Killer Means Awesome
Welcome to the always entertaining and informative Killer Means Awesome podcast.
Season 1: Killer Shipwrecks - Think of shiny coins and sunken dreams. Each episode features an incredible story of a recently discovered shipwreck.
Season 2: Killer Biographies - Do you get Pocahontas and Sacagawea mixed up? So do we! Check out these true stories about historical figures you really should know better.
Season 3: Killer Inventions - Incredible true stories about inventors and the inventions that changed the world.
Episodes
38 episodes
Killer Inventions - Kevlar
As the foundation for everything from bulletproof vests to bridge cables, Kevlar is a miracle fiber that has saved lives and transformed entire industries since its invention in the 1960s. Yet, without the wild hunch and strong will of Stephani...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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54:27
Killer Inventions - Forensic Genetic Genealogy
The last six years have seen a dramatic surge in cold cases being solved by law enforcement agencies around the U.S. One after another, police departments are resolving cases which had bedeviled detectives for decades. In Episode 11 of Killer I...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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49:14
Killer Inventions - Monopoly (Board Game)
While you may know the board game Monopoly, you probably don't know the incredible story of the game's invention. This week's episode reveals the true story of the person responsible for inventing the game, and Parker Brothers' purposeful decei...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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41:55
Killer Inventions - Baby Cages
Some inventions don’t look particularly clever or useful in hindsight. The ‘baby cage’ may be one of those inventions! Developed in the early 20th century in response to diseases like tuberculosis and the Spanish Flu, the baby cage was not for ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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33:02
Killer Inventions - Earmuffs, Popsicles & Glow Panels
Some say youth is wasted on the young, however, that is definitely not the case with the three inventors featured in this episode, each of whom was under the age of 16 when they made history. Check out these three incredible inventors and their...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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51:00
Killer Inventions: Dynamite
The invention of dynamite in 1867 transformed industry, mining, railroad building, and modern warfare. It also led to the creation of the Nobel Prizes. For the full story of the brilliant, moody Swede who invented both dynamite and the...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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53:37
Killer Inventions: Chewing Gum
For thousands of years people all over the world have chewed gum or gum-like substances. Still, the invention of the modern chewing gum industry took place in the United States in the 1800s, and while you may be familiar with names like William...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:07:45
Killer Inventions: The Slide Guitar
The magical sound of slide guitar is a modern invention. Though long associated with American blues music, the location of its earliest pioneers may surprise you! Tune into Killer Means Awesome to find out who invented the musical tech...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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48:21
Killer Inventions: Grace Hopper & The Information Age
Diminutive in stature but a giant in the world of inventions, the brilliant Grace Hopper talked her way into the Navy after Pearl Harbor and went on to become arguably the most pivotal innovator at the dawn of the information age.Listen ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:02:37
Killer Inventions: The Black Box
From its earliest, primitive versions in the 1940s to the powerful, high-tech devices of today, the fabled 'black box' on airplanes has captured both the public imagination and the careful attention of engineers and investigators. Perhaps no ot...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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54:27
Killer Inventions: Deep Purple
In 1856 William Henry Perkin was an 18 year old college student on spring break when he accidentally invented a method for creating synthetic purple dye, a storied color which also happened to be the most coveted in all of Europe. Still, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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57:44
Killer Inventions: LSD
The Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann was the first person to synthesize LSD in 1938. From an accidental LSD trip to today’s worldwide renaissance in government-sanctioned research, perhaps no psychedelic has triggered more controversy and hea...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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48:07
Introducing Killer Means Awesome: Killer Inventions
Introducing the newly branded Killer Means Awesome podcast and Season #3: Killer Inventions!Listen to the first two seasons of Killer Means Awesome to hear more incredible true stories. Season one features amazing tales about rece...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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3:47
Killer Biographies: Lewis Howard Latimer
As an expert draftsman, inventor, and scientist, Lewis Howard Latimer helped Alexander Graham Bell patent the telephone and became Thomas Edison’s most trusted partner. Credited with inventing carbon filaments for light bulbs, the first air con...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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55:29
Killer Biographies: Shirley Chisholm
Get out of the way, it’s Fighting Shirley Chisholm coming through! Chisholm was ‘unbought and unbossed’ — from childhood poverty and time split between Barbados and Brooklyn to a pioneering career in U.S. politics and a historic run for P...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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59:35
Killer Biographies: Cleopatra
The original work hard, play hard executive, Cleopatra is known for high profile liaisons with Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. Ruling over a vast Egyptian empire for more than two decades, she is arguably the most powerful woman in...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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58:58
Killer Biographies: Cyrus the Great
Before there was Alexander the Great, there was Cyrus the Great. Through military conquests, strategic alliances, and centralized administration, he established the first Persian empire stretching from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas. He als...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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57:05
Killer Biographies: John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown
Fasten your seatbelts for the incredible story of Arthur Whitten Brown and John Alcock, two young aviators who attempted the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean in 1919, eight years before Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:10:08
Killer Biographies: Diogenes
He lived on the street, heckled Plato, and loved dogs. Today Diogenes is considered one of the preeminent philosophers of Ancient Greece.Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season on...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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50:27
Killer Biographies: Margaret Rudkin
Margaret Rudkin was worried about her son’s asthma. In an effort to help him, she wound up starting one of the most iconic brands in the world and a company which today generates billions in annual sales.Killer Biographies is now season...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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46:32
Killer Biographies: T.P. Sundararajan
Deities! Snakes! Hidden vaults of ancient treasure! In the last years of his life, the Indian lawyer and holy man T.P. Sundararajan took up a new cause - finding out just what was stored in the mysterious vaults beneath the Sri Pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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48:56
Killer Biographies: Pocahontas, aka Rebecca Rolfe
Forget what you think you know about Pocahontas and hear the incredible true story of her amazing life. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season one to hear amazing true tale...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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52:27
Killer Biographies: Medgar Evers
The killing of Mississippi native Medgar Evers marked the end of a remarkable life, and helped pave the way for a tidal shift in race relations and civil rights. Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podc...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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46:02
Killer Biographies: William Hutchinson Norris
William Hutchinson Norris and the Southerners who became known as Confederados.Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season one to hear amazing true tales of recently discovered shipwr...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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52:00
Killer Biographies: Juliane Koepcke Diller
Juliane Koepcke was 17 years old when a plane crash left her stranded in the rain forest of Peru.Killer Biographies is now season two of the Killer Means Awesome podcast. Check out season one to hear amazing true tales of recently...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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50:43
