Best Hannah Kitt Podcasts (2025)

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Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison 27:00

8d ago27:00

27:00

George Harrison was a musician, singer and songwriter who became one of the most famous people in the world as one quarter of the Beatles. That alone would merit a place in the Great Lives pantheon, but his work in the decades after the band broke up indicates a man of diverse and arguably underestimated talents. Erupting onto the pop music scene i…

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Jake Arnott on John Gay 27:42

8d ago27:42

27:42

John Gay, eighteenth-century satirist and author of The Beggar's Opera, is nominated by the writer Jake Arnott - whose novels, including The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers, are also set in London's criminal underworld. Editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop, is the presenter, and Dr Rebecca Bullard of the University of Oxford is on hand to help uncover …

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Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy 27:59

15d ago27:59

27:59

One dubbed "the biggest, loudest and indisputably the rudest mouth on the battleground", Florynce Kennedy was a force to be reckoned with. She was a lawyer, a vocal figure in the American civil rights and feminist movements of the 1960s and '70s, and a champion of numerous other causes besides; from legalising abortion to campaigning for sex-worker…

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A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 27:47

22d ago27:47

27:47

"I've chosen him because I think he was possibly the most interesting human being who has ever lived". A N Wilson Born in the middle of the 18th century in Frankfurt, Goethe went on to become the pre-eminent figure in German literature. As well as writing plays and poetry (including Faust) he was a statesman, a scientist, an artist and a critic. Qu…

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Jessica Fostekew on Boudica 27:44

29d ago27:44

27:44

"The Queen Boadicea, standing loftily charioted, Brandishing in her hand a dart and rolling glances lioness-like, Yell'd and shriek'd between her daughters in her fierce volubility": so wrote Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the 19th Century, celebrating the story of an ancient English warrior queen who sparked a brutal and bloody rebellion against Roman r…

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Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs 27:41

1M ago27:41

27:41

Eugene Victor Debs, born 1855 in Indiana USA, was a railway worker, a trade unionist and a five time candidate for the presidency. He was imprisoned during the First World War for sedition. He'd urged resistance to the draft; President Woodrow Wilson called him a traitor to the nation, but Debs still ran for the presidency in 1920. His sentence was…

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Pen Hadow nominates Sir Peter Scott 27:48

1M ago27:48

27:48

"Make the boy interested in natural history," wrote Captain Scott from his tent in the Antarctic. He was talking about his son, three year old Peter Scott, whom he never saw again and who went on to found the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust and campaign against the hunting of whales. The son also designed the panda logo for the Wold Wide Fund for Nature…

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Lauren Cuthbertson on Margot Fonteyn 28:06

2M ago28:06

28:06

Margot Fonteyn was an icon: a ballerina who helped build and indeed embodied the traditional image of a dancer, just as the artform was finding its feet on the British cultural scene. From humble beginnings she became an international star, enjoying a dazzling career with the Royal Ballet, a glamorous social life as a diplomat’s wife, and an electr…

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Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore 27:59

2M ago27:59

27:59

Professor Colin Blakemore was a famous communicator of science, the youngest ever Reith lecturer on the BBC. He was also targeted by members of the animal rights movement, which sent bombs and letters lined with razor blades to his home address. Born in 1944 and brought up in Coventry, Colin Blakemore was committed to brain research and the connect…

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Doug Allan on Captain Jacques Cousteau 28:07

2M ago28:07

28:07

Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau was an oceanographer, filmmaker and explorer who made the seas a subject of fascination for millions. During his time in the French Navy, Cousteau co-invented the Aqua-Lung: the first self-contained kit that allowed a diver to breathe underwater. This and his fascination with capturing images of the subaquatic world pa…

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Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu 27:47

6M ago27:47

27:47

In 1981 Brian Clough paid £1 million pounds to bring Justin Fashanu to Nottingham Forest. It was the climax of a meteoric career, but within months the goals had dried up, he'd been going to gay nightclubs, and Fashanu had also become become a born again Christian. Four decades later Justin Fashanu remains top flight English football's only openly …

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Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William Morris 27:46

6M ago27:46

27:46

The biography show where famous guests picks someone they admire or love. Jane Morris was the wife of William Morris and muse of Gabriel Dante Rossetti. Anneka Rice believes her contribution to 19th-Century art and culture has been largely overlooked. "I'm not a big fan of needle point," she says, "but we cannot ignore what she brings to art histor…

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The surgeon Henry Marsh picks 'the saviour of mothers' Dr Semmelweis 27:44

6M ago27:44

27:44

The biography show where famous guests pick someone from history they admire or they love. Our only rule is they must be dead. Today neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh chooses “the saviour of mothers” Dr Ignaz Semmelweis The Hungarian doctor discovered the link between childbirth and puerperal fever in 19th century Vienna but he was ridiculed, ignored and…

