A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...
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A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...
A man born in a storm, destined to command the currents that would power the modern world. This is the story of Nikola Tesla: visionary, genius, and tragic icon. In this episode, we journey from the quiet hills of Smiljan, where a strange child obsessed with light and machines first saw the vision of Alternating Current, to the chaotic workshops of Gilded Age New York. We uncover Tesla's fiery but ultimately broken partnership with the reigning titan, Thomas Edison, which sparked the legendar...
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A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...
