ROYALTY: Let’s Make Sense of This Sh*t Podcast Por Let's Work This Sh*t Out arte de portada

ROYALTY: Let’s Make Sense of This Sh*t

ROYALTY: Let’s Make Sense of This Sh*t

De: Let's Work This Sh*t Out
Escúchala gratis

Acerca de esta escucha

 Royalty: Let’s Make Sense of This Shit The podcast that finally unravels the real, messy, and deeply human world behind the crown. Ever wondered what actually goes on in royal families—beneath the headlines, scandals, jewels, and centuries-old myths? “Royalty: Let’s Make Sense of This Shit” is your backstage pass to the true, untidy story of kings, queens, and the legacy they leave behind. Every episode, host Isabella guides you through:
  • Hidden truths and missing voices—the royals you never learned about in school.
  • Family drama, wild betrayals, and myth-busting history—no detail too small, no scandal too big.
  • Full, unfiltered context—long-form deep dives that actually make sense of the mess.
  • Emotional honesty and gentle humor—because power, trauma, and legacy are always personal.
  • Real talk about why these stories still shape us today—identity, memory, survival, and belonging.
Forget sanitized timelines and fairy tales. This is history as it really happened—messy, raw, sometimes infuriating, and always deeply human. If you’re curious, skeptical, or just tired of the usual royal BS, this is your show. Subscribe, bring your questions, and join a community of fellow truth-seekers as we make sense of royalty, one wild story at a time.Copyright Let's Work This Sh*t Out Ciencias Sociales Mundial
Episodios
  • Cenwalh of Wessex: Exile, Conversion, and the Fragile Rise of Christian England

    Cenwalh of Wessex: Exile, Conversion, and the Fragile Rise of Christian England
    Jul 13 2025
    Cenwalh of Wessex: Exile, Conversion, and the Fragile Rise of Christian England
    Royalty: Let’s Make Sense of This Shit 👑

    A kingdom on the edge—power lost, faith gained, and a king fighting to come home.

    Cenwalh’s reign is raw, messy, and transformational. From scandalous marriage breakups to exile in a foreign court, his journey sparks the fragile dawn of Christianity in Wessex. What happens when a king loses everything — and everything changes?

    🔥 In this episode:
    • Royal scandal and exile: How repudiating a Mercian princess set a warlord on the run.
    • Conversion and comeback: Cenwalh’s baptism in East Anglia and the reshaping of his kingdom.
    • Church and crown collide: Political and religious power struggles at the heart of Wessex.
    • Family and missing voices: The queens, rivals, and shadows history almost forgot.
    • Legacy in flux: How Cenwalh’s reign set the stage for England’s future—yet left more questions than answers.
    ✨ Why listen?

    Because history isn’t neat or simple. It’s about flawed humans, messy politics, faith crises, and survival. Isabella guides you through the raw and real story behind a king whose story reshaped a nation’s soul.

    🤔 What’s at stake?
    Power, identity, belief — and the stories we tell about who deserves to wear the crown.

    🧾 Sources & scholarship:
    Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, fresh scholarship, myth-busting insights, and a dash of irreverence.

    🌱 Listener reflection:
    If you lost your kingdom, would you find yourself? What parts of your story will survive? Send your thoughts, questions, and family legends.

    Next up: Ceolwulf, the king who inherited a kingdom on edge and faced the relentless push of faith and power.

    Subscribe, share your stories, and let’s keep making sense of this royal shit—together.
    Más Menos
    57 m
  • Cwichelm of Wessex: Assassination, Survival, and the Shadowy Origins of a Kingdom

    Cwichelm of Wessex: Assassination, Survival, and the Shadowy Origins of a Kingdom
    Jul 7 2025
    Cwichelm of Wessex: Assassination, Survival, and the Shadowy Origins of a Kingdom

    Royalty: Let’s Make Sense of This Shit👑

    A king cloaked in mystery, living in the violent blur of early 7th-century Britain.

