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Ridiculous History

Ada Lovelace, Part One: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Became a Tech Visionary

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today Ada Lovelace is hailed as one of the most important figures in the early history of computing -- but, during her childhood, her mother was worried she might take after her father, the famous poet (and infamous philanderer) Lord Byron. Learn more about Ada's childhood in part one of this two-part series.

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My father was a block star.

0:01.7

It was like Bidlemania.

0:03.2

But not here in America.

0:04.7

Dean Reed criticized the American government

0:06.8

from behind the Iron Curtain.

0:08.3

He had lots of enemies.

0:09.7

He'll calm you down, you can call out.

0:11.3

He wanted to come back home and then

0:13.4

the unthinkable happened.

0:15.0

Dean Reed died.

0:16.2

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0:17.8

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0:30.5

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0:33.0

I'm a social media influencer.

0:34.9

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0:38.2

She was yelling at the police for like getting her butt

0:41.0

tissue out of joy when they were hand-guffing her.

0:43.3

She's got hundreds of victims.

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