159 - Josephine Baker: Spy, Sex Symbol, Superstar

159 - Josephine Baker: Spy, Sex Symbol, Superstar

Josephine Baker. What a meatsack!! Such an incredible person. The modern world's first internationally famous black, female celebrity. She lived a lot of life. She was born into extreme poverty in St Louis. She overcame incredible odds to become a touring performing as a young teenager, working her way into the Philadelphia theater scene, then making it big on Broadway. Then she made it France and became a HUGE star. She broke racial barriers, became a spy and war hero for France, became famous for adopting children of various races in attempt to show the world we all can get along. And she did so, so much more! Hear about it all today on Timesuck. Hail Nimrod!

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526 - Anthony Bourdain: Hungry for Everything

526 - Anthony Bourdain: Hungry for Everything

Anthony Bourdain went from a heroin-addicted line cook bouncing between chaotic New York kitchens to a bestselling author and beloved world traveler who changed the way millions of people thought abou...

28 Syys 2h 40min

Short Suck 66: Locusta of Gaul: The World’s First Serial Killer?

Short Suck 66: Locusta of Gaul: The World’s First Serial Killer?

Long before forensic science could expose a killer, poison was one of ancient Rome’s deadliest—and hardest to detect—weapons, and few were said to wield it better than the mysterious Locusta of Gaul. ...

25 Syys 47min

525 - The Franklin Conspiracy: Satanic Panic or a Real Cover-Up?

525 - The Franklin Conspiracy: Satanic Panic or a Real Cover-Up?

When a massive financial scandal erupted in Omaha in the late 1980s, allegations soon followed that politically connected power players were involved in something far darker: an interstate child sex-t...

21 Syys 3h 18min

524 - Bible John: Glasgow's Dancing Killer

524 - Bible John: Glasgow's Dancing Killer

In late 1960s Glasgow, three women went out dancing at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom.... and never made it home alive. Their murders were linked to a mysterious stranger who became known as Bible ...

14 Syys 2h 18min

Short Suck 65: The Lady With the Lamp: Florence Nightingale’s War on Death

Short Suck 65: The Lady With the Lamp: Florence Nightingale’s War on Death

Florence Nightingale didn’t just become the world’s most famous nurse - she helped revolutionize modern medicine, battling horrific hospital conditions, deadly disease, entrenched sexism, and staggeri...

11 Syys 51min

523 - The Immortality Industry: Silicon Valley’s War on Death

523 - The Immortality Industry: Silicon Valley’s War on Death

What if aging isn’t inevitable...and death is a problem science might someday solve? From groundbreaking longevity research to Silicon Valley billionaires, rogue biohackers, young-blood transfusions, ...

7 Syys 2h 36min

522 - The Mary Kay Opportunity! The Dark Truth About MLMs

522 - The Mary Kay Opportunity! The Dark Truth About MLMs

Mary Kay Ash turned a $5,000 investment into a cosmetics empire that promised generations of women financial independence, recognition, and—if they climbed high enough—that famous pink Cadillac. But.....

31 Elo 2h 52min

Short Suck 64: The Skunk Ape

Short Suck 64: The Skunk Ape

Today we journey deep into the swamps of Florida to investigate the legend of the Skunk Ape, Bigfoot’s smaller, stinkier, swamp-dwelling cousin. From centuries-old sightings and bizarre eyewitness enc...

28 Elo 59min

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