Byte Sized Biographies…

Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour....

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Herman Melville (Volume 2, Episode 9, Part 1)

Posted September 25, 2017 • 00:23:31

Herman Melville: From obscurity to immortality When he died at age 72, on September 28, 1891, Herman Melville was so obscure that those who even remembered...

Herman Melville (Volume 2, Episode 9, Part 2)

Posted September 25, 2017 • 00:25:26

Herman Melville: From Obscurity to Immortality Over forty, Melville need not be concerned with actually having to fight for the Union but in 1863, he...

Ted Ngoy, The Donut King Of Southern California, (Volume 2, Episode 8)

Posted September 1, 2017 • 00:22:44

Ted Ngoy, the ultimate American Dream, including donuts Eventually, in 1976, one of Ted’s customers showed him an ad in the local newspaper, the Orange...

Frida Kahlo (Volume 2, Episode 7) Part 1

Posted May 27, 2017 • 00:25:40

Frida Kahlo, Mexican icon Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Calderon was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. Today, Coyoacan, officially a borough...

Frida Kahlo (Volume 2, Episode 7) Part 2

Posted May 27, 2017 • 00:24:39

Frida Kahlo: Mexican Icon Since the death of Lenin in 1924, a power struggle over not only over the Soviet government but also the international Communist...