Once Upon A Lifetime Podcast: Recent Episodes

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We follow Andrew through his final years as a crusader for World Peace and that sadly ends in World War I and his own decline. 

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Andrew now is officially the richest man in the world. What to do? What to do? Gifting the money will be several full-time jobs.

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Andrew and Henry Clay Frick come to a final and complete rupture and Andrew considers selling Carnegie Steel.

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We give you the blow by blow of the most violent labor dispute in history and how it effected Carnegie. 

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We follow Andrew through a labor disputes that lay the foundation for our understanding of The Bigun': The Homestead Battle. Also introducing the some of the key characters of the Homestead Battle including Henry Clay Frick and The Pinkertons.

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We run up against health crisis, family deaths and finally marriage! The long back and forth between Andrew and Louise is happily resolved. 

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We begin to look at Andrew's relationship with Labor and Management and he and his new love go through some intense ups and downs.

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This is the period of Andrew Carnegie's life where he is biggering and biggering his works and his wealth and struggling with how he will refrain from letting this corrupt him. He hits upon a philosophy that makes him feel ever more confident that not only is this good but it is important. We also end with with meeting his first real romantic entanglement. Ooo la la, mid-1800's style. 

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Andrew figures out investments and begins to build his empire.

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Season Three of Once Upon a Lifetime kicks off with an episode on Andy Carnegie starts out with a rough hand in life in Dunfermlin, Scotland but makes a future for himself and his family after moving to the United States.

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We wrap up our series on Eunice with the fates of her children, her legacy and end with the funeral.

Eunice and Sarge at Maria Shriver's Wedding to Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Her children as pall bearers.

Some of her Special Olympic athletes in attendance at her funeral. 

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Eunice takes her family to France, takes on the issue of abortion and bails the Kennedy young fry out of trouble. 

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How do the Kennedy's rebuild Camelot after JFK's death? What does Eunice do now that she's effectively the oldest Kennedy child? Is there even a calm between the storms?

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Eunice's role in JFK's rise to the the most powerful job in the world all the way through his tragic murder. 

JFK consulting Eunice while on the campaign trail.

Happy Kennedy Siblings

Eunice at JFK's Funeral. 

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Eunice becomes a mom and goes to bat for the mentally disabled community. What on earth does the balance of working motherhood look like for the Eunice? 

Eunice and Maria

Eunice and her son Bobby

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The college girl, to the government employee, to Sarge's girl. Post-War Eunice stays busy, busy, busy. 

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We begin this episode with The Great Depression and end with the beginning of WWII. The if that wasn't enough we reveal the tragedy upon tragedy that is visited upon Rosemary Kennedy and begin to see how it impacts Eunice for the rest of her life.

Sailing at Hyannis Port

Meeting the Queen

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Eunice Kennedy's early life was defined by being the "smack dabber." Smack-dab in the middle of a large and boisterous family. She had to scramble and scrape for any attention that might be up for grabs. Her early life also tuned her into the needs of the disabled and disadvantaged and plant the seeds of what will grow into her life's great legacy.

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This is last episode of our first season and here we see Audrey in the final decades of her life. Her most fulfilling role as a UNICEF worker and finally with the love of her life. 

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Audrey has a baby! This is the Breakfast at Tiffany episode and the My Fair Lady episode. Certainly a high point in both Audrey's career and domestic life. 

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This episode of Audrey Hepburn's biography covers her first marriage, her work in Sabrina, War and Peace and Funny Face. We also cover her domestic desires and her first miscarriage. 

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This episode covers Audrey's very early years in the acting/dancing world, her famous discovery by the novelist Collette and her first couple of serious relationships. We look at her roles in Gigi and Roman Holiday.

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Audrey Hepburn's early life was one of luxury followed immediately by severe deprivation. Learn about her complicated family history and her life during World War II in Europe. This Episode will be followed by four more covering the rest of her life.