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Dynamos: Gertrude Morgan
Season 3 Episode 222
Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980) was a self-taught artist who started painting at 56. In under 20 years, she had completed an estimated 800 pieces and exh…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dynamos: P.D. James
Season 3 Episode 221
P.D. James (1920-2014) was one of the greats of detective writing. She was a novelist, a baroness, a sleuth, and the Grand Dame of Mystery.
Special th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dynamos: Peace Pilgrim
Season 3 Episode 220
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981) spent 28 years walking from coast to coast preaching nonviolence.
Special thanks to Mercedes-Benz, our exclusive sponsor thi…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dynamos: Mary Somerville
Season 3 Episode 219
Mary Somerville (1780-1872) chose to study science and mathematics, even when society tried to tell her she was only good for keeping house. She foun…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dynamos: Clementine Hunter
Season 3 Episode 218
Clementine Hunter (c. 1887-1988) was a prolific painter who didn’t pick up her first paintbrush until her 50s. She’s one of Louisiana’s most celebrat…
3 years, 9 months ago
BONUS: Ordinary Equality — Hanging On to a Future
Season 3
Well, here we are. We're on the other side of what we've been talking about for years. Roe v. Wade has been struck down, and for the first time in ou…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dynamos: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Season 3 Episode 217
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) is one of the most popular children’s book authors of all time. Her books about adventure on the American plains wer…
3 years, 9 months ago
Pride on Stage: Angie Xtravaganza
Season 3 Episode 216
Angie Xtravaganza (1964-1993) was a legend in the New York ballroom scene, who never had a child of her own, but was a mother figure to dozens of peo…
3 years, 9 months ago
Pride on Stage: Holly Woodlawn
Season 3 Episode 215
Holly Woodlawn (1946-2015) is an actress and transgender icon whose impact spanned decades. Typically, pop artist Andy Warhol gave different artists …
3 years, 9 months ago
Pride on Stage: Christa Winsloe
Season 3 Episode 214
Christa Winsloe (1888-1944) was truly a force to be reckoned with. Not only did she write groundbreaking, commercially successful scripts depicting l…
3 years, 9 months ago