What'sHerName

We invited folks to pop into our ad-hoc recording box to record the 60-second story of the... more

Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, longest-lasting... more

In 1917, Katharine Gibbs rebounded from personal tragedy in an unusual way: she decided to... more

Catherine Crowe was a wildly acclaimed Victorian novelist, playwright, social critic and …... more

When a history-making Copper Age burial was unearthed in southern Spain in 2008, the world... more

Violeta Parra needs no introduction in Latin America: not only did she record the greatest... more

Leonora Sansay lived through the last chaotic years of the Haitian Revolution - but the bo... more

135 years ago, Norwegian immigrant Thea Foss lived in a ramshackle driftwood houseboat on ... more

In the 3rd century, a mysterious queen ruled the Kingdom of Yamatai (modern-day Japan) wit... more

What if we could reopen a primordial spiritual portal, and summon peace on earth? For Eva ... more

At the dawn of the Mughal Empire, a bold and brilliant Princess outlived three Emperors, a... more

The Roman Republic is collapsing and everything hangs in the balance. It's a political gam... more

Queen Seondeok of Silla was revered for her wisdom, her compassion, and most importantly -... more

150 years ago, Irish farmer Johanna O'Brien created a secret recipe for black pudding. Tod... more

Nobody knows her real name. But this "Uncontested Pirate Queen of the Western Mediterranea... more

She lived through the worst century in human history: the Black Death, famine, war, death ... more

Mary Ware Dennett was one of the most important and influential activist for women's right... more

She prevented war and death on an immense scale, in acts that could earn the Nobel Peace P... more

When world-famous strongman Eugen Sandow finally met his match, nobody expected it to be a... more

A pirate ship jammed with treasure. The worst storm to ever hit Cape Cod. The mythical shi... more

How did two ordinary 18th century Anglo-Irish sisters end up gallivanting around the Europ... more

Travel to snowy Victorian Maine in this year's Christmas Special, as Katie reads from the ... more

Zeynab Pasha was one of the most influential voices during several crises of 19th century ... more

If you knew the recipe for an undetectable poison, would you use it? What about giving it ... more

When Sigrid Schultz was offered a job as a reporter in Berlin, Germany in 1919, she had no... more

Whenever Teresa Lim asked about a striking woman she saw in old family photos, she was tol... more

Throughout the 1920s, three sisters dominated the Australian film scene. The phenomenal fi... more

Aleksandra Samusenko commanded a unit of Soviet tanks through some of the most brutal batt... more