EPISODE · Feb 6, 2026 · 23 MIN
Bertha Benz and the Road That Didn’t Exist
from The Real Network · host Gareth Cliff and Anthony Mederer
History credits a man with inventing the motorcar. This episode tells the story of the woman who made it work. In 1888, Bertha Benz took an untested invention on the world’s first long-distance drive, inventing brake linings, solving breakdowns with a hat pin, and creating the first fuel stop along the way. Blind History reveals how one quiet rebel forced the future to move.
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