Katie Nicholl

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  1. Introducing Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story

    OCT 29 · BONUS

    Introducing Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story

    Meet Wally Amos. He founded the ubiquitous Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in 1975, turning the brand into an overnight sensation and himself into a pop-culture fixture in the 1970s and 1980s.  But there’s a darker side to Wally’s seemingly sweet story. One filled with five marriages to six women and a string of bad business decisions that led him to lose the empire he had created. When he passed away in 2024, host Sarah Amos set out to untangle her father’s complicated past and finally face the life and legacy she had been avoiding.  New episodes every Wednesday: swap.fm/l/vf-toughcookie-feed Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    39 min
  2. Kate Middleton and the Future of the Monarchy

    08/01/2024

    Kate Middleton and the Future of the Monarchy

    This spring, Catherine, Princess of Wales, ended a long silence and rampant public speculation with a solemn video announcing her cancer diagnosis. In the final episode of DYNASTY: The Windsors’ Most Difficult Year, hosts Claire Howorth, Katie Nicholl, and Erin Vanderhoof explain why the message that accompanied her diagnosis was the most important speech of her royal career, and what it says about the Catherine we will see in the future. After a year of struggle, is the monarchy emerging into a new, calmer era? And what lessons will the Windsors take away from their brushes with ill-health and public speculation? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    44 min
  3. The Truth About Meghan, Harry, and Their California Dream

    07/25/2024

    The Truth About Meghan, Harry, and Their California Dream

    It’s been four years since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry walked away from their royal roles, sparking an endless stream of media attention and second-guessing in the UK. This year, the biggest headlines—from historic health challenges for Kate Middleton and King Charles III to royal banquets and honor ceremonies—have been coming from Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been carving out their own luxurious, semi-royal, and very philanthropic path thousands of miles away, in the court of Montecito.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    44 min
  4. From In The Dark: Blood Relatives Trailer

    OCT 21 · BONUS

    From In The Dark: Blood Relatives Trailer

    Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from In the Dark, is coming on October 28th.New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access to “Blood Relatives.” In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app.In the Dark has merch! Buy specially designed hats, T-shirts, and totes for yourself or a loved one at store.newyorker.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    3 min
  5. Has This Year Changed King Charles?

    07/18/2024

    Has This Year Changed King Charles?

    When King Charles III announced his cancer diagnosis in February, there was an outpouring of emotion in the UK, along with some concern about what it would look like if the monarch not wasn’t able to greet his public on a daily basis. From the beginning, the king balanced his treatments with his duties, and privately he told his medical team that attending Trooping the Colour, the parade that marks his birthday, was nonnegotiable. By the time the June celebration rolled around, the king was out on the Buckingham Palace balcony with Queen Camilla at his side, and the clouds over the Windsors’ future seemed to part.  On this week’s episode of DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year, hosts Claire Howorth, Katie Nicholl, and Erin Vanderhoof return to the unprecedented events of the year, and Charles’ embrace of radical (for royals, anyway) transparency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    36 min
  6. Prince William’s New Role In the Family

    07/11/2024

    Prince William’s New Role In the Family

    After a year in which the British Royal Family has been forced to foreground its humanity and vulnerability, DYNASTY is returning for a special four-episode series to examine the events and share behind-the-scenes details. On this inaugural episode, hosts Claire Howorth, Katie Nicholl, and Erin Vanderhoof discuss Prince William’s role as the royal responsible for holding the family together amid a maelstrom of illness and personal rifts. How has William balanced his public role with his private challenges? Has he recovered from the hit to his reputation when Harry spilled  in his memoir, Spare? And if his reign were to come sooner than anyone imagined, would he be ready?  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    41 min
  7. Bonus: The Coronation of King Charles III (feat. Katie Nicholl)

    05/05/2023

    Bonus: The Coronation of King Charles III (feat. Katie Nicholl)

    May 6, 2023. For the first time in 70 years, Great Britain will crown a new monarch. King Charles III will officially take the throne, and his wife will be named Queen Camilla. The coronation itself is brimming with history, the first at Westminster Abbey held nearly 1,000 years ago.  Today, Sally speaks to Katie Nicholl (royal correspondent for Vanity Fair and host of the Dynasty podcast) to unpack how this coronation came to be and what it signifies in the modern world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    21 min
  8. Special Coverage: Will Prince Harry Have Regrets?

    01/17/2023

    Special Coverage: Will Prince Harry Have Regrets?

