Corinna and The King

Corinna and The King

Brazen

Corinna and the King is the unbelievable true story of a love affair that brought the Spanish royal family to its knees. When Corinna, a worldly and well-connected businesswoman, fell in love with Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain, he seemed too big to fail. Their secret romance stretched across continents, but its unraveling would open a window into a dangerous world of greed, corruption, and crime. Vast pools of hidden wealth; international espionage and conspiracy; scandal, elephant hunting, and unstoppable lust… all tracing back to one of the most secretive royalties in the world. This is Corinna and th...

Introducing The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness

Introducing The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness

The Illuminator is out now.  Subscribe to get early releases and listen ad-free. http://brazen.fm/plusMark Lombardi, a conceptual artist on the cusp of international success, had everything to live for. So why was the 48-year-old found hanged and deemed suicidal? Was his death the ultimate conceptual art, an afterlife laugh at those who doubted his brilliance? He did, after all, carry business cards eerily portending "death defying acts of art and conspiracy." Or was he ultimately overwhelmed by

Nov 18, 2024 • 4:08

Introducing The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece

Introducing The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece

This week on Corinna and The King we’re sharing the first episode of a new four-part series from Brazen called ‘The Professor’. William Veres is in trouble. In 2018 he was arrested following the largest ever investigation by the Italian police’s art squad. They accuse him of running a pan-European art-smuggling ring with ties to the Sicilian mafia. He is alleged to have stolen $40 million worth of art and antiquities from Italy. Charged with 14 counts, including money laundering, forge

Dec 14, 2023 • 40:21

Ritually: Using Tarot to Make Decisions

Ritually: Using Tarot to Make Decisions

This week on Corinna and The King, we’re sharing a special preview of Ritually, a brand new Brazen podcast exploring what spirituality looks like for our secular world. Join journalist-turned-guinea pig Nelufar Hedayat as she tries a new ritual in every episode. From sacred readings of Harry Potter to tarot cards, Nelufar dives in with the help of a different spiritual guide each week to see if these practices can actually make us feel better. In this episode, Nelufar is facing some big decisio

Aug 24, 2023 • 30:02

Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal

Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal

This week on Corinna and The King, we’re sharing a special preview of Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal. This new series uncovers Silicon Valley’s origins as a laboratory for espionage. At the dawn of the hi-tech age, Moscow’s spies opened up shop in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In this podcast, you’ll get to know the group of FBI spy hunters who assembled to stop them—and solve the case of a lifetime.  Hosted by national security journalist Zach Dorfman, Spy Valley will walk you t

Aug 23, 2023 • 13:04

Introducing Ritually: Exploring spirituality in a secular world

Introducing Ritually: Exploring spirituality in a secular world

This week on Corinna and The King, we’re sharing a special preview of the first episode of Ritually, a brand new Brazen podcast exploring what spirituality looks like for our secular world. Join journalist-turned-guinea pig Nelufar Hedayat as she tries a new ritual in every episode. From sacred readings of Harry Potter to tarot cards, Nelufar dives in with the help of a different spiritual guide each week to see if these practices can actually make us feel better. In episode one, Nelufar struggl

Jul 20, 2023 • 38:35

Gateway: Cocaine, Murder & Dirty Money in Europe

Gateway: Cocaine, Murder & Dirty Money in Europe

This week on Corinna and The King, we’re sharing a special preview of the first episode of Gateway: Cocaine, Murder & Dirty Money in Europe, Project Brazen’s podcast that takes you inside the hidden world of cocaine. In this six-part podcast series from Project Brazen, host Mitchell Prothero explores Europe’s cocaine crisis through the dramatic stories of cartel leaders, cops, journalists, and the victims caught in the middle. From RPG attacks on newspaper offices to the slaughter of entire fami

Jun 21, 2023 • 22:55

Introducing Night of Show: Prince's Super Bowl Comeback Shakes the Music Industry

Introducing Night of Show: Prince's Super Bowl Comeback Shakes the Music Industry