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The Roman Emperor Nero 27:36

7M ago27:36

27:36

An unexpected choice for Great Lives, the Roman Emperor Nero has a reputation for debauchery and murder. He was also surprisingly popular, at least during the early years of his reign, and the writer Conn Iggulden argues he may be a victim of bad press. The Christians decided he was the anti-christ some three centuries after he died, and the three …

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Film director Julien Temple on Elizabethan bad boy Christopher Marlowe 27:47

7M ago27:47

27:47

Julien Temple, director of The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, Glastonbury and Absolute Beginners, chooses Christopher Marlowe, writer of brilliant plays including Doctor Faustus and Tamburlaine the Great. "I'm excited to talk about him," he says, "because I've known him for more than 50 years." The link? An attempt as a student to summon up Marlowe in …

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Zing Tsjeng on Swedish painter Hilma af Klint 27:52

7M ago27:52

27:52

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was barely known during her lifetime but an exhibition of her work at the Guggenheim Museum in 2018 shattered attendance records. it was called Paintings for the Future, and the giant abstract work astounded visitors who had not heard of her before.Joining journalist Zing Tsjeng in the studio to discuss her life is Jennif…

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Miriam Margolyes on Charles Dickens 27:54

7M ago27:54

27:54

The great Miriam Margolyes chooses Charles Dickens, author of Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol. "He's the man in my life. He's tugged me into his world and never let me go. He writes better prose than anyone who's ever lived. He's told the most interesting stories, invented 2000 of the best characters, and because he was a wicked man." Miriam Mar…

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Mary Portas on Anita Roddick 27:48

10M ago27:48

27:48

Dame Anita Roddick started The Body Shop in Brighton as a way to earn a living while her husband was travelling the Americas by horseback. Her idea for ethically-sourced beauty products which were initially sold in urine sample bottles soon flew. The first shop that she began with a £4,000 loan and painted green to disguise the damp on the walls th…

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Lady Rachel MacRobert, chosen by Hayaatun Sillem 27:54

10M ago27:54

27:54

Lady Rachel MacRobert was born Rachel Workman in Massachusetts in 1884. She was sent to study in the UK where she developed a passion for geology, and attended the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geological Society despite women not being allowed. She became Lady Rachel MacRobert through marriage to Alexander MacRobert in 1911. He was thirty ye…

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Moms Truly are Superheroes, Turning Tragedy into Hope with Tiffan Yamen 43:07

10M ago43:07

43:07

In this final episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of Power of Women.World, Kim, and Hannah chat with Tiffan Yamen, who is living proof that moms are indeed superheroes. Tiffan’s story is both heartbreaking and inspiring as she chats with us about how she came to start Healthy Birth Day, Inc., which was founded on the bel…

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Queen Emma 27:37

10M ago27:37

27:37

Professor Alice Roberts, best known as the presenter of Digging for Britain, picks the wife of two English kings and the mother of two English kings. Queen Emma was born in Normandy and came to England as a diplomatic peaceweaver when she married Aethelred in 1002. Somehow she survived the invasion of the Danes under Swein Forkbeard and married his…

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James Dyson on Frank Whittle 27:54

11M ago27:54

27:54

Frank Whittle’s fascination with aeroplanes started as a nine-year-old boy when he was nearly decapitated by one that was taking off from a local common in Coventry where he grew up. From that moment he set his sights on becoming a pilot, and joined the RAF in 1923. A few years later, aged just 21, he came up with an idea for powering aircraft so t…

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The Importance of Tribes, Being Resilient, and Wearing Air Force Ones to Work with Kelly Schukart 38:11

11M ago38:11

38:11

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of Power of Women.World, Kim, and Hannah chat with Kelly Schukart, General Manager of Oregon Sports Properties for Learfield. As a former softball player at the University of Oregon, Kelly is a Duck through and through, working now in connecting brands/companies to the passion …

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Katherine Rundell on E Nesbit 27:49

11M ago27:49

27:49

Bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell discusses the extraordinary life of E Nesbit who wrote The Railway Children and Five Children And It. Katherine praises her “bold unwillingness to speak down to children” and reflects that “she never seemed to forget what it was like to be a child”. E, or Edith, Nesbit’s conjuring of mythical beasts l…

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Antoni Gaudi 27:23

11M ago27:23

27:23

Baroness Ros Altmann, a Conservative peer and former pensions minister, was “blown away” by the architecture of Antoni Gaudi on a trip to Barcelona in the 1990s. She’s been back several times and her wonder at Gaudi’s use of colour and natural shapes has not faded. She wants to find out more about the conservative, religious man who created such ex…

