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Black history: Mumbo Jumbo and Paul Robeson – books podcast

Black history: Mumbo Jumbo and Paul Robeson – books podcast

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LBGT must-reads and a new history of trans Britain – books podcast

The hard-won victories of trans people, with Christine Burns, plus the classics to read in LGBT...

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Robert Webb on modern masculinity – books podcast

Robert Webb on modern masculinity – books podcast

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How Will Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Be Remembered?

A new biography of the magazine’s founder has been praised by our critic and slammed by its...

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Typhoid Mary Mallon, Revisit

There are quite a few parallels between Mary Mallon's story (a series of typhoid outbreaks) and...

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Lady Bird Johnson

More than "just" a First Lady, she was a businesswoman, a mom, and champion of both conservation...

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Wonder Woman Part 2

After her creator died, Wonder Woman strayed quite a bit from where she began. She had her wings...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mega-Episode

Only the most iconic of women are known simply by their first name, and Jackie is one of them....

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Belva Lockwood and Shirley Chisholm, Revisited

We finish up our two-part series on women who ran for the US presidency in days gone by. Belva...

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Ona Judge

Ona Judge defied one of the most revered historical figures in America in order to escape the...

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Mrs. Claus

Let's shine the spotlight on Mrs. Claus, she's not the one-dimensional support character most...

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Elizabeth Taylor Part 3

Elizabeth Taylor emerged from personal turmoil with a new mission; to be an advocate for the...

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Queen Lili'oukalani, Revisited

As a modern queen prepares for her Platinum Jubilee this month, we take a look back at another...

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Pocahontas Revisted

Pocahontas did save lives... just not the way (or the one) that you've been taught. For both...

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Mary Seacole, Revisited

For International Nurses Day, we're revisiting our coverage of Mary Seacole. While, technically,...

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Marie Curie, Double Episode Revisit

If Amazon Prime's movie Radioactive has you curious about Marie's REAL story, we joined our two...

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The Statue of Liberty, Revisited

From her birth at a French dinner table to her place in the hearts of people all over the world,...

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Catherine the Great, Part Two *An entirely true story

If you're watching Hulu's, The Great, and wondering what parts are the "occasionally true," we...

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Empress Sisi of Austria Part 1

Sisi was a shy young noblewoman who was plucked from obscurity and shoved onto the world stage...

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Victoria Woodhull, Revisited

Here in the US, voting for the 2020 Presidential election has begun so we're revisiting the life...

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