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The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages
Women make up half of the world's population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. The Other Half tells the forgotten and ignored stories of the most powerful and influential women in history.
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22. 6.22 Noor Inayat Khan (1) The Pacifist Princess
55:04||Season 6, Ep. 22Deemed "not overburdened with brains" and morally opposed to lying, Noor Inayat Khan was the last person you'd send into Nazi-occupied France.Come to the Intelligent Speech Conference. Use the code OTHER to get 10% off!Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook
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21. 6.21 Christine Granville (4) The Countess Below Decks
48:32||Season 6, Ep. 21She survived blizzards, the Gestapo and firing squads, but can Britain's first female World War II spy survive the peace?Support the show on PatreonFollow us on FacebookCome to the Intelligent Speech Conference. Use the code OTHER to get 10% off!
20. 6.20 Christine Granville (3) The Digne Jailbreak
48:26||Season 6, Ep. 20Christine Granville parachutes into occupied France, trading shadows for the front lines, and risks everything on a daring bluff when all hope seems lost.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on FacebookCome to the Intelligent Speech Conference. Use the code OTHER to get 10% off!
19. 6.19 Christine Granville (2) Wanted: Dead or Alive
55:57||Season 6, Ep. 19Christine trades the frozen peaks of Eastern Europe for the dusty intrigue of Cairo - where her biggest enemy wasn't the Nazis, but her own side.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on FacebookCome to the Intelligent Speech Conference. Use the code OTHER to get 10% off!
18. 6.18 Christine Granville (1) The spy who skied in from the cold
53:26||Season 6, Ep. 18In the coldest winter in living memory, a glamorous Polish countess trades high society for high-altitude espionage, skiing into occupied territory to become Britain's first female special agent of the Second World War.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook
17. 6.17: The Nurse, the Doctor and the Governess
57:55||Season 6, Ep. 17Finishing up our series of episodes on First World War female espionage, we look at 3 spies from Belgium, Germany and France: Marthe Cnockeart McKenna, Elsbeth Schragmuller and Louise de Bettignies.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook
16. 6.16 Mata Hari (4) The death of two women
50:34||Season 6, Ep. 16After weeks of relentless interrogation and Mata Hari faces a military tribunal and a trial for her life.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook