Season Eight of the history podcast Legacy, hosted by the historian Peter Frankopan and the broadcaster Afua Hirsch, tells the story of one of Britain’s most divisive political figures: Margaret Thatcher. Taking us from Thatcher’s beginnings as the daughter of a Methodist shopkeeper to her tenure as the first female prime minister of Britain, Frankopan and Hirsch explore the pivotal events of her life and career. A war with Argentina in the Falklands, standoffs with the miners union and the IRA, a near-miss assassination attempt in 1984—these are just a few of the crises that Thatcher overcame during her premiership. The podcast also explores her enduring stature as one of the leading voices of conservatism in the modern era.
—Paulina Prosnitz