The History Chicks The History Chicks /Wondery

Once upon a time in the dark ages of podcasting, two friends set out on a quest to bring the stories of historical women to your ears. In this episode, we have some speculative history, a few predictions about the future, and a peek behind the curtain in this, our tenth year! Thanks for listening!

In part 2 of our coverage, Empress Sisi helps to change the political climate in Hungary, experiences great personal tragedy, comes a little bit loose at the seams... and gained headlines with an ending that shook the world.

Sisi was a shy young noblewoman who was plucked from obscurity and shoved onto the world stage, with very little warning, where she found the limelight a difficult place in which to live, but her beauty and genuine concern for the common people earned her the status of a reluctant icon.

If Amazon Prime's movie Radioactive has you curious about Marie's REAL story, we joined our two episodes of her, broke them into chapters, and created this one mega-Marie deep dive into her life.

More than "just" a First Lady, she was a businesswoman, a mom, a writer, and a champion of both conservation and civil rights.

From her birth at a French dinner table to her place in the hearts of people all over the world, we revisit our 2018 coverage of the life of this American icon.