Listen to the successes and tragedies of the greatest minds and events in history to cope with your own struggles.

History For Hard Times
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Listen to the successes and tragedies of the greatest minds and events in history to cope with your own struggles.
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Publishing Since
10/13/2020
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Recent Episodes

November 13, 2020
John Joseph Merlin
He invented the wheelchair, many automatons, the latest at the time in harpsichord-piano fusion, and the in line skate. His contemporaries referred to him as “The Ingenious Mechanic.” Let’s talk about John Joseph Merlin.

November 5, 2020
Eartha Kitt
That day, president Johnson asked the CIA to pull all gossip and dirt on Eartha Kitt. They compiled a dossier of every rumor surrounding her upbringing and how she became famous, and they blacklisted her privately as a “sadistic nymphomaniac.” They released the dossier to Broadway, to the cabarets she performed at, to every venue that made her who she was, and she had no idea that a man criminalized her sexuality, to ruin her career, because she did not agree with him.

November 1, 2020
Giulia Tofana
In the 1650’s, a woman was preparing dinner for her husband. After serving him the bowl of soup, before he could lean forward and take his first bite, she suddenly screamed for him not to eat it. Wracked with guilt, and under the severe questioning of her husband, she revealed that she had bought poison from a local shop and served it to him. The papal authorities were called, and Giulia Tofana was arrested.
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