The Ides of April

• The Death of the New America: The Assassination of Robert Kennedy - Part One

  🕊 THE DEATH OF THE NEW AMERICA - PART ONE “THE RISE OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY” In the first installment of this two-part series, The Ides of April traces the origins of the Kennedy dynasty—its ruthless ambition, its early tragedies, and the extraordinary forces that shaped Robert F. Kennedy into the most unlikely moral voice of the 1960s. We begin with the unvarnished story of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and the empire he built through Hollywood maneuvering, shrewd investments, insider access, and political calculation. From there, we follow the family’s early ascent into American power—and their first devastating fall with the death of Joseph Kennedy Jr. in WWII. We then explore the partnership between Jack and Bobby, forged in crisis and defined by the Cuban Missile standoff, internal political strife, and the enormous emotional cost of holding up a crumbling world order. RFK’s transformation—from loyal strategist to grieving brother to emerging moral leader—sets the stage for his unprecedented rise in 1968. 📚 CHAPTERS 1. The House of Kennedy: Power, Fortune, and Tragedy 2. The Brothers and the Burden: From Cuba to Dallas 3. Bobby for President: A Nation Fractured, A Hope Rising ✨ WHAT TO EXPECT • A cinematic retelling of the Kennedy dynasty • RFK’s deep involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis • The emotional aftermath of JFK’s assassination • The explosive political climate of 1968 • RFK’s evolution into the frontrunning voice of a divided nation Quince — Luxury essentials at affordable prices 👉 https://www.quince.com/DEVILWITHINMint Mobile — Premium wireless for $15/month 👉 https://www.mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN ExpressVPN — Protect your data & access global content 👉 https://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN Mood — THC-free gummies & botanicals 👉 https://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN (use code DEVIL) Ollie Dog Food — Fresh, personalized dog meals 👉 https://www.ollie.com/IDES Monarch Money — The all-in-one pers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• The Scholar and the Madman: The Assassination of James Garfield - Part Two

  The Assassination of President James A. Garfield (Part Two) The Martyr and the Madman — Chapters 4–6In Part Two, the gunshot is only the beginning. President James Garfield survives the attack, but his greatest danger is not the bullet—it is the century’s medicine. As the White House transforms into a sickroom, Dr. Willard Bliss assumes control of the case with the fatal confidence of a man convinced error is impossible. While Garfield fights through agony, the nation holds a collective vigil. Crowds gather outside the White House. Newspapers print hourly updates. Telegraph lines pulse with hope and fear. And somewhere across town, the assassin Charles Guiteau celebrates his “divine mission” and prepares for immortality. This episode explores: • The catastrophic medical treatment that slowly kills the president • The national outpouring of grief, prayer, and unprecedented unity • Chester A. Arthur’s transformation from machine politician to unexpected reformer • Guiteau’s bizarre, theatrical trial, where madness becomes spectacle • The reform born from tragedy—the Pendleton Civil Service Act • How Garfield’s death reshaped American governance • Whitman’s poetry as a frame for national sorrow The episode concludes with Garfield’s final hours, Guiteau’s execution, and the surprising legacy left behind: a presidency that lasted just six months but changed the Republic forever. ⭐ If this story moved you, please follow, rate, and review The Ides of April. Your support brings the next historical saga into the world. Explore more shows from the Evio Creative Network — The Devil Within, Taboo Treasures, Criminal Mischief, and The Devil’s Ledger — at eviocreative.com. Follow us on Instagram: @idesofaprilpod, @thedevilwithinpod, @taboo_treasures, and @eviocreative. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: Quince.com/DEVILWITHIN 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: MintMobile.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data & unlock global content. Get 3 months free: ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD Premium THC-free gummies & botanicals delivered discreetly. 20% off: Mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 50% off your first box: Ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH MONEY The only finance app Branden actually uses. Get 60% off your first year: Monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• The Scholar and the Madman: The Assassination of James A. Garfield

  PART ONE The Assassination of President James A. Garfield (Part One) The Scholar and the Madman — Chapters 1–3 In Part One of our two-episode event, we enter the final summer of the 19th century and watch the American Republic stand on the edge of transformation. President James Abram Garfield, a reluctant leader with a brilliant mind, rises from obscurity to the highest office in the nation. But as he steps into a presidency full of promise, another man —Charles Julius Guiteau, failed preacher, failed lawyer, failed everything—begins interpreting his own delusions as divine instruction. This episode explores: • Garfield’s improbable rise from canal boat laborer to scholar, general, and president • The vicious fracture inside the Republican Party between the Stalwarts and Half-Breeds • The spoils system that corrupted Washington and set the stage for tragedy • Guiteau’s descent into delusion, religious mania, and political obsession • The 36-ballot convention meltdown that accidentally created a president • Whitman and Longfellow’s poems that echo the spiritual tension of the era • The slow collision of two men whose fates were already entwined Part One ends on the morning of July 2nd, 1881 inside the Baltimore & Potomac Station—where history will soon change direction in an instant. ➡ Part Two continues with the seventy-nine-day national vigil, the medical disaster, and thetrial of the assassin who believed God had chosen him. If this story moved you, please follow, rate, and review The Ides of April. Your support brings the next historical saga into the world. Explore more shows from the Evio Creative Network — The Devil Within, Taboo Treasures, Criminal Mischief, and The Devil’s Ledger — at eviocreative.com. Follow us on Instagram: @idesofaprilpod, @thedevilwithinpod, @taboo_treasures, and @eviocreative. SPONSORS: OLLIE — Human-grade dog food delivered to your door 👉 ollie.com/IDES for 60% off MONARCH MONEY — The modern way to manage your finances 👉 monarch.com/IDES for 50% off your first year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro - Part Two

