The Secret World Of Roald Dahl, with Aaron Tracy, Part Two: the Man Behind the Author
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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A beloved children's author. A spy. An ace fighter pilot, a notorious lady's man, and a strident antisemite: Roald Dahl was all these things and more. In the second part of this special two-part interview, the guys welcome back Aaron Tracy, the award-winning creator of The Secret World of Roald Dahl, to learn more about the man behind the author -- and get a few tips about writing along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians. |
| 0:29.1 | Thank you, as always so much for tuning in. |
| 0:32.2 | This is part two, two, two, two, two of our continuing conversation with none other than Aaron Tracy, |
| 0:40.2 | the award-winning writer, the founder of Parallax, a producer who's done pretty much everything, |
| 0:46.6 | including creating the new hit podcast, The Secret World of Roll Dahl. That is our super producer, Max the gobstopper, Williams. |
| 0:57.6 | Max, how are we doing today? |
| 1:00.0 | I'm doing well. |
| 1:02.3 | I am excited for the second half of this interview. |
| 1:04.5 | It is absolutely amazing. |
| 1:07.2 | It is great to have Aaron on here with his, like, excellent knowledge and takes. And so, |
| 1:12.2 | yeah, excited for the second part. And our pal Noel is on an adventure currently, but we'll be |
| 1:18.0 | returning very soon. So in the meantime, uh, if you haven't checked out part one of this interview, |
| 1:25.9 | do that first. We'll wait. We'll still be right |
| 1:28.6 | here on your app or on your phone or whatever. And then get back to us and join us. We're going to |
| 1:34.9 | dive right in. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 1:42.9 | 1969, Malcolm and Martin are gone |
| 1:45.0 | America is in crisis |
| 1:47.0 | and at a Morehouse college |
| 1:48.0 | the students make their move |
| 1:50.0 | These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson |
| 1:53.0 | locked up the members of the board of trustees, |
| 1:56.0 | including Martin Luther King's senior. |
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