Best Peter Villa Podcasts (2024)

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67. Meet the Bonapartes: Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais 57:23

3h ago57:23

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Napoleon's meddling in his siblings' lives was the source of considerable angst for several of them. Napoleon had high expectations for his younger brother Louis, but Louis chafed at his brother's authority. Still, he ultimately agreed to marry Napoleon's step-daughter with Josephine, Hortense de Beauharnais, a marriage that would become notable mo…

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2 Peter Series_NormHowell_June30 40:56

3d ago40:56

40:56

Beginning of a new series on 2 Peter 2 Peter 1:1-10

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1 Peter #9_RogerJohnson_June23 39:12

3d ago39:12

39:12

1 Peter 5:1-11

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66. Meet the Bonapartes: Caroline Bonaparte Murat, Queen of Naples 47:38

7d ago47:38

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If Pauline was Napoleon's most loyal sister, Caroline was undoubtedly his most scheming. As a child, she took orders from her big brother, but as he rose from celebrated military commander to Emperor, she made sure he never forgot to improve her fortunes, as well. After she married one of Napoleon's military advisors - a match he was only persuaded…

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65. Meet the Bonapartes: Pauline Bonaparte 47:35

14d ago47:35

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It's probably no surprise that in a family with as much internal intrigue as the Bonapartes had, Napoleon had a favorite among his three sisters. Pauline Bonaparte was eleven years younger than her brother, but was similarly ambitious and was generally happy to take part in his plans for himself and her. A natural beauty with a flirtatious, if slig…

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Effective Prayer_June16_JeffScott 35:06

20d ago35:06

35:06

Father's Day Message

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64. Meet the Bonapartes: Jerome Bonaparte and Betsy Patterson Bonaparte 54:01

21d ago54:01

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Napoleon's youngest brother Jerome was an endless headache for him. Lacking ambition but loving luxury, he fled a stint in the French navy (after nearly sparking a war with England) for America to wait out his brother's wrath. It was in Baltimore that he met the woman who would become his first wife, socialite Elizabeth Patterson. Marrying her agai…

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1 Peter Series_June9_NormHowell 44:05

27d ago44:05

44:05

1 Peter 4:1-19 "Adopting the attitude of Christ"

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63. Meet the Bonapartes: Napoleon and Marie Louise of Austria 56:31

28d ago56:31

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When it came time for Napoleon to find a successor to Josephine as his wife, pickings were slimmer than you might expect. Russia's Alexander I wouldn't entertain the idea of a marriage between the French emperor and Alex's youngest sister, Anna Pavlovna. Austria, which had spent years battling - and losing to - France, became the unlikely solution …

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62. Meet The Bonapartes | Napoleon and Josephine 1:01:45

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Part of the joy of history is how resonant it often is. Imagine an ambitious if dysfunctional family with some minor claim to nobility in some far off backwater rising to power - to the highest office in the land - on the strength of a charismatic son known as much for his professional acumen as his arrogant, sometimes outrageous behavior. Welcome …

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61. Leopold II of Belgium, the Congo Free State, and Villa Leopolda 1:08:44

1M ago1:08:44

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Long a vassal state to its much larger neighbors, Belgium only became independent in 1830, at which time it decided that what it really needed was a (constitutional) monarchy! Its first king, Leopold I, earned the gig by virtue of being born a Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld prince who had cultivated his relationships with Europe's royal houses during a disti…

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60. King Umberto II and Queen Marie-Jose of Italy and the Fall of the House of Savoy 43:25

2M ago43:25

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One of the outcomes of the 20th century's two world wars was the widespread abolition of monarchies across Europe. Some of these events were brutal, as in Russia, but others, like Italy, happened bloodlessly and through the popular will. After a long reign that saw the Kingdom of Italy enthralled by Benito Mussolini's fascist dictatorship, World Wa…

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59. Queen Ranavalona I, The Mad Queen of Madagascar 45:47

2M ago45:47

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If you worried that royal houses had gotten a little too genteel by the 19th century, the story of Ranavalona I of Madagascar will disabuse you of that pretty quickly. Seizing the throne in 1828 after the death of her husband, King Radama - despite not being the rightful heir to it - she immediately launched a campaign of murder against her politic…

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58. Elizabeth and Leicester, Part Two 53:50

2M ago53:50

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When she assumed the throne in 1558, she made it clear to the members of her court that they shouldn't plan to have their wives or female companions around the place. She intended to be singular as she consolidated power, but perhaps she had another motive as well; by banishing the wives, Robert Dudley, newly appointed Master of the Horse to Her Ma…

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57. Elizabeth and Leicester, Part One 54:30

2M ago54:30

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While Queen Elizabeth I of England famously never married, her close relationship with Robert Dudley began when the two were small children together in the court of Henry VIII. Elizabeth was a princess who was downgraded to a lady after her mother, Anne Boleyn's, death. Robert was the grandson of an advisor to King Henry VII who was executed for tr…

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The Smidge 1:28:56

3M ago1:28:56

1:28:56

Only Emily Saul could revive HWYRT.

