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Notable People in History — 225 episodes
Ep. 225 Royal Annals of Israel: King Zimri (r. 885 BC)
Ep. 224 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Meritaten, Wife of Smenkhkare (r. 1335-1334 BC)
Ep. 223 Royal Annals of Israel: King Elah (r. 886-885 BC)
Ep. 222 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Nefertiti, Kiya, Beketaten, Wives of Akhenaten (r. 1351-1334 BC)
Ep. 221 Royal Annals of Israel: King Baasha (r. 909-886 BC)
Ep. 220 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Tiye, Gilukhepa, Tadukhepa, Sitamun, Iset, Wives of Amenhotep III (r. 1388-1351 BC)
Ep. 219 Royal Annals of Israel: King Nadab (r. 910-909 BC)
Ep. 218 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Nefertari, Iaret, Mutemwiya (wives of Thutmose IV)
Ep. 217 Royal Annals of Israel: King Jeroboam I (r. 931-910 BC)
Ep. 216 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Tiaa, wife of Amenhotep II (r. 1427-1397 BC)
Ep. 215 Royal Annals of Judah: Governor Gedaliah (c. 586 BC)
Ep. 214 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Satiah, Merytre-Hatshepsut, Nebtu, Menwi, Merti, Menhet, Nebsemi, wives of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 BC) 2/21/26
Ep. 213 Royal Annals of Judah: King Zedekiah (r. 597-586 BC)
Ep. 212 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Hatshepsut and Iset, wives of Thutmose II
Ep. 211 Royal Annals of Judah: King Jehoiachin (r. 597 BC)
Ep. 210 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Ahmose and Mutnofret, wives of Thutmose I (r. 1503-1493 BC)
Ep. 209 Royal Annals of Judah: King Jehoiakim (r. 609-598 BC)
Ep. 208 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Ahmose-Meritamun, wife of Amenhotep I (c. 1524-1503 BC)
Ep. 207 Royal Annals of Judah: King Jehoahaz (r. 609 BC)
Ep. 206 Queens & Consorts of 18th Dynasty Egypt: Ahmose-Nefertari, Wife of Ahmose I (c. 1549-1524 BC)
Ep. 205 Royal Annals of Judah: King Josiah (r. 640-609 BC)
Ep. 204 Queen Nehushta: Wife of King Jehoakim and Mother of Jehoachin
Ep. 203 Royal Annals of Judah: King Amon (r. 642-640 BC)
Ep. 202 Queen Zebidah: Wife of King Josiah and Mother of Jehoakim
Ep. 201 Royal Annals of Judah: King Manasseh (r. 697-642 BC)
Ep. 200 Queen Hamutal: Wife of King Josiah and Mother of Jehoahaz and Mattaniah
Ep. 199 Royal Annals of Judah: King Hezekiah (r. 728-686 BC)
Ep. 198 Queen Jedidah: Wife of King Amon and Mother of Josiah
Ep. 197 Royal Annals of Judah: King Ahaz (r. 743-715 BC)
Ep. 196 Queen Meshullemeth: Wife of King Manasseh and Mother of Amon
Ep. 195 Royal Annals of Judah: King Jotham (r. 750-732 BC)
Ep. 194 Queen Hephzibah: Wife of King Hezekiah and Mother of Manasseh
Ep. 193 Royal Annals of Judah: King Azariah (r. 792-740 BC)
Ep. 192 Queen Abijah: Wife of King Ahaz and Mother of Hezekiah
Ep. 191 Royal Annals of Judah: King Amaziah (r. 796-767 BC)
Ep. 190 Queen Jerusha: Wife of King Azariah (Uzziah) and Mother of Jotham
Ep. 189 Royal Annals of Judah: King Joash (r. 835-796 BC)
Ep. 188 Queen Jecoliah: Wife of King Amaziah and Mother of King Azariah (Uzziah)
Ep. 187 Royal Annals of Judah: King Ahaziah & Queen Athaliah (r. 841-835 BC)
Ep. 186 Queen Jehoaddin: Wife of King Joash and Mother of King Amaziah
Ep. 185 Royal Annals of Judah: King Jehoram (r. 854-841 BC)
Ep. 184 Queen Zibiah: Wife of King Ahaziah and Mother of King Joash
Ep. 183 Royal Annals of Judah: King Jehoshaphat (r. 872-848 BC)
Ep. 182 Queen Athaliah: Wife of King Jehoram and Mother of King Ahaziah
Ep. 181 Royal Annals of Judah: King Asa (r. 910-869 BC)
Ep. 180 Queen Azubah: Wife of King Asa and Mother of King Jehoshaphat
Ep. 179 Royal Annals of Judah: King Abijam (r. 913-910 BC)
Ep. 178 Queen Maacah: Wife of King Rehoboam and Mother of King Abijam
Ep. 177 Royal Annals of Israel: King Rehoboam (r. 931-913 BC)
Ep. 176 Queen Namaah: Wife of King Solomon and Mother of King Rehoboam
Ep. 175 Royal Annals of Israel: King Solomon (r. 971-931 BC)
Ep. 174 Queen Tomyris: Queen of the Massagetae, Mother of Spargapises
Ep. 173 Royal Annals of Israel: David & Ishboseth, Kings of Israel (r. 1011-971 BC)
Ep. 172 Queen Vashti: Queen of Achaemenid Persia (c. 486 BC)
Ep. 171 Royal Annals of Israel: Saul, the First King of Israel (r. 1050-1011 BC)
Ep. 170 Jezebel: Queen of Israel (Omri Dynasty)
Ep. 169 Manetho: Egyptian Historian, Author of Aegyptiaca
Ep. 168 Artemisia I of Caria: Xerxes' Ally in the Naval Battle of Salamis
Ep. 167 Thutmose III: 18th Dynasty Pharaoh & the Battle at Megiddo
Ep. 166 Sagburu of Ereš: Oracle of Nuska (c. 671 BC?)
