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Dr. Kate Lister

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
258 total appearances

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American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

So the staff would have to pick hairs and bobby pins off of the sheets. And they would often complain, why didn't he bed brunettes? Because then Jackie would just think, well, they're my hairs and my bobby pins. But he always seemed to take blondes. One night, Jackie found a pair of underpants under her pillow. And she fished it out and said to her husband, can you find the owner of these?

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

So the staff would have to pick hairs and bobby pins off of the sheets. And they would often complain, why didn't he bed brunettes? Because then Jackie would just think, well, they're my hairs and my bobby pins. But he always seemed to take blondes. One night, Jackie found a pair of underpants under her pillow. And she fished it out and said to her husband, can you find the owner of these?

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

So the staff would have to pick hairs and bobby pins off of the sheets. And they would often complain, why didn't he bed brunettes? Because then Jackie would just think, well, they're my hairs and my bobby pins. But he always seemed to take blondes. One night, Jackie found a pair of underpants under her pillow. And she fished it out and said to her husband, can you find the owner of these?

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

These are not my size.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

These are not my size.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

These are not my size.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

Yes. She became severely depressed. You know, she had been warned before the marriage by his friends who really liked her saying, you know, this is not a good idea. He's never going to be faithful to you. I mean, not on day one. And she saw it as a challenge and thought, you know, wealthy and powerful men may have an affair. I'll change him. Yeah.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

Yes. She became severely depressed. You know, she had been warned before the marriage by his friends who really liked her saying, you know, this is not a good idea. He's never going to be faithful to you. I mean, not on day one. And she saw it as a challenge and thought, you know, wealthy and powerful men may have an affair. I'll change him. Yeah.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

Yes. She became severely depressed. You know, she had been warned before the marriage by his friends who really liked her saying, you know, this is not a good idea. He's never going to be faithful to you. I mean, not on day one. And she saw it as a challenge and thought, you know, wealthy and powerful men may have an affair. I'll change him. Yeah.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

She thought she would change him or maybe he'd have an affair now and then. I think she had no idea how sick his sexual behavior was. But, you know, she got depressed. And back in the 60s, doctors were just prescribing pills, uppers, downers, all kinds of pills. And so she got addicted to pills because of her depression.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

She thought she would change him or maybe he'd have an affair now and then. I think she had no idea how sick his sexual behavior was. But, you know, she got depressed. And back in the 60s, doctors were just prescribing pills, uppers, downers, all kinds of pills. And so she got addicted to pills because of her depression.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

She thought she would change him or maybe he'd have an affair now and then. I think she had no idea how sick his sexual behavior was. But, you know, she got depressed. And back in the 60s, doctors were just prescribing pills, uppers, downers, all kinds of pills. And so she got addicted to pills because of her depression.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

I'll tell you why. It's a very fascinating story. Ever since The advent of newspapers, pamphlets, broadsheets in the 1500s, the press had been very salacious, always seeking scandal because it sold them, right? Printers and publishers made a lot of money from these stories, whether it's witches in New England in the 1600s or the sex lives of kings throughout all of those centuries.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

I'll tell you why. It's a very fascinating story. Ever since The advent of newspapers, pamphlets, broadsheets in the 1500s, the press had been very salacious, always seeking scandal because it sold them, right? Printers and publishers made a lot of money from these stories, whether it's witches in New England in the 1600s or the sex lives of kings throughout all of those centuries.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

I'll tell you why. It's a very fascinating story. Ever since The advent of newspapers, pamphlets, broadsheets in the 1500s, the press had been very salacious, always seeking scandal because it sold them, right? Printers and publishers made a lot of money from these stories, whether it's witches in New England in the 1600s or the sex lives of kings throughout all of those centuries.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

And then about 1900... journalists decided that they were going to be more respectable. The National Press Club was founded about that time. And they came to a kind of agreement that they would not report on these scandalous stories, that gentlemen reporters did not report on gentlemen politicians' love affairs. And so they just clammed up. They didn't report on Woodrow Wilson's mistress or

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

And then about 1900... journalists decided that they were going to be more respectable. The National Press Club was founded about that time. And they came to a kind of agreement that they would not report on these scandalous stories, that gentlemen reporters did not report on gentlemen politicians' love affairs. And so they just clammed up. They didn't report on Woodrow Wilson's mistress or

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

And then about 1900... journalists decided that they were going to be more respectable. The National Press Club was founded about that time. And they came to a kind of agreement that they would not report on these scandalous stories, that gentlemen reporters did not report on gentlemen politicians' love affairs. And so they just clammed up. They didn't report on Woodrow Wilson's mistress or

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

around the time of the First World War. They didn't report on Warren Harding in the early 1920s. He was right there behind Kennedy, I would have to say. Really? All of his women. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had several mistresses. Everyone knew. And then, of course, the worst was JFK.

American History Hit
Presidents' Private Lives

around the time of the First World War. They didn't report on Warren Harding in the early 1920s. He was right there behind Kennedy, I would have to say. Really? All of his women. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had several mistresses. Everyone knew. And then, of course, the worst was JFK.