Significant Others - Significant Others Returns!

Episode Date: February 7, 2024

Significant Others is back for season 2! Starting February 14th, join Liza Powel O’Brien as she explores more stories of the little-known individuals just beyond the spotlight of history. Would Benedict Arnold have betrayed his country were it not for his wife, Peggy? Who is really to blame for Friedrich Nietzche’s connection to Nazism? Find out when Significant Others returns, February 14th with new episodes every Wednesday and follow-up episodes on Thursdays.

It has been said that history is written by the person at the typewriter. But I've always wondered, who else was in that person's orbit? Who did the person who made history depend on? Often it's impossible to find out, but once in a while we get lucky. And the story was not only recorded, it's really good. Hi, I'm Liza Powell O'Brien, and this is what my podcast from Team Coco is all about. It's called Significant Others,

and each episode tells a story you might not know about a person you probably do. In season two, we're bringing you eight more stories of lesser-known figures who played integral roles in the lives of some of history's most notable and notorious subjects. We'll learn how Amelia Earhart would neither have found fame nor possibly perished at sea had it not been for her husband, George Putnam, and how Benedict Arnold might never have turned on his country were it not for his wife, Peggy. We'll learn who is really to blame for Friedrich Nietzsche's connection to Nazism.

And we'll dive into the story of Duke Ellington's collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, who wrote, among many other things, what might be the great musician's most famous tune. With the help of some super talented Team Coco friends like Ted Danson, Flula Borg, Laura Ramoso, and Open Mike Eagle will bring these surprising stories of interdependency to life. And a series of brilliant guests like Sarah Vowell and MIT professor Darren S. Maglu will help me think out loud in our

follow-up episodes about how these stories from the past are relevant to the present. I do hope you'll join us for the second season of Significant Others, premiering February 14th, wherever you get your podcasts.