    
Cwichelm’s reign is marked by shadowy plots, a failed assassination attempt on a rival king, and the fragile birth pains of Wessex itself.

    🔥 In this episode:
    * The daring attempt on King Edwin of Northumbria’s life — and how one man’s gamble changed the course of English history.
    * Power and partnership: unraveling the murky relationship between Cwichelm and Cynegils, co-kings or rivals?
    * The dangerous crossroads of paganism and Christianity — faith, politics, and survival in a kingdom on the edge.
    * Family and legacy: the missing queens, sons who carry on, and the invisible forces shaping a dynasty.
    * Myth-busting the murky sources — what’s history, what’s legend, and why does it matter?

    ✨ Why listen?

    This episode dives deep into the forgotten corners of early English royalty, unpacking a story that’s messy, human, and full of uncertainty — told with brutal honesty and a touch of irreverence. Isabella guides you through the wild world of Wessex’s shadow kings, where every alliance is fragile and every story incomplete.

    🤔 What’s at stake?
    
How do you hold power when history barely remembers your name?
    
Who decides which stories survive—and which are lost in the fog?
    
What does legacy mean when memory is fragile and kingdoms fragile too?

    🧾 Sources & Scholarship:

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, genealogical puzzles, and modern historical research — plus fresh reflections and myth-busting you won’t find in textbooks.

    🌱 Listener Reflection:
    
If you were a shadow king like Cwichelm, what story would you want remembered?
Send in your thoughts, questions, or family legends. Let’s keep the conversation going.

    Next up: Cynegils — the king who baptized Wessex and changed the kingdom forever.
    Subscribe, share, and help us unravel the royal mess — together.
    Más Menos
    43 m
  • Cynegils of Wessex: Baptism, Battles, and the Birth of a Christian Kingdom

    Cynegils of Wessex: Baptism, Battles, and the Birth of a Christian Kingdom
    Jun 29 2025
    Cynegils of Wessex: Baptism, Battles, and the Birth of a Christian Kingdom
    Royalty: Let’s Make Sense of This Shit

    👑 Chaos, conversion, and survival on the edge of a new era.

    Cynegils ruled a kingdom caught between old gods and new faiths, fragile borders and fierce rivals. His baptism wasn’t just a spiritual act—it was a royal gamble that shaped the future of Wessex and England itself.

    🔥 In this episode:
    • Brutal wars and shifting alliances: battles against Britons and power plays with Northumbria’s king Edwin.
    • The tangled family tree: royal rivalries, missing queens, and the stakes of succession.
    • Christianity arrives in Wessex: baptism, Bishop Birinus, and the clash of pagan tradition with a new religion.
    • Behind the throne: daily life in a traveling royal court, invisible women, and the human costs of power.
    • Legacy in flux: what did it mean to be “king” when everything was changing?
    • Myth-busting and mystery: piecing together a life hidden in the fog of history.
    ✨ Why listen?
    This is the unvarnished, messy story of a king who held his kingdom together at the dawn of a new age. Isabella guides you through blood, faith, and family drama with humor and honesty, bringing the shadows of history into sharp, human focus.

    🤔 What’s at stake?
    How do you hold onto power when gods change and enemies multiply?
    What’s the price of survival—and conversion—in a world built on swords and stories?

    🧾 Sources & Scholarship:
    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, archaeological insights, and cutting-edge scholarship—all woven with myth-busting and personal reflection.

    🌱 Listener Reflection:
    If you had to choose faith or family, war or peace, what would your story be? Share your thoughts, legends, and questions with us.

    Next up: Cenwalh, Cynegils’ son, faces exile, war, and the ongoing struggle to define Wessex’s place in a Christianizing England.

    Subscribe, send your stories, and let’s keep making sense of this royal shit—together.
    Más Menos
    38 m
Todavía no hay opiniones