  THE IDES OF APRIL The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro Part Two — The Blade Beneath the Crown The city of Lima rises — proud, radiant, and trembling under the weight of its own ambition. Francisco Pizarro stands atop the world he carved from blood and myth, convinced that stone, cathedral bells, and royal seals will insulate him from consequence. But cities cast shadows, and in those shadows gather men who were once brothers, now sharpened into retribution. In these final chapters, we watch the slow tightening of fate: whispers in wine-lit courtyards, sons raised on vengeance, stairwells echoing with the footfalls of men who believe righteousness can be carried in a blade. And when steel flashes in candlelight, it is not an empire that kills Pizarro — but memory. His blood settles into palace tile. His name settles into history. And the Andes keep their secrets, remembering not the conqueror, but the people he failed to erase. 📜 Chapters Included Chapter IV — The City of Kings Lima rises, but in its shadow conspirators breathe. Chapter V — Death in the Palace of Conquest A blade in candlelight ends the life of the conqueror who believed himself untouchable. Chapter VI — What Remains of Empire Aftermath, judgment, and the truth time refuses to bury. 🎧 Listen & Follow Subscribe to The Ides of April — where history is not lesson but haunting, not dates but destiny. 🕯 Sponsor Shout-Outs Support partners who make these stories possible: • Quince → quince.com/DEVILWITHIN • Mint Mobile → mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • ExpressVPN → expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN • MOOD → mood.com/DEVILWITHIN • Ollie → ollie.com/IDES • Monarch → monarch.com/IDES 🕊 Evio Creative Network Listen to our other series: • The Devil Within • Criminal Mischief • The Devil’s Ledger • Taboo Treasures Follow: @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • @thedevilwithinpod Next Week Tease Next time on The Ides of April: A new figure rises from the ashes of faith and politics — a saint to some, a fanatic to others, and a force history refuses to forget. A martyrdom? A myth? A reckoning? Prepare for candlelight, swords, and a man who believed heaven could be built with fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro - Part One

  THE IDES OF APRIL The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro Part One — When Gold First Sang Before there was an empire carved into the spine of the Andes, there was a boy in Extremadura shaped by hunger, illegitimacy, and the conviction that the world owed him more than soil and silence. This first half of our journey into the rise and fall of Francisco Pizarro explores the origins of a man forged by poverty, bonded by blood to ambitious brothers, and drawn into destiny by whispers of a golden kingdom beyond the horizon. From the hard earth of Spain to the mythic heights of the Inca world, we witness the capture of Atahualpa, the shattering of an empire, and the moment when gold — sacred to a people, profane to their conquerors — became both ransom and curse. In these opening chapters, Pizarro rises not through grace, but through will: a man convinced he must seize what birth denied him, unaware that every step toward glory tightens the noose of consequence. 📜 Chapters Included Chapter I — When Gold First Sang The boy from Extremadura becomes a man defined by hunger and ambition, setting his sights on mythic Peru. Chapter II — The Shackled Sun The capture of Atahualpa, the ransom room lined in gold, and the moment a civilization crumbles under foreign desire. Chapter III — Twins Divided, Brothers Broken A brotherhood forged in conquest fractures as pride, resentment, and destiny pull Pizarro and Almagro apart. 🎧 Listen & Follow Follow The Ides of April for cinematic history told in flame-lit whispers — where men chase crowns and history asks the bill. 🕯 Sponsor Shout-Outs Support the storytellers who bring history alive:• Quince — luxury without the markup 👉 quince.com/IDES for free shipping & 365-day returns • Mint Mobile — premium wireless for $15/month 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • ExpressVPN — privacy everywhere 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN for up to 4 months free • MOOD — legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN for 20% off • Ollie — fresh, human-grade dog food 👉 ollie.com/IDES for 60% off • Monarch — the modern personal finance command center 👉 monarch.com/IDES for 50% off your first year 🕊 Evio Creative Network Explore more immersive storytelling: • The Devil Within • Criminal Mischief • The Devil’s Ledger • Taboo Treasures Follow: @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • @thedevilwithinpod Next Week Tease In Part Two, the City of Kings rises on the Pacific shore — and in its shadow, betrayal blooms. Daggers are sharpened in silence, loyalty curdles into vengeance, and fate enters Pizarro’s palace wearing the face of a brother. History does not fall in thunder. It falls in footsteps. And they are approaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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