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Ep 185: Mapping the Earth from Space - Dr. Valerie L. Thomas & her career at NASA
Episode 185
We love science projects & women in STEM! Today, we're talking about a winner, Dr. Valerie L. Thomas and her contributions to science while working a…
1 year ago
Ep 184: Rejection turned to Destruction - Hitler, Pol Pot, & Stalin
Episode 184
We've all heard how Adolf Hitler was rejected from art school... today we'll dive into the details, how being a poor non-student in Vienna led him to…
1 year ago
Ep 183: Devil in The Big Easy - Delphine LaLaurie
Episode 183
In the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, a mansion stood as a symbol of wealth and prestige—until its horrifying secrets were exposed. Madame Del…
1 year ago
Ep 182: Hitler's Least Favorite Spy - Virginia Hall
Episode 182
Now, let's talk about a hero of WWII! Virginia Hall was an American woman who wanted to work in Europe, specifically France, to help the French Resis…
1 year ago
Ep 181: Hitler's Favorite Film Maker - Leni Riefenstahl
Episode 181
We mentioned Leni in Episode 117 when we discussed the Berlin Olympics in 1936. She is the director who created the 'Olympia' film, breaking barriers…
1 year ago
Ep 180: The Beast of Belsen - Irma Grese
Episode 180
History, as we know, is filled with uplifting stories - it's also full of awful stories that are sometimes difficult even to imagine, like his one.
T…
1 year ago
Ep 179: A Friend Till The End & Beyond - Hachikō
Episode 179
Today, we learn the adorable story of the Huskie Hachikō, who waited at the train station for his owner for years after his death. Hachikō isn't the …
1 year ago
Ep 178: The Miracle Worker & The Miracle - The Helen Keller story
Episode 178
Today starts our Women's History Month coverage! We remind you that nobody is perfect, women, like all genders, contain mulititudes.
Taylor starts of…
1 year ago
Ep 177: What's the worst that could happen? - The The Münster Rebellion of 1534
Episode 177
Let's travel a century or so in the future from Britain's Peasant Revolt to what happened in Germany after they had their own. It's fully the Renaiss…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ep 176: Who's to say Virgin Blood doesn't stop aging? - Elizabeth Bathory
Episode 176
Let's get creepy for Women's History! Farz walks us through the tale of Elizabeth Bathory, who murdered countless peasants in her Transylvanian castl…
1 year, 1 month ago