Introducing... Driven By Her: Unsung Heroines

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The episode you're about to hear is a sample of the "Driven By Her" series from the Ongoing History of New Music presented by Porsche Canada. On this 5 episode series host Alan Cross explores the amazing contributions some of the most talented women on the planet have made to Modern Music. From Women who made the 90's rock to guitar heroes to the stories of some of the most talented songwriters and producers on the planet making the biggest hit we all know the words to... On the sample you're about to hear you'll learn about more than a dozen women that have changed music forever but have been given little to no credit, and Alan wants to fix that as he shines a spotlight on Trixie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie and more. You'll be surprised to find that behind the rock and roll... the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd ALL have women to thank for their contributions to music history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and
0:04.7	add free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. Hey it's Mike, the episode you're about to hear
0:10.7	is a sample of the driven by her series from the ongoing history of new music presented by Porsche
0:17.0	Canada. On this five episode series, host Alan Cross explores the amazing contributions.
0:23.3	Some of the most talented women on the planet have made to modern music. From women who made the
0:28.3	90s rock to guitar heroes to the stories of some of the most talented songwriters and producers on
0:34.3	the planet making the biggest hit we all know the words to on the sample you're about to hear
0:39.5	you'll learn about more than a dozen women that have changed music forever but have been given
0:44.4	little to no credit. And Alan wants to fix that as he shines a spotlight on Trixie Smith,
0:50.4	Ma Rainey, Memphis Mini and more. You'll be surprised to find that behind the rock and roll,
0:55.6	the rolling stones and pink Floyd all have women to thank for their contributions to music history.
1:02.0	Hey have you ever heard of a woman named Rosalind Franklin? Probably not but you can draw a line
1:07.3	from today's COVID vaccines all the way back to her in the 1950s. She conducted some serious research
1:14.0	into the makeup of RNA molecules. Rosalind also did some groundbreaking research into the
1:19.4	structure of DNA molecules and without her Jim Watson and Francis Crick may not have discovered
1:25.9	how DNA was constructed. They would go on to win the Nobel Prize in 1962 but was Rosalind ever
1:32.6	given the credit she deserved? No. What about Grace Hopper? Does that ring any bells?
1:39.2	Back in the 1940s, Lieutenant Grace Hopper invented some computer programming techniques
1:44.3	used by the Army during World War II. This was the basis of cobalt, the computer language,
1:50.2	still used by business finance and administrative software today. Okay, it doesn't, doesn't help.
1:57.0	Okay, let's try Susan Care. You know, well she's the one who came up with the trash can icon
2:02.7	and the command key on Mac computers. She was integral to making the Mac operating system
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