{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fas-the-money-burns.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fbirthday-wish-part-1-emYouE8O","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Birthday Wish, Part 1","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/300bb58f-ec29-4038-aa46-61554694b38f/7ebeea4a-5855-4492-91ef-0278593d7bb3/atmb_thumbnail_scale.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/13a6332e-92c9-40be-8e89-a60b99761684\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Birthday Wish, Part 1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Another heiress turns 21 thus gaining part of her fortune, but what the richest girl wants most horrifies her mother. \n\nNovember 1933, Doris Duke attempts to spend a quiet 21st birthday at her mansion in Manhattan in remembrance of her father Buck Duke, only to have to flee the press and public attention for Duke Farms in New Jersey.  To quell the young heiress's restless spirit, her mother Nanaline Duke finally relents to fulfill one undesirable birthday wish.\n\nOther people and subjects include: \nNanaline Holt Inman Duke, James Buchanan Duke aka “Buck,” Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Jenny Renaud, Walker Inman, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Maury Paul / Cholly Knickerbocker, Greta Garbo, Mrs. Horatio Seymour Shonnard aka Mary Elizabeth Joyce, reporter,  bodyguards, students, twenty first / 21st birthday inheritance, trust, avoidance, undercover, unmarried women, independent woman, vocation, potential suitors, cultural arts, speculation, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, kidnapping, college dorm, musical instruments, accordion, Great Danes, tiara, dog collars, press interview, photographers, flappers, gin party types, respectable friends, fashion, Duke Endowment, Supreme Court tax case, music store, jazz club, in-home movie theater, Duesenberg town car, private railcar, Duke mansion, Duke Farms, Rough Point, Duke University, Manhattan, Newport, R.I., New Jersey, Harlem, research issues, tv series and podcast development and evolution, press attention, newspapers, gossip columns, astrologer, reviewing and comparing sources, biographies, Richest Girl in the World by Stephanie Mansfield, Trust No One by Ted Schwartz, Daddy’s Duchess by Valentine and Mahn, Too Rich by Pony Duke, The Silver Swan by Sally Bingham, Duke Endowment website, incorrectly dated anecdote, faulty memory and recollections, resurfaced details, delays in production, A.I. artificial intelligence complications, life changes, family deaths, purpose and meaning of these stories, Powerball, choices, past, present, future, history,…\n\nArchival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.\n\n©℗ 2026. Nicki Woodard. All rights reserved.  As The Money Burns® is a registered trademark."}