Diana Ross: The Startup Founder Who Bought the Factory
The ultimate diva wasn't even meant to be named Diana, a clerical error on her birth certificate cemented the legend. But the real story isn't her 18 number-one hits. It's how a teenager from the Detr...
23 Jun 20min
Donald Johanson: The Walk That Uncovered Lucy and Human Origins
In 1974, a scientist dodging tedious paperwork took a spur-of-the-moment walk across the Ethiopian desert. He caught a tiny glint of white in the dirt, a rock most people would have kicked aside. That...
23 Jun 16min
Dylan Moran: The Aimless Dropout Who Bottled Misanthropy as Art
Picture a 16-year-old high school dropout who spends four unemployed years drinking and writing bad poetry, then quits a florist job after a single week. You'd assume a life destined for obscurity. In...
23 Jun 20min
Eddie Cantor: Banjo Eyes, the March of Dimes, and Defying TV Censors
He lost a multimillion-dollar fortune overnight in the 1929 crash, then turned total ruin into the prelude to becoming the highest-paid star in radio. Meet Eddie Cantor, the orphaned kid from New York...
23 Jun 21min
William Wrigley Jr.: From $32 and Soap to a Chewing Gum Empire
Imagine arriving in booming, chaotic Chicago with exactly $32 to your name and a plan to sell scouring soap. From that humble start, William Wrigley Jr. built an empire that included a Major League Ba...
23 Jun 21min
Flip Wilson: Geraldine, TV's First Black Superstar, and WYSIWYG
What if the foundational philosophy behind every modern user interface, WYSIWYG, was inspired by a 1970s drag character? The Xerox PARC engineers who wanted an interface that told the absolute truth n...
23 Jun 18min
Hank Azaria: The Vocal Chameleon Behind The Simpsons
Imagine having a superpower you didn't know was special: the ability to instantly, flawlessly copy any voice you hear. That talent made Hank Azaria one of the most recognizable voices on the planet wh...
23 Jun 22min
Hannah Gadsby: How Nanette Shattered the Rules of Comedy
How does a comedian reach the very top of the mountain, winning an Emmy and a Peabody, by performing a routine that explicitly announces they are quitting comedy forever? Hannah Gadsby won the game by...
23 Jun 21min
