10 Minute Treadmill Stories
10 Minute Treadmill Stories
10 Minute Treadmill Stories
Run on the treadmill, take care of chores, or just keep your energy up with captivating 10-minute stories of human achievement, survival, and all around bad-assery, told over an upbeat 120 bpm soundtrack. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Have a story you think we should share? Email us at [email protected]
82. Four Women Inventors You May Have Never Heard Of
Cataract removal, isolating blood-forming stem cells, THE MURPHY BED?! And even one more. In honor of women's history month, check out the story of these four women inventors you may have never heard of.
Mar 23, 2021
8 min
81. The History of YouTube
How did YouTube take over the world in a few short years? Take ten minutes to find out! Have a story we should hear? Email us at [email protected]
Mar 19, 2021
9 min
80. The Mohawk Iron Workers Who Built Manhattan
Mohawk men from a small reservation in Canada were responsible to building almost every iconic building and bridge in New York City including the Empire State building, the World Trade Center, and the Chrysler building. How did such a small group of men make such an enormous impact? That's what the next ten minutes are all about! Have a story we should hear? Email us at [email protected]
Mar 17, 2021
10 min
79. Gerda Lerner, a Founder of Woman's History
Gerda Lerner was a scholar, writer, activist, and a founder of the academic field of women's history.
Mar 15, 2021
10 min
78. The First Computer Programmer from 1815
Ada Lovelace, born in 1815, was the first person to recognize the potential of a computer, and as the author of the first computer algorithm, is widely considered to be the first computer programmer ever. Have a story we should hear? Email us at [email protected]
Mar 12, 2021
10 min
77. Groundbreaking Journalist and Activist Ida B Wells
Through her investigative journalism covering southern lynchings, Ida B Wells not only set the groundwork for the way news is reported today, she was also a founding member of the NAACP as well as a pioneer in the civil rights movement. She also scared racists so bad they destroyed her newspaper. Did that stop her? Listen to find out! (OK of course it didn't but there's still more to hear!) Have a story for us? Email [email protected]
Mar 10, 2021
10 min
76. The Cyborg Cat Spy
Operation Acoustic Kitty! This is the story of how the CIA attempted to use cats as spies. How? It is absolutely bonkers and you have to listen. Have a story we should hear? Email us at [email protected]
Mar 8, 2021
10 min
75. The Cross-Dressing, Opera-Singing, Sword Dueling, Bisexual Globetrotter of the 1600s
Julie D’Aubigny, as the title says, is the cross-dressing, opera-singing, sword dueling, bisexual globetrotter of the 1600s. What, you needed more info? Email us as always at [email protected]
Mar 6, 2021
10 min
74. The First Cloned US Endangered Species
Meet Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned endangered species in the United States! How'd it happen? Why Elizabeth? What kind of animal IS she? Listen on... Have a story we should hear? Email us at [email protected]
Mar 4, 2021
10 min
73. He Saved His Crew from Enemy Fire AND Sharks
This is the story of Charles Jackson French who, in WWII, saved an entire life raft full of his crew-mates by towing them with his own body through shark-infested waters, past enemy soldiers, and finally to safety. Have a story we should hear> Email us at [email protected]
Mar 1, 2021
10 min
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