Shakuntala Devi was born with a gift for numbers—she saw math and equations as a second language, and could complete impossibly-large calculations in her head, often faster than the world's fastest computers. Born to a father working in the circus, he put her on display as a method of income. But Shakuntala never wanted to be a human computer, and her story is the story of a fight for individuality and purpose in the face of insurmountable pressure to be who she was "supposed" to be.
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
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THE HOSTS
Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky, Chloe Skye, Jupiter Stone, & Sam Eggers.
IG: @BroadsYouShouldKnow Email: BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Sara Gorsky
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Chloe Skye
Blog: www.chloejadeskye.com
Podcasts:
Skye and Stone do Television, where Chloe Skye & Jupiter Stone review TV shows. Thus far, they've covered Euphoria, Watchmen, and Lovecraft Country
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Jupiter Stone
TikTok: @JupiterFStone
www.JupiterFStone.com
Podcast: Modern Eyes with Skye and Stone, where Chloe Skye & Jupiter Stone look at films from 10 or more years ago through Modern Eyes
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Broads You Should Know is produced and edited by Chloe Skye
Christine Jorgensen — WWII Veteran & First Widely-Known Trans Woman in USA [Chloe Skye]
Broadly Speaking #6: Research Methods, Choosing Our Broads, & Parsing Out Truth!
Madame Sophie Blanchard — French Aeronaut & World's First Female Balloonist [Sam Eggers]
Nakano Takeko — One of the Last Samurai Warriors [Sara Gorsky]
Chief Theresa Kachindamoto — The Marriage Terminator [Sam Eggers]
Suzan Harjo — Native American Activist Known For Repatriation & Anti-Racism Lawsuits Against USA [Chloe Skye]
Marian Anderson — African American Singer Who Broke Down Race Barriers [Sara Gorsky]
Broadly Speaking #5: One Year of Broads (You Should Know)
Cathay Williams — Former Slave Who Posed as Male to Enlist in the Military [Chloe Skye] VETERANS DAY
Mary Tape — Sued to Fight Segregation of Chinese-Americans in CA Schools [Sam Eggers]
Bridget "Biddy" Mason — LA Real Estate Entrepreneur Who Sued For Her Freedom From Slavery [Sara Gorsky]
Billie Jean King — Pro Tennis Player and LGBTQ + Gender Equality Advocate [Sam Eggers]
Broadly Speaking #4: A Toast to Ruth Bader Ginsburg — The Notorious RBG
The Night Witches — Elite All-Female WWII Russian Air Force Units [Sara Gorsky]
Lyudmila Pavlichenko (aka Lady Death) — The Deadliest Female Sniper in History [Chloe Skye]
Pine Leaf Woman Chief — Two-Spirit Native American Chief Who Led With Peace [Sam Eggers]
Grace O'Malley — Irish Pirate Queen & Scourge of the English Empire [Chloe Skye]
Broadly Speaking #3: "Disney's Mulan" Reactions & Review
Lucy Parsons — Anarchist Leader of the Labor Party and Advocate for Workers' Rights [Sara Gorsky]
Yoko Ono — Avant-Garde Artist & Activist for Peace Who Definitively Did Not Break Up the Beatles [Sam Eggers]
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