the second Baron Resdale, and his wife

0:06.3

Sidney Bowles, had seven children, six girls and one boy. The sisters all achieved notoriety

0:13.3

for very different reasons. They were, how can I say, very different from each other. Very

0:20.5

different.

0:21.6

Several of them found themselves associated with some of the most important individuals of the 20th century.

0:27.0

Learn more about the Mitford sisters and their very different lives on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

0:49.5

This episode is sponsored by Expedition Unknown.

0:52.7

The Expedition Unknown podcast is back for another season.

0:57.4

Did you know that 900 manuscripts were found near the Dead Sea containing the earliest known copies of the Old Testament?

0:59.1

Or then in 1959, a group of hikers died under mysterious circumstances, which became known

1:04.2

as the Datlaw of Pass incident.

1:07.0

On the Expedition Unknown podcast from Discovery, Josh Gates travels the world to investigate history's greatest unsolved mysteries.

1:14.0

He'll take you to the coast of Florida to chase the long-lost treasure of Jose Gaspar,

1:18.6

through California to trace the flight path of a World War II pilot, Gertrude Tompkins, who disappeared and was never seen again.

1:26.4

And Lake Huron defined the final resting place of the Griffin, the very first ship to explore the Great Lakes.

1:32.5

Travel the globe with Josh Gates as he investigate some of humanity's greatest feats and most iconic legends.

1:38.7

Listen to Expedition Unknown wherever you get your podcast.

1:45.7

This episode is sponsored by the Up First podcast.

1:49.3

Breaking news is broken.

1:51.8

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1:55.7

so you don't miss anything.

1:57.5

If this sounds like you, I recommend that you listen to the Up First podcast by NPR.

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