Legacy
Hosted by Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan · Original Legacy Productions
4.4from 1,398 ratings
- 212
- Episodes
- 193
- Transcribed
- 1,398
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Legacy
Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now – and doesn’t always like what it sees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Original Legacy Productions
- Category
- history · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
193 of 212 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
It's Dolly Parton's World and We're Living In It
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Inbox: The Falklands Campaign | Milei, Trump and Oil | Book Club
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
9/11: 25 Years On | The Reckoning | 3
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It's Dolly Parton's World and We're Living In It
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Feel free to let us know. But I don't think America is very good at talking about class. I don't think there's such a well-developed narrative of classes we have in the UK. But class is obviously a huge factor in determining life experience and identity in America like it is everywhere. And one of the things about Dolly Parton is that she was unapologetic about her class background. She owned it. She talked about it endlessly. She celebrated it, not in a way that was romanticizing it, because it was clearly a really tough childhood with material deprivation. I mean, that's just a fact if you live in a one bedroom home with no running water or electricity. […]
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- Marie Favereau
- Arwa Omaren
- William Stirling
- Charlotte Eagar
- Karim Zidan
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 405 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 993 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Questions about Legacy
Who hosts Legacy?
Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan host the show. Published by Original Legacy Productions.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Legacy take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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