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The voice of Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, a velvet-toned singer, passionate civil-rights crusader, and—per Orson Welles—“the most exciting woman in the world,” Eartha Kitt took a childhood of neglect and spun it into a life of adventure and advocacy. Fall in love all over again with this indomitable talent as Grant and Maia track her rise from share-cropper’s daughter to Catwoman, disco diva, and fearless anti-war firebrand who once made Lady Bird Johnson cry in the White House. Oh, and did we mention CIA surveillance? It’s all Down to Eartha!
00:11:32 Down to Eartha
00:16:12 Early Life
00:37:41 Becoming Cat Woman
00:52:01 Lady Bird Johnson
01:17:46 Later Career
01:27:27 Activism
01:34:46 Passing On & Final Thoughts
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Love a good laugh? Stay in the loop with the Well, I Laughed Podcast! Hit up wellilaughed.com for all the fun, throw some love our way on Patreon at https://patreon.com/WellILaughedPodcast, and send us your wildest listener stories at [email protected]—because let’s be real, we know you’ve got some!
Listener stories, topic ideas, or anything else you think belongs on the show—drop it all at wellilaughed.com/contact. We’re all ears—and laughs!
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The voice of Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, a velvet-toned singer, passionate civil-rights crusader, and—per Orson Welles—“the most exciting woman in the world,” Eartha Kitt took a childhood of neglect and spun it into a life of adventure and advocacy. Fall in love all over again with this indomitable talent as Grant and Maia track her rise from share-cropper’s daughter to Catwoman, disco diva, and fearless anti-war firebrand who once made Lady Bird Johnson cry in the White House. Oh, and did we mention CIA surveillance? It’s all Down to Eartha!
00:11:32 Down to Eartha
00:16:12 Early Life
00:37:41 Becoming Cat Woman
00:52:01 Lady Bird Johnson
01:17:46 Later Career
01:27:27 Activism
01:34:46 Passing On & Final Thoughts
Connect with Us
Love a good laugh? Stay in the loop with the Well, I Laughed Podcast! Hit up wellilaughed.com for all the fun, throw some love our way on Patreon at https://patreon.com/WellILaughedPodcast, and send us your wildest listener stories at [email protected]—because let’s be real, we know you’ve got some!
Listener stories, topic ideas, or anything else you think belongs on the show—drop it all at wellilaughed.com/contact. We’re all ears—and laughs!
Follow Us On Social Media
Instagram: @wellilaughed
Tiktok: @wellilaughed
Facebook: Well, I Laughed Podcast
YouTube: Well, I laughed
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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