S31E4: Hedy Lamarr (Encore)

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On the occasion of what would have been her 111th birthday, today we revisit Alicia's 2020 story of the incredible life of Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr. Yes, she was an outstanding and hugely popular actress, but the lesser known part of the story is that Hedy Lamarr was a passionate and gifted inventor. She and composer and pianist George Antheil developed and patented a way to encrypt messages during WWII using different frequencies - an early step on the path to today's technologies like GPS and wi-fi. She was also married six times - lucky us. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Incogni. Protect your personal information from scammers, spammers, and data brokers – with 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/trashy. Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. My name is Stacy.
0:07.9	Hey friends, Alicia here. Thank you for joining us for today's tale of marital misadventure. This is one of my very favorite trashy divorces stories ever.
0:18.3	Today, I present to you the lovely and the brilliant Hetty Lamar.
0:22.6	A birthday girl. A birthday girl. This is dropping out for y'all November 9th, and that is the birthday
0:29.1	of this legendary scientist. Any time is a great time to talk about Hetty Lamar in my world.
0:36.8	Hetty was a genius about so, so many things, but with her six divorces, maybe love was not
0:42.9	the thing she was smartest about.
0:44.9	Everyone has their strengths, Alicia.
0:46.8	Hetty Lamar, a true T.D. All-Star.
0:50.3	Put on your best tiaras loaded with stars and rockets and let's go, go, go.
1:03.8	So Alicia, am I understanding that you discovered a glamorous inventor who is also a trashy divorces all-star and a Hollywood legend?
1:13.1	All of it this week.
1:14.6	I have one of the most famous Hollywood legends known for her beauty, but it is really
1:22.2	her brains that make her incredibly intriguing. One of the most famous inventors of the 20th century that
1:31.1	you didn't know as an inventor, Hetty Lamar. Pick a lane, Hetty Lamar! She wanted all the lanes.
1:37.5	Yeah, clearly. Big thanks to Kathleen D. Kathleen has been waiting for the story for the longest,
1:42.1	and quite frankly, me too too i've been saving the
1:44.7	story of hetty lamar for our scorpio season cause wauza i cannot think of a woman who does scorpio
1:50.7	quite as well as hetty lamar never just an ordinary girl hetty is six times married and divorced
2:00.6	so definite all-star status.
2:03.9	You're an all-star.
2:04.6	That's it.
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