Welcome back to Significant Others. I'm Liza Powell O'Brien, and just because I'm deep

in research for season two doesn't mean we have to stop bringing you stories of interesting

plus ones. In the first of these bonus episodes, Stacy Schiff and I talked about her new book,

The Revolutionary, which is all about Samuel Adams and his wildly under-reported role in

the birth of America. So check that one out if you haven't already. And as royal relationships

are very much in the media these days, even more than usual, I thought it would be interesting

to delve a little bit into the idea of a royal marriage in general since there really isn't

anything else like it. And to talk about a few of the more significant examples of what

that kind of marriage can look like. So I reached out to the absolute queen, no pun intended,

of such information, historian, author, and host of the delightful podcast Nobleblood,

Dana Schwartz. Dana, thank you so much for talking with us today. For anyone who's

listening who might not already be familiar with your podcast, could you tell us a little

bit about it? Yeah, absolutely. It's a scripted podcast where I research and write episodes,

every episode exploring sort of a lesser-known story from the lives of royals throughout

history. Some are sort of lesser-known stories or aspects about really famous people like

Marie Antoinette or Ann Bolin. But I also try to capture, you know, fascinating stories

about people that maybe American listeners might not have even heard about. Like I just

recorded an episode about this Portuguese princess named Inez de Castro, Queen, actually,

but sort of her gruesome and tragic death. So yeah, a lot of, perhaps, surprising amount

of royal stories and in gruesome deaths, but that's part of the fun. It's so addictive

of your podcast. I have to really, honestly, it's almost problematic because I'll start

listening to them and then I realize four hours have gone by and I've attended to no

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