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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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  • 24. 6.24 Virginia Hall (1) A companion called Cuthbert

    46:23||Season 6, Ep. 24
    Dismissed by her own government as a one-legged clerk who "talked too much," Virginia Hall traded the stifling confines of the Maryland elite for 1920s Paris and then the sound of the guns in France in 1940.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

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  • 23. 6.23 Noor Inayat Khan (2) Night and fog

    57:35||Season 6, Ep. 23
    In the heart of occupied Paris, a pacifist with a radio suitcase becomes the last operator standing—and the Gestapo’s most elusive target.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

  • 22. 6.22 Noor Inayat Khan (1) The Pacifist Princess

    55:04||Season 6, Ep. 22
    Deemed "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

  • 21. 6.21 Christine Granville (4) The Countess Below Decks

    48:32||Season 6, Ep. 21
    She 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. 20
    Christine 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. 19
    Christine 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. 18
    In 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