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Double Date with Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue

David & Mary Boies

Double Date with Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue

Pushkin Industries

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The role most people know David Boies for is not “husband.” But our interview with this legendary litigator and his whipsmart wife showed us how tragic loss, and a few well considered compromises (involving Las Vegas), can lead to an “upward spiral of kindness” — and a marriage that any couple would envy.

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0:00.0

A series of strange and violent deaths rocked Osage County Oklahoma a century ago.

0:15.0

Sisters Rita, Mini, Anna and their mother Lizzie all left behind lucrative rights to the

0:20.0

oil beneath Osage land, while lawman Tom White was horrified by the chilling plot he uncovered.

0:26.5

Join me, Tim Halford, host of the Corsary Tales Podcast, for my new two-parter on the Osage

0:32.0

Killings, the story behind the book and film Killers of the Flower Moon.

0:36.5

Part one is available now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:46.5

Hi, I'm Phil Downeyhue.

0:48.5

And I'm Marlo Thomas, and we're going on a series of double dates to find out.

0:53.5

What makes a marriage last?

1:00.5

I don't often find myself hanging out with a pair of heavy-hitting lawyers just for fun.

1:05.5

But when Marlo and I had the chance to sit down with David and Mary Boys, that's exactly what it was.

1:12.5

They're an incredible couple.

1:14.5

I mean, when David met Mary, she was the assistant director for the domestic policy staff under President Jimmy Carter.

1:22.5

And David was chief counsel for Ted Kennedy.

1:25.5

Well, you don't get more power coupled than that.

1:28.5

Certainly not.

1:29.5

When we settled down to chat with them, we were eager to know about their first meeting.

1:34.5

Were they cautious lawyers? Or was the attraction immediate?

1:38.5

It took me about 12 seconds.

1:42.5

He wasn't married. Always good.

1:45.5

He was really smart.

1:48.5

He was very good-looking.

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