The Murdochs - Rupert | 6

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What’s black and white and read all over the world? In this new four-part series, we look at the in-fighting, back-stabbing, and the many marriages of Rupert Murdoch and his children. The fight in the Murdoch clan to take over the media tycoon’s empire is so juicy that it inspired HBO’s hit series “Succession.” Well, we have a secret: the real-life story is even juicier. The true heir will control a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with the power to elect presidents. In this episode, young Rupert Murdoch transforms a single newspaper into a global media empire. He hopes one of his kids will take over someday. There’s only one problem: Rupert can’t decide which kid.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can
0:01.8	convince the newest season of even the rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.4	A quick note, this episode is Profane as hell.
0:11.1	Brock!
0:11.8	Okay, sorry.
0:13.0	Arisha, I want you to picture a yacht floating in the Caribbean sea in the middle of the night.
0:23.0	And not just any yacht, this one's huge,
0:27.0	140 feet long.
0:29.0	140 feet, is that longer than the train of Princess Die's wedding dress? That's how we measure everything now?
0:35.0	Yes, 140 feet is like the length of four city buses.
0:40.0	The yacht has custom racing gear, a swimming pool, and a rock climbing wall.
0:45.7	It even has a fancy name.
0:47.7	Sarissa.
0:48.7	Is that a spice?
0:50.7	No.
0:51.7	It's the name for the giant spears that Alexander the Great's army used in battle.
0:56.0	Considering I'm sitting in isolation, in my PJs, and I basically haven't left my house in a month,
1:02.0	I'm really enjoying this picture you were painting.
1:04.8	So who am I on this yacht with?
1:06.5	Well I gave you a hint. This yacht is named for something having to do with the world conqueror
1:11.6	Alexander the Great.
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