Dec 2019

Best of 2019: Nefertiti

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: This famous Queen ruled Egypt during the mid-14th century, BC, over a period of immense religious upheaval. With her husband, she conspired to convert all of Egypt from the traditional polytheistic religion to the wors ... Show More

44m 3s

Dec 2019

Father Miguel Hidalgo

For centuries, Mexico lived under the rule of Spain. In that time, a discriminatory caste system was created to keep non-Europeans in their place. However, one priest, inspired by the thinkers of the Enlightenment, would cast the first stone and help bring about Mexico’s independ ... Show More

48m 8s

Nov 2019

Pope Gregory XIII

Best remembered for his invention of the calendar we still use today, Pope Gregory XIII became a voice for reform in the Catholic Church by pulling the Vatican out of the dark ages and into the modern era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

49m 45s

Feb 2022

Marie Curie: The Mother of Radioactivity

Polonium for Poland and Radium for the rays. Marie Curie was a Pole and scientist through and through. But as a woman in the early 20th century, her contributions in discovering two elements nearly went unknown. Support the show: https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/hindsight/

44m 7s

Oct 2021

Episodio 253 - Marie Curie: La Primera Mujer en Ganar un Premio Nobel

¿Sabías quién es Marie Curie? Fue una científica polaca nacionalizada francesa. Fue pionera en el campo de la radiactividad y fue la primera persona en recibir dos premios Nobel en distintas especialidades: Física y Química. También fue la primera mujer en ocupar el puesto de pro ... Show More

31 m

Nov 2022

Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Barriers

Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska from a poor family in Poland, rose to the pinnacle of scientific fame in the early years of the twentieth century, winning the Nobel Prize twice in the fields of physics and chemistry. At the time, women were simply not accepted in scientific fi ... Show More

23m 41s

Aug 2016

Marie Curie (Part 1)

A lot of people only know Marie Curie as a woman who won a Nobel prize (or two...spoilers) but that's just a small part of the life of this physicist, wife and mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1h 21m

Aug 2023

Marie Curie

In a leaky shed in Paris, Marie Curie turned two tons of pitchblende (aka special rocks) into a single test tube of radium chloride - its green glow lighting up the walls. It must have been a magic...if radioactive!...moment.Today on Patented we talk with Patricia Fara about Mari ... Show More

38m 5s

Mar 2023

S5 E13. Marie Curie, une femme de génie - partie 2

Voici la partie 2 de l'épisode qui parle de Marie Curie, une femme de génie que vous devez absolument connaitre ! Marie Curie est une grande femme de sciences qui a participé à la découverte de la radioactivité et qui a 2 prix Nobel ! C'est une pionnière dans les sciences ... Show More

27m 16s

Apr 2021

Marie Curie's (Nearly Disastrous) Trip to America

How the women of America, exactly 100 years ago, scrimped and saved and sacrificed to secure a vital gram of radium for their scientific hero, Marie Curie...

20m 57s

Mar 2022

S1E144 - Kapow's Power of Invention: Marie Curie

Marie was the first woman in France to earn a PhD in physics. The professors who reviewed her doctoral thesis, declared it “the greatest single contribution to science ever written." What kinds of contributions did she make to the understanding of science as we know it today? Tun ... Show More

10m 15s