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36: The Immortal Woman

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:21:00 +0000

In 1951, a young mother from Baltimore walked into Johns Hopkins for cancer treatment and never walked back out. But a piece of her did — and it's still alive today. Her cells built the polio vaccine, launched IVF, mapped the human genome, and rode into space, all while her own family couldn't afford a doctor. This is the story of the woman science never asked, but never forgot to profit from.

35: The Lady In The Barrel

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Annie Taylor felt invisibile, and she didn't like it. So she decided to do something that would force the world to pay attention to her. She was going to get in a barrel, and ride it over Niagra Falls. The trick was staying alive to tell about it....

34: James Armistead Lafayette

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

During the American Revolution, a slave named James is recruited by the Marquis De Lafayette to become a spy for the Americans. The information he provided would ultimately lead to Cornwallis' defeat at Yorktown, and the end of the war. America got her Independence. It would be years before she returned the favor to James.

33: Roselle and Salty

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we found a couple of stories you may have never heard. Stories that occurred inside the Twin Towers on that horrible morning. But these are different. These will, as they should, put a lump in your throat as we all remember one of the worst days in our country's history, but they will aso make you smile. It's a tale of two....dogs.*

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*all animals in this episode survive. We're not trying to make bad memories worse

32: Elizabeth Smith

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

She may very well be the most successful code-breaker in American History. She literally wrote the handbook on the subject. And through a strange string of events, she became one of the founding members of what would eventually become the NSA, an organization that can trace its roots to the home of a Chicago millionaire who was convinced that William Shakespeare left coded messages in all his plays....

31: Bob Heft

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:00:03 +0000

A young man gets a B- on a history project. Before he's done, it will be the most famous B- in history.

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30: Margaret Knight

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:55:02 +0000

He stole her idea. When she sued him over it, his defense was that there was just no conceivable way that she had invented the thing he stole from her was (wait for it) "This thing is so complicated and intricate, there is no way a woman could've invented it".

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26: Vivien Thomas

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:38:03 +0000

A renowned surgeon is about to make history, but before he can begin an operation that will change medicine forever he needs two things: 1. A stepstool, and 2. the janitor?

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28: Ely Parker

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:15:27 +0000

The Civil War is coming to an end. Generals Grant and Lee meet at Appomatox Courthouse to make it official. The agreement is drawn up and signed. But the man who actually wrote the agreement, wasn't recognized as a citizen by the very government he'd spent most of his adult life serving.

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27: Alice Ball

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:03 +0000

Leprocy has haunted civilization since Biblical times. This is the story of how a young professor finally found the treatment for it, only to have her work stolen by a man after her untimely death.

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26: Claudette Colvin

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:31:39 +0000

A black woman refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus, and sparks a movement that changed everything. Sounds familiar, right? Of course it does. It's the story of Rosa Parks. But it's not the WHOLE story. Someone else did it first. Nine months before Rosa Parks. Same city. Same buses. Same cause. And you've never heard of her, becuase the optics were bad...

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25: Doug Hegdahl

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:42:23 +0000

They guards at The Hanoi Hilton called this POW an idiot. He spent two years proving them wrong, and saved over 250 fellow prisoners in the process. All thanks to Old McDonald. Yes, the one who had a farm...

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24: Ralph Teetor

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:00:05 +0000

Most of us have never known a world without cruise control. It's one of those modern conveniences that's easy to take for granted. Behind that convenience is a story that you've never heard, but needs to be told. Because the man who created cruise control never got to use it. In fact, he never got to drive at all. His name was Ralph, and he was completely blind....

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23: Bette Nesmith Graham

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:00:05 +0000

A single mother invented a product that we've all used at one time or another. A product conceived out of pure frustration with a new piece of technology. She was trying to make her job easier, but her idea was so good there was no way to keep it from the world. She took that product to market and built a company that made her a millionaire. And just for good measure, she raised one of America's most beloved rock stars....

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22: Stephanie Kwolek

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:00:16 +0000

A chemist botches an experiment but decides to see it through anyway. And by making that decision, she would make it possible for tens of thousands of people to come out on the winning side of life-or-death situations...

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21: Philo Farnsworth

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:23:51 +0000

I Love Lucy. The Andy Griffith Show. All In The Family. Miami Vice. Friends. Breaking Bad. Game of Thrones. Whatever your favorite tv show might be,odds are you never would have seen it had it not been for the exceptional mind of a 14 year old boy who looked at the dirt, and changed the world forever....

