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What'sHerName

THE SUN QUEEN Maria Telkes

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8538 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Her pioneering work on solar heat and solar energy would change science forever – but it was her passionate dedication to humanity that made her a true visionary. Meet the remarkable Maria Telkes, subject of the amazing American Experience documentary The Sun Queen, with Olivia’s guests: Writer/Producer Gene Tempest and Director Amanda Pollack. Music featured in this episode provided by: Amanda Setlik Wilson, The Mini Vandals, Esther Abrami, I Think I Can Help You, and Joel Cummins. Want to help us “make history”? Become a Patron or Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is also made possible by our Patreon supporters, Nolly B. Julie Gray, Mary Jones, Jessica Smith, Kim Hockinson, Jan Elise Cannon, Jill Harrigan, Jamie Lang, Maria Carla Sanchez, Heather McKinnon, Valerie Jacobson, Chantelle Oliver, Eric and Carolyn Schumway, Katrina and Kristen,

0:23.1

Tam Zane Weir, Caitlin Wigtaggart, and Lindsay Cummings. And a very happy birthday to Rachel Fisher.

0:33.5

Hi, Katie. Hi, Olivia. This episode is going to be a little bit different than our usual one,

0:41.9

because in this episode, my guests are the writer-producer and the director for an upcoming episode of the PBS documentary series The American Experience,

0:55.3

which airs next week.

1:00.3

I happen to know one of the scholarly guests on that episode is one Olivia Mickle.

1:06.2

Hey, yeah.

1:08.3

So, cool.

1:10.8

So this is a bit of flipping the script.

1:13.6

I was their guest expert and now they're my guest experts.

1:19.4

Cool.

1:20.4

And have you basically lived your dream?

1:23.1

Yeah, it's still...

1:24.4

Was it on your bucket list?

1:25.6

Have you a talking head on PBS?

1:27.4

It was so far off my bucket list as inconceivable and would never, ever happen.

1:35.6

The whole thing was very surreal.

1:38.0

This is not happening.

1:39.6

I'm not really here.

1:42.3

But it turns out I was, and it did.

1:45.1

So,

1:45.8

Cool.

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