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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2025 · 1H 41M

A Great Woman And Some Great Lakes

from Jess & Hids Make A Podcast · host Jess & Hids

Send us Fan MailJess is back with her stories of amazing women in history! In this episode, she tells us about Octavia Butler, an award-winning African American author who broke barriers in science fiction. Known as the "Grand Dame" of the genre, she was the first Black woman to achieve renown in it.Hids’ original topic was shipwrecks on the Great Lakes of the United States & Canada, but many rabbit holes forced them to focus simply on some of the amazing facts about the Great Lakes, a bit about the geology of the area and why there are so many shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. We’ve definitely added this to our ‘we want to go there’ travel bucket list! Support the showJoin our Discord!

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