This week on Corinna and The King, we’re sharing a preview of Night of Show, the latest podcast from Project Brazen. To listen to the rest of this episode, search for Night of Show, wherever you get your podcasts. In Night of Show, accomplished concert promoter Adam Wilkes joins music industry legends as they share behind-the-scenes stories about the pressures superstar artists faced when staging some of their biggest performances. Most Prince fans forget he was once in the wilderness

May 16, 2023 • 24:32

Bonus: Behind the soundtrack for Corinna and The King

Bonus: Behind the soundtrack for Corinna and The King

In this bonus episode of Corinna and the King, we invite you to discover the amazing original soundtrack for the series. This ambitious symphonic, cinematic and experimental musical work included the recording of more than 65 original tracks, in a process that ran right up until the release of the final episode of the series. Alex García Amat, the composer and an executive producer for the series, explains why and how this soundtrack was made for this podcast in its English and Spanis

Apr 20, 2023 • 28:30

Introducing Dynamite Doug

Introducing Dynamite Doug

This week on Corinna and the King, we’re sharing a preview of Dynamite Doug, the latest investigative podcast from Project Brazen. Hosted by Ellen Wong (of Netflix’s GLOW and Scott Pilgrim), the 6-part series delves into the alleged crimes of Douglas Latchford, an art dealer who collaborated with a genocidal regime to loot Cambodia’s entire cultural heritage. Latchford’s stolen goods remain in the New York Metropolitan Museum to this day. This is the story the art world doesn’t want tol

Apr 4, 2023 • 15:39

A mystery begins at the US Embassy in Havana

A mystery begins at the US Embassy in Havana

This is a preview of Project Brazen's latest investigative podcast, The SOUND: Mystery of Havana Syndrome. To listen to the rest of this episode, search for THE SOUND: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, wherever you get your podcasts. In December 2016, a US official in Havana reported a debilitating and confounding illness. The symptoms included headaches; nausea; hearing loss; problems with memory and vision. Soon, a second official came down with the same symptoms. Then a third. Then a fourth. By the

Feb 7, 2023 • 16:36

Bonus: Mishel Prada and Laura Gómez on hosting Corinna and The King

Bonus: Mishel Prada and Laura Gómez on hosting Corinna and The King

In this bonus episode, we share an exclusive interview with the hosts of Corinna And The King – Mishel Prada, who narrated the series in English, and Laura Gómez, in Spanish. In conversation, they reveal their thoughts on Corinna and King Juan Carlos, how they approached the narration, and what it was like to tell this unbelievable true story of corruption and love gone wrong at the heart of the Spanish royal family. Thanks for listening. To hear the shocking details of this podcast f

Jan 9, 2023 • 16:01

Ep 8: Hell-bent - Frozen bank accounts, the FBI, and a harassment suit

Ep 8: Hell-bent - Frozen bank accounts, the FBI, and a harassment suit

After his fall from grace, Juan Carlos retires from public life to Abu Dhabi. Corinna finds herself mired in investigations in multiple jurisdictions, where her bank accounts are closed one by one. When a freezing order descends on her US bank account, Corinna hires a former FBI agent to cooperate with US law enforcement rather than fight it. As she tries to prove her innocence, Corinna is secretly photographed in a restaurant and splashed across the Spanish media again. Fast f

Dec 19, 2022 • 41:01

Ep 7: A Dark Soul - Juan Carlos, conspiracy, and the Villarejo tapes

Ep 7: A Dark Soul - Juan Carlos, conspiracy, and the Villarejo tapes

Seeing the huge pools of money held by the former king through hangers-on, Corinna cuts all contact with Juan Carlos. Corinna also finds out that Villarejo, who appeared to be on her side, has been secretly recording their meetings and has leaked the recording. To make matters worse, Juan Carlos does everything in his power to make her family turn against her. Corinna finally comes face to face with Juan Carlos for the first time in years over lunch at her place. At the end of the lunch

Dec 12, 2022 • 43:51

Ep 6: Blood is Thicker - Money laundering, abdication, and a new princess

Ep 6: Blood is Thicker - Money laundering, abdication, and a new princess

Corinna brushes off Juan Carlos’ proposal. But Juan Carlos, now the former king of Spain, requests access to the gift. His lawyer frantically stops him, as the gift is undeclared and would get him in legal trouble. Rebuffed several times on multiple fronts, Juan Carlos unleashes another litany of lies about her to the media and his friends in the Middle East, discrediting Corinna globally. She’s at her lowest when her shrinking circle of trusted friends tells her there’s someone who mig

