Episode 76: The Tragic Love Story of Peter & Ines
In this week's Valentine's Day themed episode, Andrew discusses the ill-fated love between Peter I of Portugal and his longtime mistress, Ines de Castro. Filled with intrigue, suspense, international ...
13 Feb 202342min
Episode 75: Bessie Coleman, Daring Aviator & Trailblazer
Today's episode is all about the incredible life of American aviator and advocate Bessie Coleman. Coleman was the first African-American woman and the first Native American to hold a pilot license. Li...
6 Feb 202334min
Episode 74: The Pig War of 1859
In 1859, the United States & Great Britain were on the brink of war. This conflict arose after an American farmer, Lyman Cutlar, shot a pig belonging to an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, a Brit...
30 Jan 202340min
Episode 73: Yes, Jack Black's Mom Saved Astronauts
Judith Love Cohen was an American aerospace engineer, ballet dancer, author, publisher, and mother to computer scientist Neil Siegel and to a reasonably well-known actor – Jack Black. Her work was cru...
23 Jan 202334min
Episode 72: Hedy Lamarr, the "Mother of WiFi"
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American Hollywood Actress from the Golden Age of cinema, yet was a technological pioneer. She began her acting career in her native Austria before emigrating to the United...
16 Jan 202346min
Episode 71: The Mysterious Murder of Jane Stanford
Leland & Jane Stanford created a legacy of higher learning and of patronizing the arts...funded through illicit activity. When Jane Stanford died everyone believed she died of natural causes, but abou...
9 Jan 202342min
Episode 70: The 1919 Christmas Whiskey Massacre
We have something to cheer you guys up to keep you in the festive mood...a massacre that took place over Christmas about a century ago! Ok but in all seriousness, this week explores what has been coll...
26 Dec 202224min
Episode 69: Boudica - the Celtic Warrior Queen
Our "Weirdo" spotlight this week is on a woman who did something that most of her male contemporaries would never dream of doing! During the first century AD, the Celtic "Warrior Queen" Boudica dared ...
19 Dec 202220min