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Oh, Now I Get It! Delayed Empathy and the Mother Daughter Relationship with Jeannie DuBose 34:03

11M ago34:03

34:03

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of Power of Women.World, Kim, and Hannah chat with Jeannie DuBose, a speaker, facilitator, and author of Tending the Fire: The Story of a Marriage and The Mother Daughter Dance. Jeannie asks some precious questions about how important creating an authentic understanding of ours…

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Sir Bruce Forsyth 27:43

11M ago27:43

27:43

The political writer and broadcaster Steve Richards remembers the 1970s as a “dark decade.” But one shining light for the teenage Steve was Saturday evening telly, especially the Generation Game on BBC One. He was captivated by the performance of the show’s host, Bruce Forsyth. Brucie was in his pomp, with the programme getting audiences of up to 1…

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Harry Enfield on Gerard Hoffnung 27:56

11M ago27:56

27:56

Gerard Hoffnung’s life was short. He died in 1959 at the age of 34, but this cartoonist, musician, broadcaster and raconteur achieved a lot in that time. Born in Berlin, he lived most of his life in London. His charming cartoons which often gently poked fun at musicians and conductors were printed in magazines and books. His wife Annetta said he wa…

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Yes, You Can Do Everything You Want to Do with Dr. Jamie Drowley, DDS 40:43

11M ago40:43

40:43

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of Power of Women.World, we chat with Dr. Jamie Drowley, DDS, who leads a life where she does everything. Jamie shares how she embraces and curates her many passions into living a life of many facets: an author, a dentist, a yogi, a mom, a literary agent, and a former officer i…

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The Business of Organization with Kara Cantley 33:57

12M ago33:57

33:57

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of Power of Women.World, Kim, and Hannah chat with Kara Cantley, the owner/CEO of Tick Tock Concierge. This wide-ranging conversation is full of intelligent takeaways as Kara talks about building her business, Tick Tock Concierge, where she helps people keep their lives organiz…

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Crowning Champions: Working in Women’s Sports with Natalie Steger 39:53

1y ago39:53

39:53

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.World, Kim and Hannah chat with Natalie Steger, the Associate Director of Broadcasting, Championships and Alliances at the NCAA. This inspiring story is full of moments where Natalie talks about working in a job/career where she is genuinely doing what she was m…

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Football (Soccer) is Life with Alex Morrison 34:07

1y ago34:07

34:07

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.World, Kim and Hannah chat with Alex Morrison. Alex shares how she got from Arizona to Zurich, Switzerland, where she works as a Competition Manager with FIFA. This inspiring story is full of moments when Alex decides to bet on herself and follow her dreams. She…

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Bravery in Changing Careers with Page Fehling 36:44

1y ago36:44

36:44

In this episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.World, Kim and Hannah chat with Page Fehling. Page walks us through her journey of changing careers as she left her successful career in television to start her own business as a professional speaker/facilitator. Page’s bravery, sense of humor, and ability to be…

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Alan Freeman picked by Simon Mayo 27:50

1y ago27:50

27:50

In 1961 Alan 'Fluff' Freeman took over as the host of the BBC Radio's 'Pick of the Pops' and changed music broadcasting forever. From the opening "Greetings pop pickers" Alan would count down the hottest records of the week punctuating the end of each track with minimal detail before introducing the next. It was exhilarating radio and his staccato …

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What is Social Justice and How to be an Ally with Karie Huchting, Ph.D. 38:22

1y ago38:22

38:22

In episode 2 of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.world, Kim and Hannah talk with Dr. Karie Huchting, Ph.D., a professor of Education Leadership for Social Justice at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. This is an essential and profound conversation as Karie talks about how she lives a life fou…

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Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary Oliver 28:24

1y ago28:24

28:24

The Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver died in 2019. She was best known for her poetry that reflected her love of the natural world and her famous poem 'Wild Geese' is said to have literally saved people's lives with its message of hope and redemption. An abusive childhood led the young Mary to escape into the woods near her home in Ohio where…

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Mr Motivator picks Harry Belafonte 28:30

1y ago28:30

28:30

Harry Belafonte became the King of Calypso with hits like 'Day-O' and 'Jump in the Line' but he would later describe himself as an activist who became a musician and an actor. Fitness guru Derrick Evans MBE AKA 'Mr Motivator' spent much of the 90s on TV wearing brightly-coloured spandex and encouraging people to be more active. He stresses the poli…

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Start-Ups, Venture Capital, and Believing in the Underdogs with Maria Hess 39:19

1y ago39:19

39:19

In this first episode of Season 2 of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.world, Kim and Hannah talk with Maria Hess from Seattle, Washington. The conversation is wide-ranging and honest as Maria discusses the challenges and opportunities of being part of the start-up ecosystem and working every day in the venture capital space …

