The Women Who Influenced Henry VIII

Tudors Dynasty

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

History

4.4 • 794 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Emma and I explore the powerful women who shaped Henry VIII’s world. While history often highlights the men who influenced him, today we turn our attention to the fierce and formidable women who whispered in the ear of a king.

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Host: Rebecca Larson

Guest: Dr. Emma Cahill Marron

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0:00.0	The Tudors Dynasty podcast.
0:03.6	Hello and welcome back to the show. I'm your host, Rebecca Larson. And today we have a very special episode. And I'm going to start off by singing, happy birthday to you. Okay, that's as far as I'm going, because you don't want to hear me sing. But Dr. Emma is here and we're celebrating her birthday today because it is her birthday.
0:23.5	Happy birthday.
0:25.0	Thank you.
0:25.9	It's so exciting to be 41.
0:30.9	No, it is exciting.
0:33.4	Chiefly because my birthday is at the end of May and it's always a good time to have a birthday.
0:38.4	I'm like a spring, summer kind of person.
0:41.8	I think people have noticed with all my negativity during the time about the weather.
0:47.6	So we had a nice streak of beautiful weather here.
0:51.8	Now some rain, and that doesn't bother me too much. I don't mind the rain.
0:56.4	So yeah, it's a good time to have a birthday. A number, it's like kind of odd. 41 is not my favorite.
1:03.3	Well, you can say whatever age you want now. Now that you're in your 40s, you can tell people you're 35.
1:09.1	I'm 49. No, that's not the direction that most people go.
1:14.0	Yeah. Oh, okay. Then people are going to be like, oh, you look so good. I'm like, yeah, I know. I don't like a day over 48.
1:23.7	See, nowadays when somebody says, oh, you look like you're in your 30s, are you?
1:27.5	I go, yes, yes, I am.
1:29.5	Yeah.
1:30.1	But I don't need to know.
1:31.0	Over here in my brain, definitely.
1:33.3	Yeah.
1:33.9	Now, I don't, you know, each time has its things.
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