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🗓️ 19 October 2025
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🔁 Encore Presentation: This fan-favorite episode originally aired in April 2025.
From humble beginnings in Ipswich to the heights of royal power, Thomas Wolsey’s story is one of extraordinary ambition. Rising from a butcher’s son to Cardinal and chief minister to Henry VIII, Wolsey ruled England with unmatched influence — until his spectacular fall from grace.
In this episode, we explore how Wolsey built his empire, the political genius that made him indispensable to the king, and the mistakes that cost him everything.
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Host: Rebecca Larson
Guest: Alison Weir
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| 1:21.6 | Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm your host, Rebecca Larson, and I'm very excited to welcome back to the show. Alison, |
| 1:28.5 | we are. Welcome back, Alison. Hi, Rebecca. Lovely to be back. Well, it's been a while since you've |
| 1:34.6 | been on the show, so I'm very excited to talk to you today about Woolsey. Yeah. He is such an |
| 1:42.8 | interesting character. And I'd like to say character, but obviously he's a historical figure from history. |
| 1:49.0 | But as a person, he is so intriguing. |
| 1:53.0 | So I think maybe what I want to start off with here is, first of all, why did you choose him? |
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