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Team Coco
Significant Others
Did you know that the novel "Lolita" would not exist if Vladimir Nabokov’s wife hadn’t stopped her husband from burning the manuscript? Or that Gandhi learned his legendary method of passive resistance from his wife? Or that the person responsible for Maya Angelou’s genre-defining memoir was her good friend James Baldwin? Significant Others is a narrated, nonfiction podcast about folks just beyond the spotlight of history. Each episode tells the story of a talented, difficult and little-known individual who altered the destiny of their better-known partner, child, sibling, or friend, and...
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4.9 stars from 1,867 ratings
Cliché soundtrack and accents need to go
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“Feeling conflicted about this podcast. On one hand, it looks at important but not as often talked about side stories in history, and it’s fairly well-produced. On the other hand, I can’t get past the on-the-nose and comical soundtrack as well as the accents put on by the narrators while speaking...”Read full review »
TheRestIsSound via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/14/24
Excellent
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“Liza is a fantastic and engaging narrator, and it’s so refreshing to hear stories about the people on the sidelines that give you a new perspective on people we think we know so well.
My only note is that the music in this podcast is the perfect example of the adage that a good score goes...”Read full review »
Rhys Deschain via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
04/09/24
Great listen
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“A well written and interesting angle the on well-tread ground of popular historical figures. I find myself coming back every week! I also like the less formal follow-up episodes with guests after each scripted episode.”
mp7795 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/07/24
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