Episode 34 - Josephine Baker
This week Deanna tells us about the life and legacy of Josephine Baker. From a young age, she wowed people with her talent and charm both on and off the stage eventually landing her the opportunity of...
28 Feb 202236min
Episode 33 - The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were World War II pilots who trailblazed the world of black aviation in America. After rigorous training at the the Tuskegee Institute, from which they get their nickname, they wer...
21 Feb 202245min
Episode 32 - Bessie Coleman
Queen Bess. Brave Bessie. Aviatrix extraordinaire. First African American person - male or female - to obtain an international pilots license. Period. Need we say more? This week we are talking all ab...
14 Feb 202237min
Episode 31 - Robert Smalls
This week we cover our first topic for Black History Month. Robert Smalls was an enslaved man working in Charleston Harbor when the American Civil War broke out. On one fateful night he gathered his f...
7 Feb 202244min
Episode 30 - Irish Magdalene Laundries
Welcome to episode 30! This week, Deanna talks all about the history of Irish Magdalene Laundries. While these institutions existed all around the globe, the Irish laundries are the most notorious. Tu...
31 Jan 202234min
Episode 29 - Tiananmen Square Massacre
Over one million people showed up in Tiananmen Square Beijing in the Spring of 1989 to support pro-democratic reform to the communist regime. And over the next 48 hours, thousands of Chinese citizens ...
24 Jan 202234min
Episode 28 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today, on Martin Luther King Day, we talk all about his life, activism and legacy. How he believed and succeeded in making real change by way of peaceful protest and demonstration. Today we remember h...
17 Jan 202239min
Episode 27 - Typhoid Mary
Mary Mallon, an Irish-born cook living in New York City, is said to have been responsible for spreading Typhoid fever to over 50 people causing 3 deaths. All without being sick herself. Was she the vi...
10 Jan 202235min
