The Secret World of Roald Dahl - Introducing: The Secret World of Roald Dahl
Episode Date: January 9, 2026Audio trailer for "The Secret World of Roald Dahl" podcast. Official Site: https://www.listentoparallax.com/shows/secretworldofpodcast Follow "The Secret World of Roald Dahl": Insta...gram: https://www.instagram.com/secretworldpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecretWorldPod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@secretworldpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SecretWorldPod X: https://x.com/SecretWorld_Pod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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You know Roll Doll, the writer who thought up Willie Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.
But did you know he was also a spy?
Was this before he wrote his stories?
It must have been.
Our new podcast series, The Secret World of Roll Doll, is a wild journey through the hidden chapters of his extraordinary, controversial life.
His job was literally to seduce the wives of powerful Americans.
What?
And he was really good at it.
Okay, I don't think that's true.
I'm telling you.
Did you know Dahl got cozy with the Roosevelt's?
Played poker with Harry Truman and had a long affair with a congresswoman.
And then he took his talents to Hollywood,
where he worked alongside Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock,
before writing a hit James Bond film informed by his experiences in M.I. Sex.
How did this secret agent wind up as the most successful children's author ever?
And what darkness from his covert past
seeped into the stories we read as kids.
The true story is stranger than anything he ever wrote.
Listen to the secret world of Roll Dahl starting January 19th on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.