Killer Inventions: Grace Hopper & The Information Age

Killer Inventions: Grace Hopper & The Information Age

Diminutive in stature but a giant in the world of inventions, the brilliant Grace Hopper talked her way into the Navy after Pearl Harbor and went on to become arguably the most pivotal innovator at the dawn of the information age. Listen to the first two seasons of Killer Means Awesome to hear more incredible true stories. Season one features amazing tales about recently discovered shipwrecks and Season two highlights biographies of people you really should know!

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Killer Biographies: John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown

Killer Biographies: John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown

Fasten your seatbelts for the incredible story of Arthur Whitten Brown and John Alcock, two young aviators who attempted the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean in 1919, eight years before...

11 Aug 20231h 10min

Killer Biographies: Diogenes

Killer Biographies: Diogenes

He lived on the street, heckled Plato, and loved dogs. Today Diogenes is considered one of the preeminent philosophers of Ancient Greece. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awes...

28 Jul 202350min

Killer Biographies: Margaret Rudkin

Killer Biographies: Margaret Rudkin

Margaret Rudkin was worried about her son’s asthma. In an effort to help him, she wound up starting one of the most iconic brands in the world and a company which today generates billions in annual sa...

26 Jun 202346min

Killer Biographies: T.P. Sundararajan

Killer Biographies: T.P. Sundararajan

Deities! Snakes! Hidden vaults of ancient treasure! In the last years of his life, the Indian lawyer and holy man T.P. Sundararajan took up a new cause - finding out just what was stored in the mys...

18 Jun 202348min

Killer Biographies: Pocahontas, aka Rebecca Rolfe

Killer Biographies: Pocahontas, aka Rebecca Rolfe

Forget what you think you know about Pocahontas and hear the incredible true story of her amazing life. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season o...

6 Jun 202352min

Killer Biographies: Medgar Evers

Killer Biographies: Medgar Evers

The killing of Mississippi native Medgar Evers marked the end of a remarkable life, and helped pave the way for a tidal shift in race relations and civil rights. Killer Biographies is now season two...

26 Mai 202346min

Killer Biographies: William Hutchinson Norris

Killer Biographies: William Hutchinson Norris

William Hutchinson Norris and the Southerners who became known as Confederados. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season one to hear amazing true ta...

10 Mai 202352min

Killer Biographies: Juliane Koepcke Diller

Killer Biographies: Juliane Koepcke Diller

Juliane Koepcke was 17 years old when a plane crash left her stranded in the rain forest of Peru. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season one to he...

1 Mai 202350min

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