Introducing: United States of Kennedy

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Only one family has had a member in office since
nineteen forty seven. One family has shaped American history decade
after decade. That's the Kennedy family.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
But who really are the Kennedys? What's behind the beautiful
faces and facades? And why can't we ever get enough
of them?

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Canaday?

Speaker 3 (00:22):
I'm the first Lady adventure from the White House. On
January nineteen sixty one, the new President and his first
Lady emerged from the White House and the new era
begins in Washington, known as the Age of Chamelis.

Speaker 4 (00:37):
We are broadcasting this morning the announcement of Democratic Senator
Robert F. Kennedy of New York that he will be
a candidate for the presidency.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
So who was that guy getting so much attention from
the media this morning?

Speaker 2 (00:48):
By George? That was John as in John F.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Kennedy Junior.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
I'm George Severis. I'm a comedian and writer, a former
editor at Gacker and the host of Stradio Lab. I
were Smith.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
I'm a podcaster and I've worked on shows like s Town,
This American Life, and The Dream.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
And we're the hosts of United States of Kennedy and
you show all about our cultural fascination with the Kennedy dynasty.
There was one set of rules for the Kennedys and
one set of rules for everyone else.

Speaker 5 (01:16):
Carolyn Bissett probably suffered for not having Jackie around as
a sort of guide or like an entree and even
just like opening the door to that Upper East Side society.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
What are you saying?

Speaker 1 (01:28):
You felt like you were living in a mystery, wrapped
in side a real rapt in side the bigma. Yet
I just keep thinking Kennedy Curse like it's the first interview.
Each week we'll dig into the Kennedy Effect.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Listen to United States of Kennedy starting June thirtieth on
the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Speaker 6 (01:51):
Say Missive Resident, Happy Birthday

Speaker 2 (02:01):
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