Dec 5, 2022 • 38:44

Ep 5: Fake Christmas - Corruption, Spanish spies, and a 65 million euro gift

Ep 5: Fake Christmas - Corruption, Spanish spies, and a 65 million euro gift

After the Botswana disaster, Corinna gets an uncomfortable visit from the new chief of Spain’s secret service, General Felix Sanz Roldan. He’s making requests, except they’re more like threats. But Juan Carlos is apologetic and gives Corinna a suspicious gift. Soon after, Corinna is implicated in a corruption scandal involving the king’s son-in-law. Corinna tries to clear her name, but the palace responds with a vicious media campaign, bruising Corinna’s reputation and sinking her busin

Nov 28, 2022 • 40:15

Ep 4: Killing Elephants - A hunt, the accident, and Juan Carlos’ apology

Ep 4: Killing Elephants - A hunt, the accident, and Juan Carlos’ apology

Corinna decides to stay friends with Juan Carlos, who wants to take them on a safari trip to Botswana for her son’s tenth birthday. But she soon finds out the trip is for Juan Carlos himself, and he’s brought boxes of wine for his own amusement. After a night of heavy drinking, the king trips and falls, critically injuring himself, and the group is forced to make an emergency exit. They land in Madrid, unaware that the news has leaked and a media storm awaits. Juan Carlos makes a pithy

Nov 21, 2022 • 35:56

Ep 3: Envidia - Queen Sofia, Saudi Arabia, and a surprise proposal

Ep 3: Envidia - Queen Sofia, Saudi Arabia, and a surprise proposal

Corinna’s days with Juan Carlos are a stream of highs and lows, roses and thorns. An invitation to the palace ends in a face-off with the queen, and when she joins the king on an official trip to Saudi Arabia, Corinna is shunted to the sidelines. Despite it all, the over-the-top romantic gestures don’t stop, and her growing influence on the king makes her some powerful enemies. The chief of Spain’s secret service has a word of warning for Juan Carlos about Corinna’s sway at the palace —

Nov 14, 2022 • 40:32

Ep 2: Court of Miracles - Death, Democracy, and Bags of Cash

Ep 2: Court of Miracles - Death, Democracy, and Bags of Cash

Juan Carlos became a national hero when he saved Spain’s fledgling democracy, but who was he before that? During weekends at the casita, Corinna asks the king about his troubled past, from the tragic death of his younger brother to his upbringing under the thumb of a brutal dictator — Francisco Franco. But she soon sees that those days are behind him. Now Juan Carlos is dripping in wealth, coming back from overseas trips with suitcases full of cash. Where the money goes is another quest

Nov 7, 2022 • 38:10

Ep 1: La Casita - Juan Carlos I and the Hunting Party

Ep 1: La Casita - Juan Carlos I and the Hunting Party

It’s February 2004, and 39-year-old businesswoman Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein attends an aristocratic hunting party in the Spanish countryside. The host? Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain. An expert in guns, Corinna catches the king’s attention, and he later invites her for lunch at the Madrid hunting lodge Corinna would come to call their casita. The king makes his intentions clear — he might be married, but he wants to be more than friends. Soon after, hundreds of hand-written letters

Nov 7, 2022 • 35:16

Introducing Corinna and The King, Coming Soon

Introducing Corinna and The King, Coming Soon

Brought to you by Project Brazen and PRX, and narrated by “Vida” and “Riverdale” star Mishel Prada, this is Corinna and the King, out now. When Corinna, a worldly and well-connected businesswoman, fell in love with Juan Carlos I, the King of Spain, he seemed too big to fail. Their secret romance stretched across continents, but its unraveling would open a window into a dangerous world of greed, corruption, and crime. Vast pools of hidden wealth; international espionage and conspiracy; scandal,

Nov 2, 2022 • 3:20

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