Henrietta Swan Leavitt Unlocks the Universe - Podcast #013

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2008

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The largely untold story of human-computer Henrietta Leavitt and how she unlocked the key to the vast universe. Also hear about a woman who hiccupped for 12 weeks, the burglary of William Fricke residence, riding a bike from California to Virginia Beach. and John Cleves Symmes plan to enter the interior of the Earth through the giant hole at the North Pole. Retrosponsor: Camel Cigarettes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	Hello all, Eric Rivenus with the most notorious podcast here.
0:39.0	Each week I interview an author or historian about a historical true crime, tragedy or disaster.
0:46.0	Subject matter ranges from gunslingers to Gilded Age murder to gangsters to fires to, to wild prison breaks.
0:54.0	My guests bring their incredible knowledge directly to you.
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1:02.0	Cheers and have a safe tomorrow.
1:06.0	Useless information.
1:10.0	Hi I'm Steve Silverman and listening to a classic episode of the
1:15.2	Useless Information Podcast. And here we are. We finally arrived at Lucky
1:20.4	Podcast Number 13, which was released on April 27th of 2008.
1:25.0	And this episode does include a number of firsts.
1:29.0	Most importantly, the main story about Henrietta Swan Leavitt was the first one that I ever penned specifically for this podcast.
1:36.0	It didn't come from my books, didn't come from my website, it was written specifically for this episode.
1:42.0	I also introduced two new segments of the podcast both of which I'm still
1:46.7	doing today and I think this episode is where the whole format of my podcast
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