
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, on radio and podcast, I’m your host, Paul Vogelzang. Today, we’re diving into a world on the verge of collapse—where passion, politics, and peril collide in the summer of 1914. The world was inching toward the Great War, and in the heart of Britain, secrets were being exchanged that could have changed everything.

Our guest today is the brilliant Robert Harris (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438), whose latest novel, available on Apple Books (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438), Precipice (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438), masterfully intertwines history and fiction to bring this harrowing moment to life. Harris, renowned for his storytelling and meticulous research, takes us inside a clandestine affair between the British Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Asquith), and the young, aristocratic Venetia Stanley. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetia_Stanley_(1887%E2%80%931948)) But this is far more than a tale of forbidden love—it's a thriller that exposes the fragility of power, the dangerous intersection of personal and political, and how the secrets of a single woman could threaten an entire nation.

In Precipice (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438), Robert Harris paints a vivid portrait of a society on the brink, capturing not just the politics but the people whose choices echo through history. Today, we’ll discuss the extraordinary research behind this novel, the real-life affair that could have toppled a government, and the timeless lessons it offers for our world today.  

We’ll also discuss ‘CONCLAVE’film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave_(film)) is releasing in theaters in early November.  The adaptation of Harris’ book, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini. 

My thanks to Robert Harris (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438), author of the new book, Precipice (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438), available at Apple Books (https://books.apple.com/us/book/precipice/id6474091438).  Remember, Robert Harris also authored ‘CONCLAVE’film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave_(film)) is releasing in theaters in early November.  The adaptation of Harris’ book, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini.  Check it out. My thanks to our wonderful executive producer Sam Heninger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-heninger-mba/).  My thanks to you our wonderful audience here on radio and podcast, Be well, be safe and Let’s Talk About Better™. The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks everybody and we’ll see you next week.

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Secrets, Scandal, and Conflict: Robert Harris on Precipice and the Affair that Shook a Nation

Instrumentation by Brett Gordon.
- Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Std., Fender Stratocaster with ’60’s and ’70’s pickups
- Effects: distortion, overdrive, reverb, delay, autowah
- Bass: Fender Fretless
- Voices, piano, bells, orchestral effects: Arturia Keylabs Essential 61
- Drums: Akai MPD218/Superior Drummer
- Amps: Mesa Engineering and Vox

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Echoes Of Your Voice - LFS2 - by 6DM

Tired hands… traced in dust…
Fingers slipping from the rust…
Aching breath… a hollow chest…
Every shadow calls me back to rest…

I’ve seen the cracks where the silence sings…
A whispered promise in golden rings…
A hollow path… through broken dreams…
A final step… to set me free…

Let me fall… let me fade…
Lay me down where the echoes break…
Let me drift… through the veils of night…
To the endless hush of quiet light…

Eyes grow dim… the fire wanes…
A breathless hush where nothing stays…
Weightless sorrow… fading lines…
A restless soul untwines from time…

I’ve heard the call in the silver rain…
A tender voice without a name…
No more waiting… no more pain…
A quiet end… where night remains…

Let me fall… let me fade…
Lay me down where the echoes break…
Let me drift… through the veils of night…
To the endless hush of quiet light…

No more weight…
No more pain…
I am still…
And I remain…

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