Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer

Throughout Africa and beyond, Zimbabweans are known for choosing some of the most bold, head-turning English-language names. Zimbabwean producer Kim Chakanetsa tells the story of how her country's journey from colonial rule to independence shaped the nation's unique naming tradit ... Show More

This week we're featuring Audio Flux, a short-form audio challenge where artists squeeze surprising stories into three minutes.Find out more about Audio Flux by visiting audioflux.orgFollow Audio Flux on Instagram: @audiofluxingFeatured Audio Flux stories include:The Sound of Sil ... Show More

A young designer faces an impossible brief and discovers the spark that will define his legendary career. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.co ... Show More

Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale (played by her distant cousin Helena Bonham Carter) is a hero of modern medicine - but her greatest contribution to combating disease and death resulted from the vivid graphs she made to back her public health campaigns.Her charts convinced th ... Show More

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Sarah 'Saartjie' Baartman was taken to the UK by a British doctor. But did she know what she was signing up for?Stage-named 'The Hottentot Venus', Sarah was paraded around freak shows in London and Paris.During her life and even after her death, she was objectified, mistreated an ... Show More

Today, we’re bringing you an episode from another Pushkin show, Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. This episode is based on Killers of the Flower Moon, with permission from its author, David Grann. Minnie Smith grew sick quite suddenly. She had been young, fit and healthy; the do ... Show More

<p>The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat is used to writing about politics and ideas at play in the broader world, but with his new book, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/books/review/the-deep-places-ross-douthat.html" target="_blank">“The Deep Places,”</a> he has ... Show More

Join Greg Jenner for a fun homeschool history lesson on the woman who changed the face of healthcare forever, Florence Nightingale. Learn about how she forged her own path to become a nurse, the obstacles she had to overcome to care for troops overseas and how she continued to fi ... Show More

<p>Florence Bell’s scientific career began in the 1930s whilst studying at Cambridge University. The University did not grant degrees to women at the time, but this did not dissuade Florence. She was so talented at an imaging technique called X-ray crystallography that she starte ... Show More