s5 e3 — Special guest, FIZAA DOSANI: It’s pronounced SZA!
This week, Miriam and Lavetta talk and laugh it up with Indian-American writer, comedian and performer, Fizaa Dosani.-----If you like this episode, please join us weekly for more discussions of notori...
7 Mar 20241h 2min
s5 e2 — ALTHEA GIBSON and LULU WHITE: You can always catch these hands!
This week, Miriam covers the remarkable and sometimes hilarious life of tennis great, Althea Gibson; and Lavetta covers one of the most interesting bad girls in history and who the New Orleans Gilded ...
29 Feb 20241h 23min
s5 e1 — Special guest, DENISE NICHOLAS: an interview with a living legend
This week, Miriam and Lavetta kick off Season 5 by sitting down with legendary actor, writer and Civil Rights activist, Denise Nicholas.-----If you like this episode, please join us weekly for more di...
22 Feb 202453min
s4 e13 — BELLE DA COSTA GREENE and BRIDGET BIDDY MASON: And still we rise, b!tches!
This week, Lavetta covers the boss lady life and legacy of Morgan Library director Belle da Costa Greene; and Miriam covers the remarkable life of enslaved woman turned real estate mogul, Bridget Bidd...
15 Feb 20241h 15min
s4 e12 — MARGARET CAVENDISH and ROXANNE SHANTE: Sci-Fi stans vs. Rap stans
This week, Miriam covers the difficult yet accomplished life of writer and Elizabethan era sci-fi author, Margaret Cavendish; and Lavetta covers the surprising and hilarious origins of the Rap/Hip Hop...
8 Feb 20241h 12min
s4 e11 — BERTHA HEYMAN and TAYTU BETUL: You say cunning, I say charismatic.
This week, Lavetta tells the unbelievable story of one of the most shameless scam artists ever, Big Bertha Heyman; and Miriam tells the even more unbelievable story of Ethiopian empress, Taytu Betul.-...
1 Feb 20241h 8min
s4 e10 — JEN SHAH and KIM SUN-JA: It’s the waterboarding for me!
This week, Miriam covers the crazy life story of Real Housewives star and convicted felon, Jen Shah; and Lavetta covers the even crazier killing spree of South Korea’s first female serial killer, Kim ...
25 Jan 20241h 21min
s4 e9 — CORETTA SCOTT KING and AMY TRASK: Who you callin’ a prop?!
This week, Lavetta covers the extraordinary life of civil rights icon, Coretta Scott King; and Miriam covers the extraordinary work of sports leadership icon, Amy Trask.-----If you like this episode, ...
18 Jan 20241h 30min
