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Marianne Moore: The Poet Who Named the Edsel Utopian Turtletop
Jun 23, 202621 min
Martin Short: Turning a Lifetime of Grief Into Relentless Joy
Jun 23, 202611 min
Mary Leakey: The Expelled Rebel Who Rewrote Human Evolution
Jun 23, 202618 min
Maya Rudolph: From a Mother's Lullaby to Comedy Royalty
Jun 23, 202613 min
Mel Brooks: How a Bullied Brooklyn Kid Weaponized Comedy
Jun 23, 202620 min
Michael McIntyre: From an Audience of One to Arena Records
Jun 23, 202620 min
Mike Myers: From Wayne's World to Canada's Elbows Up Rallying Cry
Jun 23, 202619 min
Mike Nichols: The Refugee Who Made Isolation a Superpower
Jun 23, 202621 min
Roger Williams: The Stubborn Rebel Who Built American Liberty
Jun 23, 202620 min
Mel Blanc: The Man of 1,000 Voices Who Woke Up as Bugs Bunny
Jun 23, 202622 min
Cantinflas: The Comedian Who Weaponized Nonsense Against the Elite
Jun 23, 202619 min
Charles Schulz: How Rejection and Heartbreak Built Peanuts
Jun 23, 202620 min
Chelsea Handler: From DUI Class to Late-Night Disruptor and Activist
Jun 23, 202618 min
Conrad Hilton: How Hourly Hotel Beds Built a Global Empire
Jun 23, 202619 min
Curtis Mayfield: The Paralyzed Genius Who Sang Lying Down
Jun 23, 202620 min
Damon Wayans: The Comic Who Got Fired From SNL on Purpose
Jun 23, 202620 min
Don Rickles: How a Professional Bully Became Hollywood's Kindest Man
Jun 23, 202619 min
Diana Ross: The Startup Founder Who Bought the Factory
Jun 23, 202620 min
Donald Johanson: The Walk That Uncovered Lucy and Human Origins
Jun 23, 202616 min
Dylan Moran: The Aimless Dropout Who Bottled Misanthropy as Art
Jun 23, 202620 min
Eddie Cantor: Banjo Eyes, the March of Dimes, and Defying TV Censors
Jun 23, 202621 min
William Wrigley Jr.: From $32 and Soap to a Chewing Gum Empire
Jun 23, 202621 min
Flip Wilson: Geraldine, TV's First Black Superstar, and WYSIWYG
Jun 23, 202618 min
Hank Azaria: The Vocal Chameleon Behind The Simpsons
Jun 23, 202622 min
Hannah Gadsby: How Nanette Shattered the Rules of Comedy
Jun 23, 202621 min
Iliza Shlesinger: From Last Comic Standing to a Media Empire
Jun 23, 202619 min
James Thurber: The Blind Humorist Who Drew From Memory
Jun 23, 202626 min
Jerome Kern: The Late-Night Poker Game That Built the Modern Musical
Jun 23, 202620 min
Jimmy Carr: The Dyslexic Late Bloomer Who Engineered a Comedy Empire
Jun 23, 202620 min
Laurence Olivier: The Greatest Actor Who Wasn't a Natural
Jun 23, 202624 min
Margaret Cho: Surviving Hollywood and Shattering the Mold
Jun 23, 202618 min
Mo'Nique: The Oscar Win, the Blacklist, and the Fight Back
Jun 23, 202620 min
Moms Mabley: The Trojan Horse Who Smuggled Truth Into America
Jun 23, 202617 min
Oliver Hardy: The Theater Manager Behind the Bumbling Fool
Jun 23, 202622 min
Phyllis Diller: The Punk Rocker Who Reinvented Female Comedy
Jun 23, 202618 min
Arno Penzias: The Pigeon Poop That Revealed the Big Bang
Jun 23, 202618 min
Pigmeat Markham: How a Comedy Catchphrase Birthed Rap
Jun 23, 202620 min
Robert Wilson: Hearing the Big Bang in the Static
Jun 23, 202620 min
Roseanne Barr: The Roller Coaster With No Brakes
Jun 23, 202619 min
The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered Went Broke for Fans
Jun 23, 202622 min
Theo Von: The Mullet Comic Presidents Now Call
Jun 23, 202618 min
Tig Notaro: How a Cancer Diagnosis Made Comedy History
Jun 23, 202620 min
U2: 50 Years of Reinvention, Egos, and Survival
Jun 23, 202622 min
Vercingetorix: The Gaul Who Nearly Beat Julius Caesar
Jun 23, 202621 min
Walter Reuther: The Man Who Built the Middle Class
Jun 23, 202625 min
Weird Al: How an Accordion Nerd Outlasted Every Pop Star
Jun 23, 202620 min
Tony Blair: The Turnaround CEO of British Politics
Jun 23, 202620 min
Huey Long: The Kingfish and America's Brush with Dictatorship
Jun 23, 202621 min
Jack Paar: The Host Who Walked Off Live TV and Won
Jun 23, 202620 min
Jacques Chirac: The Bulldozer Who Mastered Contradiction
Jun 23, 202621 min