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Jimmy Wales on Thomas Jefferson 27:49

1y ago27:49

27:49

In 1776 Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, kick-starting the movement against British rule and putting in place the foundations for democracy in what became the United States of America. But he was a man of contradictions. He argued passionately against slavery but was a slave-owner. He had a relationship with an enslaved woma…

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Eartha Kitt proposed by Faye Tozer 28:27

1y ago28:27

28:27

Eartha Kitt was born in South Carolina in 1927. She had a tough upbringing but found her talent whilst in theatre school in New York. She became a star of stage and then screen, most notably as Catwoman in the series 'Batman'. She upset President Johnson's wife with her comments about the Vietnam War. Her sultry cabaret performances and trademark g…

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John Gray on JG Ballard 28:25

1y ago28:25

28:25

Philosopher John Gray chooses as his great life the iconic British writer of dystopian and speculative fiction, J.G. Ballard, in conversation with the author's daughter Bea Ballard. Presented by Matthew ParrisProduced in Bristol by Beth Sagar-FentonBy BBC Radio 4

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Iszi Lawrence on Diana Barnato Walker 28:52

1y ago28:52

28:52

Broadcaster and author Iszi Lawrence chooses the aviator Diana Barnato Walker. Coming from a privileged background, Diana used her pocket money to take flying lessons, flew bombers during World War II, and - aged 45 - became the first British woman to break the sound barrier. Iszi is joined by Giles Whittell, author of Spitfire Women of World War I…

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Mohammad Mossadegh, PM of Iran ousted in a coup 28:17

1+ y ago28:17

28:17

Walter Murch picks Mohammad Mossadegh, prime minister following the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian oil company in 1951. Mossadegh was ousted in a coup in 1953. Murch became fascinated in Mossadegh's life while working on a Sam Mendes film about the first Iraq War. Walter Murch is an editor best known for Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and The …

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Thinking Bigger with Dana Gentry and Linda McKissack 36:33

1+ y ago36:33

36:33

In this final episode of Season One of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.world; Kim and Hannah talk with Dana Gentry and Linda McKissack. Join them as Dana and Linda discuss their own journeys in real estate, the beauty of humble beginnings, and the process of beginning to think and then proactively act “bigger.” Linda and Da…

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It Isn't Just about Wins: Authentic Leadership and Coaching with Amanda Butler 36:57

1+ y ago36:57

36:57

In this episode of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.world, Kim, and Hannah talk with Amanda Butler, the then Head Coach of Clemson University Women’s Basketball. Join them as they discuss leadership, the evolution of coaching, and the competitive advantage found in #HYBLAW, which is Handle Your Business Like A Woman. Coach B…

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Talking Sex, Love, and Relationships with Faith Laux 33:39

1+ y ago33:39

33:39

In this episode of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.world, Join Kim and Hannah as they talk with Faith Laux, a sex, love, and relationship coach. Throughout the conversation, she shares her story and how important it is for women to have genuine discussions about sex and their bodies, and their roles in creating our own posi…

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Living a Life of Servant Leadership with Melissa Bryant 40:34

1+ y ago40:34

40:34

In this episode of Finding Your Power: The Official Podcast of PowerofWomen.world, Kim, and Hannah talk with a real-life superhero, Melissa Bryant. Throughout the conversation, she shares her story about how she went from a trailblazing student-athlete at the United States Air Force Academy to a Security Forces Officer in the Air Force to a stay-at…

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Ludwig Koch 27:46

1+ y ago27:46

27:46

The award-winning Sound Recordist and Musician, Chris Watson nominates his hero, Ludwig Koch. In 1889, German-born Koch was the first person ever to record birdsong (at the age of 8) onto a wax cylinder recorder, given to him by his father as a toy. Despite a promising baritone voice and being a very good violinist, the first world war put paid to …

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Lady Eve Balfour 27:41

1+ y ago27:41

27:41

An aristocrat in an eye patch, a jazz saxophonist, a crime novelist and a pioneering organic farmer. Lady Eve Balfour was born in 1898 into the political elite - her uncle was A J Balfour, who was Prime Minister from 1902-05. But from the age of 12 she wanted to be a farmer and, after studying at agricultural college, made her dream a reality. She …

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Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley 27:44

1+ y ago27:44

27:44

Veteran British film director Ken Loach nominates the 17th century radical pamphleteer and and leader of the Diggers, Gerrard Winstanley. Born in Wigan in 1609, Winstanley began writing religious pamphlets after his cloth selling business in London went bankrupt and he was forced to move to the country. There his 'heart was filled with sweet though…

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