3. Hedy Lamarr

TW: a short description of simulated sex in a movie and cruel directing decisions from 6:34 to 7:03, please skip if you want or need to! . . . Woah! We're on a network now! What the heck! We are so excited to be a part of the Pocket Podcast Network - quality programming right to your pocket. This week is all about someone once dubbed "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" - who also invented the technology that allows wi-fi and bluetooth to even exist. Meet Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor, on this episode of STEAMpunks. . . . Further Reading/Watching: Extraordinary Women: Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film by Ruth Barton Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes Hedy Lamarr by Colleen Cheslak - National Women's History Museum . . . Huge thanks to the band The Crypts for the use of their song Marie Curie (which is licensed under CC BY 4.0) for our intro and outro.