The Fate Escape

This week, Orla and I talk about the billionaire media mogul, Oprah Winfrey, and her rise from abject poverty and personal strife to being one of the most influentiual popular figures of the past four decades, capturing hearts, swining elections, and absolutely dicking Phil Donahue...Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/an-open-bookLicense code: UTSCQLDCIVWV1RUY

This week we delve into the life of the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald. Orphaned at 15, Ella fought just to survive, and yet managed to ride the new wave of music storming America to heights of fame and success beyond her wildest dreams. Join us as Sid forgets about World War 2, Orla rants about Taylor Swift, and we talk about the Queen of Jazz.Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/an-open-bookLicense code: UTSCQLDCIVWV1RUY

Amidst a sea of well-meaning faux pas, we talk about disabled rights activist Judith 'Judy' Heumann, and her lifelong fight against injustice in America and the wider world, as well as talking in a much broader sense about disability itself, and the connotations of the word in society today.Crip Camp, Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81001496Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/an-open-bookLicense code: UTSCQLDCIVWV1RUY

From the working classes to the Royal Society, the rise of Michael Faraday was meteoric, and left in its wake sparks that would dazzle a nation, and illuminate growing cracks in both the physics and social hierarchy of time...Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/an-open-bookLicense code: UTSCQLDCIVWV1RUY

This week we talk about the infamous lover of the Russian queen!! Well, not quite, but with pilgrimages, orgies and murder, there's something for everyone in the life of that debaucherous, hairy 'monk', Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/an-open-bookLicense code: UTSCQLDCIVWV1RUY