Who are historical figures who deserve a better (or any!) biography? Could be anyone from a 20th century figure to someone further back in history.
Need a better movie about Marie Sklodowska-Curie!
Helen Keller, Otto von Bismarck, Kurt Godel ( he changed math), Nikola Tesla, Vanderbilt, Marcus Aurelius, Enrico Fermi, David Bohm, J Krishnamurti, Copernicus, Darwin, Graham bell. I can go on and on… We live though their efforts.
Sarah Baartman, a human used as a piece in the foundation of scientific racism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Baartman
emmy noether … og on symmetry https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether
+ Hildegard of Bingen https://medium.com/history-of-women/the-first-written-description-of-the-female-orgasm-came-from-a-12th-century-nun-c4888b4fdc9c https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen And I think about geographical diversity and cultures that I know.
Arthur Guinness. Negotiated a 9000 year lease, invented the modern workplace campus, cared deeply about his workers, made great beer, and left an incredible legacy. Mansfield’s “The Search for God and Guinness” is great but I want more.
Aaron Swartz. What a story this young lad had. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Would love one about FDR’s anti-colonial streak and how his early death set the stage for the next 30 years of conflict for the US
In Herodotus's 'The Histories' there is a conspiracy to murder the magus who usurped the Persian throne (III. 79-84) After decapitating the magus, three men debate the future of the Persian empire: democracy (Otanes) v oligarchy (Megabyzus) v monarchy (Darius) Otanes strikes the greatest deal ever; few know about him
@matthew would be great to have keywords like “biography” automatically link these casts to genre pages!
The tragedy of Pedro Albizu Campos. Father of the Puerto Rican independence movement, he was known as “el Maestro.” Campos fought in WWI, was Harvard educated, spoke 6 languages, and was also involved in the struggle for Irish independence. There is evidence that the US exposed him to radiation while imprisoned.
Louis Zamperini One of the craziest life stories I've ever learnt about
• Nikola Tesla • Jiddu Krishnamurti • Stanley Kubrick • Blaise Pascal • Marie Curie • Niccolò Machiavelli • Voltaire • Charles Darwin • Marcel Proust • Friedrich Nietzsche • David Hume • Johannes Kepler • George Carlin • Martin Buber • Adam Smith • Nicolaus Copernicus • Alan Watts
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the unsung hero that brought india together during independence