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56. The William Shakespeare Mystery (Trashy Divorces Crossover) 1:33:26

3M ago1:33:26

1:33:26

It's a big week for Tortured Poets, so we decided to take a long look at history's most famous one: William Shakespeare himself. Alicia explores the mystery around the true identity of the author of some of the world's most famous pieces of literature. Was it really the actor from Stratford-upon-Avon penning Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Ni…

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55. The Tortured Tudor Poet: The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn 1:10:43

3M ago1:10:43

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As Taylor Swift launches her latest era with The Tortured Poets Department, Alicia dives into her favorite era: Tudor England. We explore the 17 surviving love letters that King Henry VIII penned during his courtship and early relationship with Anne Boleyn in the latter half of the 1520s, particularly noting that for quite a long time, it seems lik…

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Intro to 1 Peter - Jeff Scott - April 14.24 35:13

3M ago35:13

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Beginning of a series on 1 Peter

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54. Elisabeth of Wied, First Queen of Romania, and Literature's Carmen Sylva 43:11

3M ago43:11

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However much 'protocol' may attempt to intervene, the truth is that eccentricity is a trait that even royals have. This is certainly the case for Elisabeth of Wied, a German princess who became Romania's first queen, wife of Romania's King Carol I. Politics in Europe were extra complex in the latter half of the 19th century. In Russia, Tsar Alexand…

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53. King Pedro I of Portugal and Inês de Castro 38:53

3M ago38:53

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The fourteenth century was full of challenges to marital bliss, especially for nobles. Travel was complicated, especially during times of war, but royal houses still needed to cement alliances through marriage - often among woefully young princes and princesses who, again, were separated by vast distances and perhaps had never met. So it was for Po…

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The Greatest Love Story_Roger Johnson_Easter2024 37:55

3M ago37:55

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Easter message from 2024

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52. Caroline of Brunswick, featuring Sam from I'm Horrified! 57:40

3M ago57:40

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We touched on England's King George IV in our episode about Queen Victoria's Trashy Hanoverian Uncles (episode 17), but there's so much more to the story of his misspent youth and his cataclysmic marriage to Princess Caroline of Brunswick. To help out, we asked our friend Sam from the podcast I'm Horrified!, who recently delivered this banger of a …

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This is Us_Gifting for Service_Jeff Scott_March24_24 33:47

3M ago33:47

33:47

Why not use the gift that God gave you!

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51. Two King Frederiks of Denmark (Frederik VII and Frederik X) 1:03:55

4M ago1:03:55

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This week, we take a look at a different European monarchy, that of Denmark, through two King Frederiks of Denmark. Frederik VII held the throne from 1848 to 1863, and was the last absolute monarch of the country, bowing to calls for reforms and signing Denmark's constitution, which implemented the constitutional monarchy that persists to this day.…

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Don't Take it for Granted_Dr. Wes Fowler_MBC_March17.24 34:44

4M ago34:44

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Message on the Prodigal Son by the new Executive Director of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC)

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50. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Dickie Solo 55:20

4M ago55:20

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After the death of Edwina Mountbatten in 1960, Dickie still had another 19 years of living to do, and while he was single, he was in no way alone. He had romances with plenty of women in his later years, and according to many, he had male lovers - including, it is alleged, boys - as well. A mentor to Prince Charles, his advice to the young man may …

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#5_Stewardship_RogerJohnson_March10 38:22

4M ago38:22

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Continued Series on the Foundations of the Ridge Church

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49. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Comrades in Arms 51:30

4M ago51:30

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As Edwina took pains to lay low in Malta after the scandals of her affairs, Italy decided to exit the League of Nations and invade Ethiopia. To protect their children, she took them to Budapest and installed them in a hotel with their nanny and governess... and then forgot which hotel they were in. For months. As the summer of 1935 turned to fall, …

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Zacheaus Meets Jesus_JeffScott_March3 27:17

4M ago27:17

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Upward Sunday Message

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48. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Careless People 37:44

4M ago37:44

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Programming note: This episode is a bit more explicit than most, including strong language and descriptions of sex. If you listen with wee ones, use your judgment. The early '30s were a roaring time for Edwina's various romances, though two in particular would have far-reaching implications for her lovers. The first, with American actor Paul Robeso…

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#4SmallGrpBibleStudy_BobCaldwell_Feb25 45:29

4M ago45:29

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Continuation of the Series "This is Us" and the 7 Foundations of The Ridge Church.

