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Virginia Woolf compared her to a giant cucumber plant. Had she read that, Margaret Cavendish might have thought it a compliment. Support Noble Blood:— Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon— Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love ... Show More

For a few tense hours in October 2009, the entire world watched as a homemade aircraft purportedly carrying a 6-year-old boy drifted in mid-air on live television. When the balloon landed, there was no boy inside. Sources: Wife Swap Season 5, Episode 1: “Heene/Martell”Wife Swap S ... Show More

Eighty years ago this summer, a young John F. Kennedy took a job as a journalist for Hearst newspapers, filing dispatches in the final days of World War II. Even the most seasoned JFK scholars often overlook this chapter. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Fred Logevall and legend ... Show More

Charles de Gaulle. Homme providentiel pour certains, autocrates mégalomanes pour d'autres, il a marqué l'histoire du XXe siècle de son empreinte, comme peut-être nul autre dirigeant français dans l'histoire. Portrait d’un grand homme, de sa longue carrière politique à son talent ... Show More

On this episode of Our American Stories, Scott Jones, author of Growing Up Rural: Lessons Learned For a Lifetime, tells the story of the time he stunk up his classroom with hog manure covered boots...and how a gracious teacher really helped him out. Mike Leven shares his story as ... Show More

Vendeuse de glaces à Coney Island, mannequin pour les cigarettes Chesterfield… Adolescente, Leona fait ce qu’elle peut pour gagner de l’argent et réaliser son rêve : faire fortune. Et l’Américaine va réussir, en construisant un empire immobilier à Manhattan, dans les années 1980, ... Show More

Friend of the podcast Gina Berry joins us to talk about one of her favourite women from history: Nefertiti! In this incredibly long conversation, we get into exactly how long ago Nefertiti lived (VERY LONG AGO), how unusual her husband Akhenaten's reign was (VERY), and how messed ... Show More

Arrivée à Orléans, c’est sa force de conviction et sa foi qui emmèneront l’armée française vers la victoire. Blessée sur le champ de bataille, elle survit à la surprise générale à ses blessures. "Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de télévis ... Show More

Le 2 décembre 1959, des pluies diluviennes s’abattent sur Fréjus. Ça n’empêche pas Irène et André, 19 et 20 ans, de continuer les préparatifs de leur mariage, prévu sept jours plus tard. En début de soirée, le jeune homme raccompagne sa fiancée chez elle, il l’embrasse. Après le ... Show More

It’s March 5th. This day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter and CBS’s Walter Cronkite took phone calls, unfiltered, from Americans all over the country who had dialed into 1-900-242-9611. Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss what happened during the Dial-A-President experiment, the logist ... Show More