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20: Frank Wills

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:02 +0000

Everyone knows that the Presidency of Richard Nixon was brought down by a tape. The thing is, it wasn't THAT tape....this is the story of the tape, and the young security guard who knocked down the first domino that took down the most powerful man in the world.

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19: Emily Roebling

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:25:50 +0000

Two men have long received the credit for designing and building the Brooklyn Bridge. But that's not exactly how it happened. In fact, for over a decade, the person overseeing the work, and making sure the bridge got completed, was neither of them. It was a woman. And she deserves to be remembered.

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18: Hedy Lamarr

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:00:03 +0000

She was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, and was widely regarded as the most beautiful woman on Earth. But there was more to Hedy Lamarr than a face the world obsessed over. When she wasn't basking in the spotlight, she was at home at her inventor's table, quietly working on something that would change lives, including yours. Her invention is all around you, and you've never known it....until now.

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17: Hugh Thompson Jr.

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:00:04 +0000

An American helicopter pilot turns his weapons on American soldiers during the Vietnam War. Was he a traitor, or a hero?

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16: Norman Borlaug

Jerry Broadway — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:01:31 +0000

You've probably never heard his name, but he is credited with saving more lives than anyone who ever lived....

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15: Antoinette Tuff

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:02 +0000

A Georgia bookkeeper coping with a failed marriage, crumbling finances, and a disabled son finds herself as the first, last, and only obstacle between an armed gunman and 800 elementary students....

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14: William Ecker

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:03 +0000

Meet the man who flew an unarmed jet at tree-top level across enemy territory in order to bring the world back from the edge of a nuclear war....

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13: Andrew Higgins

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:04:24 +0000

He was a no-nonsense, foul-mouthed, whiskey-drinking pain in the neck for the U.S. Navy, but held the key to winning WWII....

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12: Eugene Bullard

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:00:04 +0000

Why would the president of France stop in the middle of a crowd in New York City specifically to hug a 65 year-old elevator operator? It's an amazing story....and you've never heard it.

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11: Francis Kelsey

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:33:20 +0000

A scientist with principals comes face-to-face with a drug manufacturer. She had questions they didn't want to answer. And the fight was on...

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10: Newt Knight

Jerry Broadway — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:09:54 +0000

In Mississippi, there are stories, there are legends, and then there's Newt Knight, a man who led a revolt against a revolt from deep inside the revolt. If you don't the story of Newt Knight and the Free State of Jones, it's time you learned....

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9: Jason Thomas

Jerry Broadway — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:34:52 +0000

In one of the darkest days of American history, a hero arrives on the scene. He participated in one of the most dramatic rescues of 9/11, then spent 2 weeks looking for survivors and victims. And then he drove away, and no one even knew his name...

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8: Wesley Autrey

Jerry Broadway — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:03 +0000

A construction worker is faced with two options: let a man die in front of his young children, or lie down in front of an oncoming subway train. There's never a dull day in New York City, but this one was sharper than most.

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7: Joseph Figlock

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:59:52 +0000

The story of a man who was hit in the head with a baby...more than once.

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5: Bill Foege

Jerry Broadway — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:36:14 +0000

Deep in the African jungle, a young American doctor faces a crisis. His solution would go on to save an untold number of lives as he ushered in the annihilation of the deadliest disease in history...

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6: Roy Benavidez

Jerry Broadway — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:35:55 +0000

12 soldiers are completely surrounded by the enemy. 3 helicopters have failed to get to the them. One man takes matters into his own hands, setting the stage for one of the most incredible battle stories you've never heard...

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4: Haym Salomon

Jerry Broadway — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:19:22 +0000

The mostly untold story of a guy who knew how to make money, and used those skills to save the Revolution.

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2: Robert Smalls

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:03 +0000

Robert Smalls was a good sailor. As far as the Confederacy was concerned, he was a little too good.

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3: Bass Reeves

Jerry Broadway — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:03 +0000

Meet the man who was born a slave, became one of the greatest frontier lawmen of all time, inspired the creation of The Lone Ranger, and quietly disappeared from history for the most part.

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1: Henry Johnson

Jerry Broadway — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:06:00 +0000

Meet Henry Johnson, a man who fought off 24 German soldiers single-handedly in the middle of the night with nothing but a broken rifle and a Bolo knife, and then fell through the cracks of history.

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