
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Imelda Marcos - the former beauty queen turned First Lady of the Philippines – was as famous for her 1,000 pairs of shoes and jawbreaker-sized diamonds as she was infamous for the fortune that she and her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, stole from their country. While Imelda jet-setted around the globe on the public dime, ordinary Filipinos struggled under a collapsing economy. When Ferdinand’s popularity starts to plummet, he pulls his most ruthless move yet – declaring martial law to keep himself in power.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
By Wondery4.1
69656,965 ratings
Imelda Marcos - the former beauty queen turned First Lady of the Philippines – was as famous for her 1,000 pairs of shoes and jawbreaker-sized diamonds as she was infamous for the fortune that she and her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, stole from their country. While Imelda jet-setted around the globe on the public dime, ordinary Filipinos struggled under a collapsing economy. When Ferdinand’s popularity starts to plummet, he pulls his most ruthless move yet – declaring martial law to keep himself in power.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10,436 Listeners

30,192 Listeners

776 Listeners

466 Listeners

2,492 Listeners

9,847 Listeners

12,926 Listeners

4,155 Listeners

19,076 Listeners

2,152 Listeners

25,557 Listeners

3,046 Listeners

22,956 Listeners

11,087 Listeners

904 Listeners

6,996 Listeners

4,251 Listeners

7,783 Listeners

10,337 Listeners

256 Listeners

2,493 Listeners

3,640 Listeners

252 Listeners

7,961 Listeners

1,138 Listeners

852 Listeners

1,151 Listeners

1,529 Listeners

233 Listeners

66 Listeners

532 Listeners

400 Listeners

200 Listeners

1,137 Listeners