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47. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Unconventional Marriage 40:12

5M ago40:12

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As the Roaring '20s turned into the '30s, Edwina's appetite for other lovers showed no sign of diminishing, and eventually led to a breaking point with her long-suffering husband, Louis. At one point, they decided that divorce was the best option, but quickly reconciled with new rules for their relationship: Edwina would be more discreet in her dal…

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#3_AttendingWorship_NormHowell_02.18.24 50:09

5M ago50:09

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Continuation of "This is Us Series" Looking at the "7 Foundational Truths"

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46. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Let the Affairs Begin! 40:44

5M ago40:44

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It didn't take long for Edwina, young, rich, and alone while her husband Louis was away with the Navy, to begin flirtations and then affairs with various suitors. There were the young men of her social strata, to be sure, but there was also a scandalous rumored fling with the notably female American entertainer Sophie Tucker, "The Last of the Red-H…

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Foundation#2_Family_JeffScott_Feb11.24 37:25

5M ago37:25

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Continuation of our "This is Us" Series with the 7 Foundations of the Church.

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45. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | The Wedding and The Honeymoon... Is Over 36:16

5M ago36:16

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While Louis and Edwina Mountbatten would have a 38-year-long marriage, it isn't quite right to say it was a happy union. That first six months or so though - when they traveled through Europe and the United States, meeting Charlie Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille, and dining with President Warren G. Harding - was a magical time for the couple. Once they r…

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#1 Foundation_LoveRelationshipwithGod_RogerJohnson_Feb4 36:02

5M ago36:02

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Continuation of our This is Us Series. This is the first of our 7 Foundational Truths.

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44. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Origin Stories and Engagement 45:05

5M ago45:05

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As many will already know, it was the youngest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine who would become a prominent figure in the lives of the modern world of the Windsors. Young Louis Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten, was known as Dickie to his confidants, and was stung early when his father, First Sea Lo…

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43. The Mountbattens | George and Nada Mountbatten 35:22

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Prince George of Battenberg, later the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, was the third child of Louis Battenber and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and was by all accounts a pretty good dude. Like his father, he set his sights on a naval career, and excelled at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, entering the Royal Navy in time to participa…

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Listen Now: Even The Royals 8:10

6M ago8:10

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Admit it: you’re obsessed with royal families – watching them, gossiping about them, wanting to be them. It’s the stuff of fantasy. But for real life royals, the crown jewels can be more like shiny handcuffs. There are expectations and rules – and if you break them, the consequences are big, and very public. And no, we’re not just talking about Har…

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This is Us - Norm Howell - Jan 17.24 1:05:47

6M ago1:05:47

1:05:47

Norm Howell, Associate Pastor - Testimony

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This is Us- Jeff Scott-Jan21.24 39:34

6M ago39:34

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Jeff Scott-Associate Pastor Testimony

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42. The Mountbattens | Princess Louise of Battenberg 32:19

6M ago32:19

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The second child of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later, Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine was Princess Louise, born July 14, 1889. While most royal were promptly shuttled into marriage, Louise was an independent, progressive young woman whose heart was set on marrying for love. There were suito…

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41. The Mountbattens | Princess Alice of Battenberg 53:14

6M ago53:14

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After Louis Battenberg's (later Louis Mountbatten) successful campaign to marry Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, the couple set about having babies. The first of these, Princess Alice, was born in 1885, and came into the world congenitally deaf. Given the era, no particular accommodations were made for her, and while her condition caused ma…

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This is Us_BobCaldwell_Jan7_24 42:17

6M ago42:17

42:17

Series of Preaching Staff Testimonies

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ThisIsUs_RogerJohnson_123123 43:05

6M ago43:05

43:05

New Series of Testimonies of The Ridge Church preaching Pastors

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40. Meet the Mountbattens! 36:45

6M ago36:45

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While royal houses are often insular and even incestuous (at least at the cousin-marrying level), new blood does manage to enter those gene pools from time to time. Meet the Mountbattens! The family's story begins in Russia, circa 1850, where the orphaned daughter of a Polish general named Julia von Hauke was serving in the household of Maria Alexa…