    After taking a few days to savor Prince Harry’s eye-opening memoir Spare, cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof sit down to explain the book’s revelations and debate whether Harry will come to regret his disclosures. Can the Firm weather more controversy? And will the royals ever make up with Harry and Meghan? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    30 min
  9. From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses

    01/30/2024

    From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses

    The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake joins In the Dark’s Madeleine Baran to tell the story of the royal women who risked everything to flee the brutality of one of the world’s most powerful men. In four episodes, drawing on thousands of pages of secret correspondence and never-before-heard audio recordings, “The Runaway Princesses” takes listeners behind palace walls, revealing a story of astonishing courage and cruelty. “The Runaway Princesses” is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. To keep listening, follow In the Dark wherever you get your podcasts or via this link https://link.chtbl.com/itd_f Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    14 min
  10. Heavy Is the Head: Prince Charles’s Rocky Ascent

    06/21/2022

    Heavy Is the Head: Prince Charles’s Rocky Ascent

    No one has ever waited longer to become monarch than Prince Charles. But who is Prince Charles, and how has his life in the shadows of nearly everyone close to him—his mother, his ex-wife, his sons—impacted who he is today? What can we even expect from King Charles? To understand these questions is to understand the man who has seemingly always played second fiddle in the Windsor P.R. machine. We’ll examine the ways in which Charles has reinvented his image and speculate on what his role and power within the firm mean for the future of the monarchy. For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty." For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    43 min
  11. “The Only Job Which Matters”: Motherhood Inside the Monarchy

    05/17/2022

    “The Only Job Which Matters”: Motherhood Inside the Monarchy

    Motherhood is far from simple, but motherhood within the context and confines of a monarchy comes with its own set of challenges. From the queen to Princess Diana to the Duchess of Sussex, royal mothers have had to balance their maternal instincts with centuries of tradition. This episode explores the disparate ways Meghan, Kate, and the generations before them have entered into and engaged with motherhood—and how the modern royals have begun to change the narrative. For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    39 min
  12. Never Complain, Never Explain: Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip & the Birth of a Tabloid Dynasty

    04/19/2022

    Never Complain, Never Explain: Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip & the Birth of a Tabloid Dynasty

    The current royal family, divided in so many ways, begins with a firmly unified front: Philip and Elizabeth. The couple’s steadfastness is as trademark as the royal corgis—but look a little closer and you see piles of dirt pathologically brushed under the rug. Who they were as spouses and parents, rather than public figures, not only shaped the family brand, but how the world got to know Charles, Diana, and everything after.   For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    37 min
  13. Racism and the Royals: Meghan Markle Exposes an Ugly Truth

    05/10/2022

    Racism and the Royals: Meghan Markle Exposes an Ugly Truth

    Enter Meghan Markle: an activist and philanthropist, an American actress, and biracial woman—in short, an outsider to the Firm. Why did Meghan’s independence and identity conflict with the royals—and undeniable aspects of the monarchy’s long history—and how did she carve out her own center of power amid the force of her in-laws? For more Dynasty, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    47 min
  14. The Spare: Prince Harry’s Struggle for Independence

    05/03/2022

    The Spare: Prince Harry’s Struggle for Independence

    Prince Harry has never been a stranger to headlines, but nothing compares to the media firestorm in early 2020 when the future king’s younger son stepped back from his royal duties. What caused Harry to reject royal tradition and the power of the Windsors in favor of a different kind of life with Meghan? And how has his public discussion of mental health struggles—both his own and for all people—helped him take control of his destiny? For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    36 min
  15. Kate and Her King: How the Cambridge Romance Reenergized an Institution

    04/26/2022

    Kate and Her King: How the Cambridge Romance Reenergized an Institution

    Kate and William’s epic wedding on April 29, 2011, was just one more fairy-tale scene in one of the 21st century’s most famous love stories—a love story that is important not to the media world and its rabid consumers, but to the future of a dynasty reeling from scandal and inner turmoil. This episode will explore Kate and William’s long courtship, rare rocky moments, and precisely what it will mean for Kate to be the first “commoner queen.” For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    38 min
  16. King Charles Ascends—For Better and Worse

    04/25/2023

    King Charles Ascends—For Better and Worse

    On a special episode of DYNASTY, cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof break down some of the king’s successes on the world stage and some of the threats to his new reign. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    34 min
  17. The King, the Queen, and Their Country

    05/08/2023

    The King, the Queen, and Their Country

    The DYNASTY hosts recap King Charles’s coronation, the highs and lows, and the Prince Harry of it all Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    36 min
  18. Imperial Guilt: The Royals Reckon With the Commonwealth's Colonial Past

    05/24/2022

    Imperial Guilt: The Royals Reckon With the Commonwealth's Colonial Past

    This episode will explore the role the Commonwealth plays in the monarchy—and how the perspective of its role in the world is quickly shifting. We’ll also examine the effect that the Sussexes’ departure had on the crown’s relationship with the other 53 Commonwealth countries, and how the royals may need to readjust if they want the Commonwealth to survive. For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    36 min
  19. Introducing: This is Uncomfortable

    02/15/2024

    Introducing: This is Uncomfortable

    At what point do you walk away from your dreams? Kashy gave himself a deadline: if he didn’t become a pop star by the time he turned 25, he’d give up music. But years after he left his music career behind, the universe gave him a second chance, thousands of miles from home. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    36 min
  20. Clash of the Titans: The Global Press vs. the Royals

    05/31/2022

    Clash of the Titans: The Global Press vs. the Royals

    When it comes to the Windsors and the press, who really holds the power? From Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’s earth-shattering scandal to revealing TV confessions from Diana and, later, Prince Andrew, why has the royal family always been so afraid of, and prone to, scandal? We’ll investigate the ongoing tug-of-war between Fleet Street and its fetishized family, and how that has played out for the royals who dare try to reset the balance.  For more DYNASTY, visit VF.com/dynasty. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

    35 min
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