What Is The Kennedy Curse?

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of the Kennedy Curse and its implications on the Kennedy family.

Their name is synonymous with power, influence ... and tragedy. And with so much of the latter, many have taken to speculating - are the Kennedy family cursed? To find out more, Don is joined by Professor Barbara Perry, co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. What is the Kennedy Curse? How far back does it go? And how do the family interpret it? Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   All music from Epidemic Sounds. American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Don

Guest: Professor Barbara Perry

Topics covered

• Kennedy family
• curse
• tragedy
• power
• influence
• history
• oral history

Keywords

• Kennedy Curse
• tragedy
• influence
• power
• oral history
• Barbara Perry
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Virginia’s Miller Center, History Hit, Epidemic Sounds, Acast

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