Brought to Russia as fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia from a tiny German principality, she became Catherine the Great, the most powerful woman in Europe.
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The books included in researching this podcast included, “Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman,” and
“Catherine the Great: A Short History,” by Isabel de Madariaga.
The music used in both intros is, “Procession,” by Geographer, and
the music included in both outros is, “Running Out,” by Patrick Patrikios
Listen to this February 5, 2020 flashback episode about Bob Marley, homeless at age 20 in one of the poorest cities of the Third World, he became a popular music phenomenon and 20th century icon.
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Listen to this February 5, 2020 flashback episode about Bob Marley, homeless at age 20 in one of the poorest cities of the Third World, he became a popular music phenomenon and 20th century icon.
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This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history.
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This special flashback episode, from March 16, 2018, discusses D. B. Cooper and the most infamous unsolved hijacking in US history.
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On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadn’t even taken a step on his own in several years. He was also the world’s wealthiest man, living proof that money can’t buy happiness.
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On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadn’t even taken a step on his own in several years. He was also the world’s wealthiest man, living proof that money can’t buy happiness.
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The books used to assemble this podcast included:
“Howard Hughes, His Life and Madness,” by Donald Bartlett and James Steele, and
“Hughes: the Private Diaries and Letters,” by Richard Hack.
The music used in this podcast consisted of “Photos of Them,” and “Friendship Wand,” both by Freedom Trail Studio.
In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act of defiance that, today, still reverberates throughout US intelligence and international relations.
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