Hello everyone!
I’m so excited about what’s going on with Door Key! Between this Substack, and all the amazing changes with the podcast … holy moly!
By the next Substack post, you’ll have heard the brand new Door Key! I can’t wait, but in the meantime … I just enjoyed a wonderful three-day weekend, it’s *spring*, and I hope that each and every one of you is enjoying wonderful weather too!
By the way, have you watched the third season of Bridgerton yet? There’s a discussion about it going on in my post ‘Let’s Talk About Bridgerton’! Come join the conversation! This is meant to be a feature for paid members, but as a thank you to all of you for subscribing, and in the hopes of starting this Substack off on the right foot, I thought it would be fun to have this one open to *everyone*!
A bit of a peek behind the curtain
I was recently asked how I come up with topics for episodes of Door Key. There’s no single answer for that …
I think that one of the great things about Door Key is that there aren’t really any hard limits to what it can cover. I do have one ‘rule’: that I won’t cover a topic after 1970. This is because I don’t feel like there’s been enough time between then and now to give context to a person or event. But otherwise, if I find it interesting … I’ll most likely do an episode about it. Please feel free to comment here or send me a message if there’s a topic you’d like to have Door Key cover!
The current episode of Door Key is about Rasputin!
Rasputin was a Russian mystic and holy man who lived from 1869 to 1916. He's best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.
The episode talks about Rasputin’s life, and explores how he became such an influential person to the Russian Imperial Family, and gets into the rumors - and truth - about his death.
I found the facts about this man and his life to be so interesting that it inspired me to write two future episodes of Door Key, so keep your eyes open for that!
Here’s a link to the episode: Rasputin
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