Ep. 165 Axumite King Gebre Meskel Lalibela of the Zagwe Dynasty
Ep. 164 Šērūʾa-ēṭirat: Assyrian Princess, Daughter of Esarhaddon
Ep. 163 Axumite King Za Besi Angabo of the Ag'azyan Dynasty
Ep. 162 Naqiya-Zakutu: Queen of Assyria, Wife of Sennacherib, Mother of Esarhaddon
Ep. 161 Strabo: Greek Historian & Geographer
Ep. 160 Sammu-Ramat: Assyrian Queen, Wife of King Shamshi-Adad V, Mother of Adad Nirari III
Ep. 159 Pharaoh Khakaure Senusret III: 7 Years of Abundance, 7 Years of Famine
Ep. 158 Enheduanna: Daughter of Sargon the Great, Mesopotamian Author from Ur
Ep. 157 Menelik: Son of Axumite Queen Makeda & Solomon, King of Israel
Ep. 156 Azadokht Shahbanu: Sassanian Queen, Daughter of Khosrow II
Ep. 155 Ay: A Vizier to Tutankhamun Becomes Egypt's Pharaoh
Ep. 154 Madaki Hasa Askia: First Female Madaki (Sultan) of Kano
Ep. 153 Ahmes: Ancient Egyptian scribe of the Ahmes Papyrus
Ep. 152 Queen Idia: Queen Mother of Benin (c. 1481 AD)
Ep. 151 Maya: Treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun
Ep. 150 Queen Khentkaus I: Mother of Two Kings of Upper and Lower Egypt (Fourth Dynasty)
Ep. 149 Tutankhamun: Egypt’s Young Pharaoh (Son of Akhenaten, Stepson of Nerfertiti)
Ep. 148 Puabi: Queen of the Chaldeans at Ur, Mesopotamia
Ep. 147 Horemheb: Last Pharaoh of 18th Dynasty Egypt
Ep. 146 Queen Tiye: Mother to Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), Grandmother to Tutankhamun
Ep. 145 Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di: Scholar of the Sankore Mosque
Ep. 144 Queen Kubaba: Lugal of Third Sumerian Dynasty
Ep. 143 Elisha Cresques: Son of Abraham (Cartographer)
Ep. 142 Luwo Gbagida: First & Only Female Ooni of Ile-Ife
Ep. 141 Sundieta Keita (Lion King): Founder of the Mali Empire
Ep. 140 Pharaoh Sobekneferu: The Beauty of Sobekneferu
Ep. 139 Al-Bakri: Historian & Geographer
Ep. 138 Kandake Amanitore: Daughter of Amanishakheto, Granddaughter of Amanirenas
Ep. 137 Pharaoh Piye: 1st of the Black Pharaohs Ruling 25th Dynasty Egypt
Ep. 136 Chihenne Chiricahua Apache, Lozen: A Shield to her People
Ep. 135 Taharqa: Kushite Pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th Dynasty
Ep. 134 Berber Queen Dihya: An Imazighen from the Aurès mountains
Ep. 133 Pepi II Neferkare: The Decline of Ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom
Ep. 132 Kandake Amanishakheto: Queen & Ruler of the Kingdom of Kush
Ep. 131 Meryneith (Meryre): High Priest of the Aten in Akhetaten
Ep. 130 Queen Meryt Neith: Egypt’s First Female Pharaoh?
Ep. 129 Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV): 18th Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh
Ep. 128 Empress Taytu Beytul: 1896 Battle of Adwa
Ep. 127 Imhotep: Chief Lector Priest to Pharaoh Djoser?
