In episode 7 of the seventh season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the ultimately tragic life of a true legend of jazz music - Billie Holiday. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Apr 18, 2019•10 min•Season 7Ep. 7
In episode 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the first black baseball player to be called up to the major leagues - Jackie Robinson. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Apr 11, 2019•14 min•Season 7Ep. 6
In episode 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most graceful dancers and actresses from the golden age of cinema. She made ten films with Fred Astaire and she is of course - Ginger Rogers. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Apr 04, 2019•8 min•Season 7Ep. 5
In episode 4 of season 7 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of a man who set the foundation for modern optics and produced groundbreaking work on planetary motion coming up with fundemental laws of motion along the way - Johannes Kepler. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Mar 28, 2019•12 min•Season 7Ep. 4
In episode 3 of season 7 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of a man who arguably defined a music genre but was also successful in many others - Elvis Presley. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Mar 21, 2019•12 min•Season 7Ep. 3
In the second episode of season seven of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a man whose rose from nothing to become Archbishop of Canterbury, only to be killed by a King who couldn't get what he wanted - Thomas Becket. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Mar 14, 2019•8 min•Season 7Ep. 2
In the first episode of season seven of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a man whose name has become synonymous with the word 'genius' - Albert Einstein. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Mar 07, 2019•13 min•Season 7Ep. 1
In the 10th and final episode of season 6 of 5 Minute Biographies we take a brief look at the life of the man who Rolling Stone magazine called "the greatest rock star ever" - David Bowie. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Dec 20, 2018•9 min•Season 6Ep. 10
In the ninth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of an actress and humanitarian who has been described by some as the most beautiful woman in the world and the most beautiful woman of the 20th Century - Audrey Hepburn. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Dec 13, 2018•11 min•Season 6Ep. 9
In the eighth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of an author who wrote episodes for Doctor Who and worked with Monty Python, but will probably always be remembered for his amazing comedy sci-fi radio series, The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.
Dec 06, 2018•8 min•Season 6Ep. 8
In the seventh episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence and was the third President of the United States - Thomas Jefferson.
Nov 29, 2018•7 min•Season 6Ep. 7
In the sixth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of a World War II combat veteran who was wounded in action and went on to become one of Hollywood's best loved Western and war movie actors - Lee Marvin.
Nov 22, 2018•7 min•Season 6Ep. 6
In the fifth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who gave us Shere Khan, Bagheera and of course the young orphan boy called Mowgli in his Jungle Books, the author Rudyard Kipling.
Nov 15, 2018•12 min•Season 6Ep. 5
In the fourth episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the woman who is remembered for refusing to give up her bus seat and who went on to become one of the best-known figures in the fight for racial equality in the USA - Rosa Parks.
Nov 08, 2018•8 min•Season 6Ep. 4
In the third episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the man who is remembered as the main conspirator in the gunpowder plot - Guy Fawkes.
Nov 01, 2018•9 min•Season 6Ep. 3
In the second episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the greatest generals in American history and the 18th President of the United States.
Oct 25, 2018•8 min•Season 6Ep. 2
In the first episode of season 6 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of the first head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI - J. Edgar Hoover.
Oct 18, 2018•8 min•Season 6Ep. 1
In the tenth and final episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a legendary actor, political activist, race car driver, race team owner and philanthropist - Paul Newman
Sep 06, 2018•9 min•Season 5Ep. 10
In the ninth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a pioneer aviator who later became a controversial figure during the build-up to the Second World War - Charles Lindbergh
Aug 30, 2018•12 min•Season 5Ep. 9
In the eighth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a renowned female author whose life was marred by tragedy - Mary Shelley.
Aug 23, 2018•7 min•Season 5Ep. 8
In the seventh episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one half of one of the best-loved comedy duo's of all time - Oliver Hardy.
Aug 16, 2018•10 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In the sixth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the leading man in over 60 Hollywood movies and who is often referred to as the King of Hollywood - Clark Gable.
Aug 09, 2018•11 min•Season 5Ep. 6
In the fifth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an actress and singer who spent 45 of her 47 years in the public eye - Judy Garland.
Aug 02, 2018•18 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In the fourth episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an American mobster who was one of the most infamous and feared gangsters of his day - Bugsy Siegel.
Jul 26, 2018•8 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In the third episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an actress who was married to Mickey Rooney, had a relationship with Howard Hughes and swam naked in Ernest Hemingway's swimming pool - Ava Gardner.
Jul 19, 2018•10 min•Season 5Ep. 3
In the second episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of a man who changed the way early movies were made, went on to revolutionise the movie industry when he helped create United Artists and was ultimately accused of being a communist. He was a comedy genius who is still revered decades after his death. Charlie Chaplin.
Jul 12, 2018•23 min•Season 5Ep. 2
In the first episode of season 5 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of an icon of the silver screen who made his name in a television Western before moving on to movie legend status - Steve McQueen.
Jul 05, 2018•13 min•Season 5Ep. 1
In the tenth and final episode of season 4 of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast we take a look at the life of the man, whose assassination is blamed for the start of the First World War - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
May 03, 2018•10 min
In the ninth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a brief look at the life of one of the most influential women of the 16th century, and arguably in all of history - Catherine de Medici. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Apr 26, 2018•10 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In the eighth episode of the fourth season of the 5 Minute Biographies podcast, we take a look at the life of one of the Rat Pack - actor, singer, dancer and all-round entertainer - Sammy Davis Junior. Please consider supporting the show by buying me a coffee at http://www.5minutebiographies.com/coffee/ - Thanks!
Apr 19, 2018•10 min•Season 4Ep. 8