Cracking the code

Thick & Thin

Katy Bellotte

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week, let's add a chapter to our history books because this episode of Thick & Thin is dedicated to Elizebeth Smith Friedman –– America's first female cryptanalyst. As a literal codebreaker, she busted drug smugglers and helped derail Nazi spies but never got the recognition she deserved. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte // Sources: https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/Historical-Figures-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/ https://www.europeana.eu/en/blog/francis-bacon-shakespeare-and-secret-societies https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pbs-film-tells-story-wwii-codebreaker-elizabeth-friedman-180976759/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizebeth-smith-friedman https://time.com/5928583/elizebeth-friedman-codebreaker/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/april/mother-cryptology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.2	Hey guys, welcome back to Thicken Thin. With me, Katie Bullotti. Hope you guys are all doing well
1:31.1	and are ready for another story because I have a good one for you guys today. But as you guys
1:36.4	are listening to this, it is the beginning of February. I believe it's going to be like the
1:40.7	second of February, my dad's birthday, groundhog's day. Yeah, we're in the midst of a new month,
1:48.3	a new month is here. And I am just, you know, every month that's passed, I've just been reminded
1:54.9	that it's going to be cold for a little while longer here in the city. And I am becoming
2:01.3	increasingly demotivated. Like I'm just all in favor of being chill, of being slow and relaxed,
2:09.6	not trying to go anywhere until like, you know, end of March is when I'm actually going to be
2:14.8	mobile, I feel like I'm all in favor of the chill plans and the chill, like getting my work done
2:20.5	so I can like put on very relaxing shows. And one show that's actually brought me a lot of joy
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