Ep. 126 Ayaba Moremi Ajasoro of Ile-Ife
Ep. 125 Pharaoh Menes (Narmer): The Unification of Upper & Lower Egypt
Ep. 124 Queen Amina of Zazzau: Who Was She?
Ep. 123 Oranyan: First Oba of the Oyo Empire, Second Prince of Ile-Ife
Ep. 122 Queen Nzinga Mbandi: Ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms
Ep. 121 Shaka Zulu: King of Ancient Zulu Empire
Ep. 120 Axumite Queen Makeda: The Queen of Sheba
Ep. 119 Mansa Musa: 9th Ruler of Mali
Ep. 118 Kandake Amani: Leading the Kushites Against the Romans
Ep. 117 Leo Africanus: Andalusian Explorer & Geographer
Ep. 116 Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noblewomen
Ep. 115 Muḥammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi: Scientific Pioneer of the Islamic Golden Age
Ep. 114 Queen Boudica: Celtic Queen of Iron Age Roman Britain
Ep. 113 Fibonacci: Ten Symbols {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
Ep. 112 Wang Zhenyi: Astronomer, Mathematician, and Poet
Ep. 111 Pythagoras of Samos: From Earth to the Sphere of the Moon, One Tone
Ep. 110 Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher
Ep. 109 Euclid of Alexandria: Mathematician & Author of Elements
Ep. 108 Nakano Takeko: The Last of the Onna-Bugeishas
Ep. 107 Vitruvius: Roman Architect, Author and Engineer
Ep. 106 Golda Meir: Israel’s First Female Prime Minister
Ep. 105 Galen of Pergamon: Physician, Author, Philosopher
Ep. 104 Grace Hopper: Computer Pioneer and Naval Officer
Ep. 103 Hippocrates of Kos, the Asklepiad
Ep. 102 Mary Todd Lincoln: Rarely a Kind Word
Ep. 101 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: Gastronomic Writer, Lawyer, and Politician
Ep. 100 Deborah Read: Wife of American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
Ep. 99 Plato: Philosopher, Mathematician, Slave, Founder
Ep. 98 Sarah Livingston Jay: Wife of American Founding Father John Jay
Ep. 97 Plutarch: Obtaining Knowledge through Suspension of Judgement
Ep. 96 Dolley Madison: Wife of American Founding Father James Madison
Ep. 95 John Jay: Founding Father & First Chief Justice of the United States
Ep. 94 Martha Jefferson: Wife of American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson
Ep. 93 James Madison: First Amendment and Freedom of Speech
Ep. 92 Martha Washington: Wife of American Founding Father George Washington
Ep. 91 Thomas Jefferson: President, Secretary of State, Gardener & Scientist
Ep. 90 Elizabeth Hamilton: Wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
Ep. 89 George Washington: Farmer & First President of the United States
Ep. 88 Abigail Adams: Remember the Ladies
Ep. 87 Alexander Hamilton: Founding Father, First Secretary of Treasury
Ep. 86 Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South
Ep. 85 John Adams: America’s 2nd President & 1st Vice President
Ep. 84 Marian Anderson: An Easter Sunday Performance at Lincoln Memorial
Ep. 83 Medgar Evers: World War II Veteran & Civil Rights Leader
Ep 82. Susan B. Anthony: Women Their Rights and Nothing Less
Ep 81. Malcolm X: A Tree Without Roots is Dead
Ep 80. Indira Gandhi: India’s First Woman Prime Minister
Ep 79. Yuan Mei: Qing Dynasty Poet, Painter, Gastronome
Ep 78. Madeleine Albright: First Woman Secretary of State
Ep 77. Nelson Mandela: First Black South African President
Ep 76. Florence Kelley: Advocate for Working Women & Children
Ep 75. Bernard Baruch: Financier & Advisor to Presidents
Ep 74. Emily Dickinson: American Poet
Ep 73. Franklin D. Roosevelt: President During the Great Depression and World War II
Ep 72. Mary Riddle: Native American Pilot and Parachutist
Ep 71. Nat Turner: Slave, Preacher, Leader of a Rebellion
Ep 70. Ruth Elder: Aviator & Actress
Ep 69. Ernest Hemingway: Write One True Sentence
Ep 68. Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes: America’s First Female Stunt Pilot
Ep 67. Andrew Carnegie: Patron Saint of Libraries
Ep 66. Ruth Rowland Nichols: Pioneer in American Aviation
Ep 65. Fidel Castro: El Comandante en Jefe (The Commander in Chief)
Ep 64. Joan of Arc: “A Useless, Infamous, Dishonored Woman”
Ep 63. Robert Frost: The Road Less Traveled By
Ep 62. Emily Greene Balch: Peace As A Women's Issue
Ep 61. Leonardo da Vinci: Painter, Architect, Engineer, Philosopher, Mathematician, and Scientist
Ep 60. Autherine Lucy: Separate Educational Facilities are Inherently Unequal
Ep 59. Toussaint L’Ouverture & the Haitian Revolution
Ep 58. Pearl S. Buck: Nobel Prize Novelist & Cookbook Author
Ep 57. Genghis Khan: Founder of the Mongol Empire
Ep 56. Helena Rubinstein: The Polish Eagle of the Beauty Industry
Ep 55. Martin Luther: A Vow to St. Anna and the Protestant Reformation
Ep 54. Mahalia Jackson: "Didn’t It Rain" Gospel Songstress
Ep 53. Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father, Inventor, Author, Printer, Postmaster
Ep 52. Amelia Simmons: Author of American Cookery, the First American Cookbook
Ep 51. Charles Strite: Inventor of the Pop-Up Toaster
Ep 50. Hetty Green: Queen of American Finance
Ep 49. Reginald Fessenden: What If Sound Waves Were Continuous Like Ripples on a Lake?
