In today’s episode, we’ll take a look at the life of Amelia Earhart. Born July 24, 1897 in Atchinson, Kansas she was the first flier to cross the Pacific Ocean solo, the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California and the first woman to fly an autogyro.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Jeff Bezos, the founder of online bookstore, Amazon.com and artificial intelligence platform and aerospace company Blue Origin, that is developing rockets for commercial use.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Wangari Maathai. Born April 1, 1940 small village in the central highlands of what was then British Kenya, she founded the Green Belt Movement mobilizing women to plant nearly 30 million trees.

“Every African, from the head of state to the sustenance farmer, needs to embrace cultures of honest, hard work, fairness, and justice, as well as the riches—cultural, spiritual, and material—of their continent.”

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Elon Musk... the South African entrepreneur involved in reinventing automotive, aerospace, solar energy, energy storage, satellite, high-speed ground transportation and multi-planetary expansion.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Maya Angelou. She was the first African-American woman to recite her poetry at a US presidential inauguration, the first African-American women to make the non-fiction bestseller’s list, the first African-American woman to have an original screenplay produced for the movie Georgia, Georgia in 1972, and the first African-American to work on the streetcars in San Francisco.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Chiune Sugihara. He was a Japanese diplomat who disregarded government ordered and issued transit visas to thousands of Jews permitting them to escape the Nazis who hunted them.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Helen Keller. She was the first deaf/blind person to earn a bachelor's of arts degree from Radcliff College, and spent a large portion of her life working on behalf of the blind.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Stefan Banic. Slovak immigrant inventor who patented an early parachute design.  He allegedly jumped from the top of a 15-story building to prove that it worked.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Cleopatra. Born of Macedonian heritage, she broke with tradition in establishing herself as sole ruler issuing coins with her head alone, exercising her power as an independent Queen. She was the first of the Ptolomies to learn the Egyptian language.

In today’s episode, we’ll take a look at the life of African American inventor and businessman, Garrett Augustus Morgan.  Born in Paris, Kentucky 12 years following the end of the civil war, his inventions would include the Morgan Safety Hood and a three-way traffic signal.