Mostly Unsung: A Comedy History Podcast
The weekly comedy history podcast that brings you bitesize biographies of the extraordinary, eccentric, outrageous and occasionally ordinary lives that until now have gone mostly unsung... mostly. Join your hosts Annie and Andrea as they bring you stories that your history teacher never taught you!
If you like stuffy lectures then you're not going to be a fan, sorry! But if you are looking to hang out with two old friends who love story telling, a good laugh and forgotten figures from history then welcome!
Covering everything from scientists to Grandmothers, survivors of wars to eccentric millionaires, all via ghost stories, anecdotes and terrible impressions of Hollywood legend Tim Curry. Come and hang out, have a giggle and join us every Friday.
Mostly Unsung: A Comedy History Podcast
#66 A Nose for Astronomy & A Hardworking Woman History Forgot (Tycho Brahe & Katharine Wright Haskell)
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Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast where Annie and Andrea uncover the forgotten people, overlooked pioneers, and wonderfully eccentric characters who prove that history is anything but boring.
If you love fascinating true stories, science history, aviation, forgotten women, and a good laugh along the way, you're in exactly the right place. Every Wednesday, we bring you two bite-sized biographies of remarkable people whose stories deserve to be remembered.
This week, we're looking to the stars... and then taking to the skies.
First, Annie introduces the extraordinary Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer whose obsession with understanding the heavens changed the course of scientific history. From royal patronage and feuds to an infamous metal nose, it's a story packed with science, eccentricity, and one of history's greatest minds.
Then Andrea is off to America and the dawn of aviation! She tells the story of Katharine Wright, the sister who helped keep the famous Wright brothers flying. Katharine was the organiser, diplomat, fundraiser, nurse, and tireless supporter whose contribution to the birth of powered flight has too often been overlooked.
Expect groundbreaking science, aviation history, eccentric geniuses, family drama, and plenty of laughs as we uncover two lives that helped humanity reach for the impossible.
If you enjoy history podcasts, forgotten women in history, science history, astronomy, aviation history, inspiring biographies, and extraordinary true stories, Mostly Unsung is your new favourite weekly listen.
This week Andrea used these sources:
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/katharine-wright-wright-sister
https://www.grupooneair.com/katharine-wright/
https://www.history.com/articles/wright-brothers-sister-katharine-first-flight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Wright_Haskell
This week Annie used these sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tycho-Brahe-Danish-astronomer
https://www.space.com/19623-tycho-brahe-biography.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hnlf
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