Ep 48. Lorraine Hansberry: Playwright, Dramatist, Activist
Ep 47. Mozart: The Musician & Man
Ep 46. Mary Anning: The Girl Who Unearthed the First Complete Ichthyosaurus
Ep 45. Socrates: A One Day Trial Leading to Execution
Ep 44. Olive Ann Beech: The First Lady of Aviation
Ep 43. Frederick Douglass: Contributions to the Abolitionist Movement
Ep 42. Annie Turnbo Pope Malone: Founder of Poro College & Pioneer Manufacturer of Cosmetics Products
Ep 41. Mahatma Ghandi: Pioneer of Mass Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
Ep 40. Josephine Baker: The “Black Venus” from Boxcar Town
Ep 39. Winston Churchill: Statesman, Soldier, Writer
Ep 38. Elizabeth Freeman: First Enslaved African American Freed Under the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
Ep 37. Martin Luther King: : The Walk Towards Freedom & Equal Rights
Ep 36. Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France
Ep 35. John D. Rockefeller: The Octopus of Standard Oil
Ep 34. Eleanor Roosevelt: Politician, Diplomat, and Activist
Ep 33. Henry Ford: Inventor of the Quadricycle
Ep 32. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: First African American Woman to Publish a Short Story
Ep 31. Thomas Edison: Inventor of the Electric Age
Ep 30. Maggie Walker: First Female African-American Bank President in the United States
Ep 29. Abraham Lincoln: Issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
Ep 28. Madam C.J. Walker: From the Cottonfields to Building a Beauty Business Empire
Ep 27. Mustafa Kemal: Founder of the Turks
Ep 26. Harriet Tubman: Humanitarian and Civil Rights Activist
Ep 25. Suleiman the Magnificent: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ep 24. Sojourner Truth: A Quest for a More Equal Society for African Americans and Women
Ep 23. Warren Buffett: The Michelangelo of Business
Ep 22. Lise Meitner: Co-Discoverer of Nuclear Fission
Ep 21. Bill Gates: Co-Founder of Microsoft & Co-Developer of the Altair BASIC Language
Ep 20. Amelia Earhart: First Aviator to Cross the Pacific Ocean
Ep 19. Jeff Bezos: Abracadabra, The Internet’s First Online Book Store
Ep 18. Wangari Maathai: Founder of the Green Belt Movement, Nobel Prize Winner
Ep 17. Elon Musk: Colonizing Mars with 1 Million Inhabitants
Ep 16. Maya Angelou: Poetry is Music Written for the Human Voice
Ep 15. Chiune Sugihara: The Japanese Diplomat Whose Actions Saved Thousands of Jews
Ep 14. Helen Keller: An Advocate for the Blind
Ep 13. Stefan Banic: The Slovak Coal Miner Who Patented An Early Parachute (No. 1,108,484)
Ep 12. Cleopatra: Last Ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
Ep 11. Garrett Augustus Morgan: Inventor of the Three-Way Traffic Signal & Gas Mask
Ep 10. Nefertiti: A Beautiful Woman Has Come
Ep 9. Heron of Alexandria: Michanikos, the Machine Man
Ep 8. Frida Kahlo: The Iconic Unibrowed Mexican Artist
Ep 7. Ctesibius (Ktesibios) of Alexandria: Inventor of the Hydraulis
Ep 6. Anne Frank: Her Life & Diary (Het Achterhuis)
Ep 5. Galileo Galilei: Revolutionary Inventor, Scholar, and Researcher
Ep 4. Marie Curie: The Scientist, A Woman of Firsts
Ep 3. Archimedes: Give Me a Lever and a Place to Stand, I Will Move the Earth
Ep 2. Valentina Tereshkova (Sea Gull): The First Woman in Space
Ep 1. Albert Einstein: Ulmenses sunt mathematici