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Women of Science Fiction: Nichelle Nichols
Season 5 Episode 96
Nichelle Nichols (c. 1932-2022) is an American actress, singer, and dancer, best known for her iconic role as Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star T…
2 years, 3 months ago
Women of Science Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin
Season 5 Episode 95
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929 - 2018) was an American author who wrote works of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. Her literary career span…
2 years, 3 months ago
Unreleased Bonus Episode: Gertrude Bell
Season 5 Episode 93
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was an English writer and archaeologist who spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East. She became highly…
2 years, 3 months ago
Unreleased Bonus Episode: Fannie Farmer
Season 5 Episode 94
Fannie Farmer (1857-1915) was an American culinary expert whose “Boston Cooking-School Cook Book” became a best-seller. Fannie helped home cooks, by …
2 years, 3 months ago
Unreleased Bonus Episode: Isabelle Kelley
Season 5 Episode 92
Isabelle Kelley (1917-1997) was an American social worker. She was the principal author of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 and the first director of the F…
2 years, 3 months ago
Comediennes: Ethel Hays
Season 5 Episode 91
Ethel Hays (1892-1989) was one of the most successful women cartoonists of the 1920s. Her cartoons were featured in newspapers across the country, an…
2 years, 3 months ago
Comediennes: Robin Tyler
Season 5 Episode 90
Robin Tyler (1942-present) was the first queer comic to come out on U.S. national television. She was a radical whose dynamic partnership with female…
2 years, 3 months ago
Comediennes: Gracie Allen
Season 5 Episode 89
Gracie Allien (c.1906-1964) was the ditzy housewife of the husband-wife comedy duo George Burns & Gracie Allen. Coming up from the vaudeville scene o…
2 years, 3 months ago
Comediennes: Florence Mills
Season 5 Episode 88
Florence Mills (1896–1927) was a groundbreaking African-American jazz singer and dancer during the Harlem Renaissance. She started out in Vaudeville,…
2 years, 3 months ago
Comediennes: Elaine May
Season 5 Episode 87
Elaine May (1932-present) is a comedienne, actor, writer, and director who rose to fame as one half of a highly successful improv comedy team before…
2 years, 3 months ago