Compact Biographies

In the seventh episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one half of one of the best-loved comedy duo's of all time - Oliver Hardy.

In the sixth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the leading man in over 60 Hollywood movies and who is often referred to as the King of Hollywood - Clark Gable.

In the fifth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an actress and singer who spent 45 of her 47 years in the public eye - Judy Garland.

In the fourth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an American mobster who was one of the most infamous and feared gangsters of his day - Bugsy Siegel.

In the third episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an actress who was married to Mickey Rooney, had a relationship with Howard Hughes and swam naked in Ernest Hemingway's swimming pool - Ava Gardner.

In the second episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a man who changed the way early movies were made, went on to revolutionise the movie industry when he helped create United Artists and was ultimately accused of being a communist. He was a comedy genius who is still revered decades after his death. Charlie Chaplin.

In the first episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an icon of the silver screen who made his name in a television Western before moving on to movie legend status - Steve McQueen.

In the tenth and final episode of season 4 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast we take a look at the life of the man, whose assassination is blamed for the start of the First World War - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

In the ninth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most influential women of the 16th century, and arguably in all of history - Catherine de Medici. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the eighth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the Rat Pack - actor, singer, dancer and all-round entertainer - Sammy Davis Junior. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the seventh episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the tragically short life of the martial arts movie legend that was - Bruce Lee. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the sixth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of the man who brought about the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire, its first Emperor - Julius Caesar. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the fifth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of the American social reformer and women's rights activist, Susan B. Anthony. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the fourth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a President of the United States who became known as The Great Emancipator - Abraham Lincoln. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the third episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the often turbulent life of musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the second episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the father of the American Navy, John Paul Jones. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the first episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of England's most famous, or notorious Kings - Henry VIII. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the fourth episode of the third season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the short, violent life of bank-robbing legend John Dillinger. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the third episode of the third season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of music legend Waylon Jennings. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the second episode of the third season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of discovery in the sciences that was led by Nobel laureate Francis Crick. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the first episode of the third season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the short and turbulent life of a Hollywood legend - Marilyn Monroe. Visit our website: Compact Biographies Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the tenth and final episode of season 2 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the short and sad life of a genius from the world of art - Vincent Van Gogh. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the ninth episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the biggest female stars of the silver screen - Joan Crawford. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the eighth episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most influential golf professionals of all time and founder of The Masters - Bobby Jones. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the seventh episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a hero of the Soviet Union, and the first man to travel into space - Yuri Gagarin. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the sixth episode of season 2 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the Englishman who became a highly regarded actor and also served in the army during World War II - David Niven. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the fifth episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most influential singer/songwriters and musicians of the 20th century and a member of one of the biggest music groups in history - George Harrison. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the fourth episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the English queen who had 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake, earning her the nickname 'Bloody Mary' - Queen Mary I. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the third episode of season two of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of an Englishman who became one of the founding fathers of the United States of America - Thomas Paine. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the second episode of season 2 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a quick look at the life of the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize - Marie Curie. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the first episode of season 2 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the 26th President of the United States - Theodore Roosevelt. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 30 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at one of the best-known science fiction authors of all time - Isaac Asimov. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 29 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of the man who tried to keep the USA out of World War I and who was instrumental in creating the United Nations. He was the 28th President of the United States - Woodrow Wilson. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 28 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a look at one of the most important figures of revolutionary America - Paul Revere. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 27 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a look at one of the USA's most controversial first ladies, Mary Todd Lincoln. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 26 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a look at the short life of one of the 27 Club - Jim Morrison. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 25 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of the infamous explorer Hernando Cortes. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the twenty-fourth episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a baseball legend who became known as the 'Yankee Clipper' and for a while was married to Marilyn Monroe - Joe DiMaggio. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the twenty-third episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who was born William Henry Pratt but became a horror icon when he played Frankenstein's monster on the silver screen - Boris Karloff. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In the twenty-second episode of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a Hollywood actress who also helped invent a guidance system for torpedoes - Hedy Lamarr. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode twenty-one of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the woman who was the last queen of France before the French revolution - Marie Antoinette. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 20 of 5 Minute Biographies we take a look at the life of the father of impressionism - Claude Monet Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 19 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the most important artists of the 20th century - Pablo Picasso. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 18 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the most iconic female solo music recording artists of all time - Patsy Cline. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 17 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the Queens of Hollywood during the 1930s. She was the darling of Clark Gable and her life would be cut tragically short at the age of only 33 - Carole Lombard. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 16 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a man who became synonymous with Liverpool Football Club - Bill Shankly. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 15 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a man who would become one of the most important scientific minds in history - Michael Faraday. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 14 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a Canadian actress who starred in over 70 films during the 1920s and '30s and became known as the Queen of Scream - Fay Wray. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 13 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a fashion designer who marketed on the iconography of luxury and privilege, a marked contrast from his childhood and upbringing - Ralph Lauren. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!

In episode 12 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a First Lady of the United States who became the first First Lady to travel by air, first to hold press conferences, first to be a radio commentator, and first to become a syndicated columnist - Eleanor Roosevelt. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!