407. JFK: The Kennedy Curse Begins (Part 1)
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Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnand, and no, it's not a long pause. He's not here today, but I have the very great pleasure in covering a man that you have all heard of, John F. Kennedy, JFK in short. JFK is one of the most famous names in history, who met one of the most notorious ends. Now, the youngest ever president of the United States led his nation through m momentous geopolitical events at the height of the Cold War. But what exactly made him who he was? From the influence of his Irish Catholic grandfather in Boston to surviving the sinking of his ship in shark infested waters during the Second World War, To those last moments. Sitting in that convertible. before gunshots sounded.
across Dealey Plaza in nineteen sixty three. Today I am speaking to the preeminent historian of all things JFK, the Lawrence Belfer Professor of History and International Affairs at Harvard. He is also the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Embers of War, a man who's been advising the new hit Netflix series Kennedy, Of course I'm talking about Frederick Logovar. So the last time I met Frederick, he was fresh off a Netflix set where you'd been sort of uh hanging about with people like Michael Fassbender. Now Right. Okay, spill the tea. This is for an adaptation, screen adaptation of your work. Yeah, I know. It's a very exciting thing. Uh it'll air Next spring.
Uh, and as you point out, I had the privilege of being on the set. And before that let me just say that the The whole team, the writers led by Sam Shaw, the showrunner, Netflix and their involvement. The crew in England And of course the cast, including Michael Fassbender, who's got the
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