Who Came Before

By wakeylitfest

Who inspires you? This podcast aims to share the stories of people throughout history who’ve made us stop and think: “This is why I want to do this.” The stories of centuries old mathematical puzzles,... more

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How many episodes does Who Came Before have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Who Came Before episodes:

September 02, 2021 Florence Beaumont
In today's episode, Lauren Barnes tells us about sufferagist Florence Beaumont.
The blog post mentioned can be found her.
A partial transcript can be found here.
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22min
August 26, 2021 Education in Horbury
A partial transcript can be found here.
In today's episode, Ben Walton tells us the history of education in Horbury.

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23min
August 19, 2021 William Baines
In today's episode, Tom Eastwood tells us about the life of the Horbury musician William Baines.
You can find him on instagram @tom_m_eastwood
To find out more about Wakefield Litfest, find us on twitter @wakeylitfest or on Instagram @wakefieldlitfest or search for us on Facebook.
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22min
August 12, 2021 Local Unions
In today's episode, Daisy Kennedy tells us the history of unions in the local area.
You can find Daisy’s theatre company at www.mismatchtheatre.com
A partial transcript can be found here.
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19min
November 29, 2020 Toni Morrison
In today's episode Jasmine Sandhar tells us about Toni Morrison, an American author, essayist, editor and professor whose work examined the experience of black Americans.

You can read an extended version of Jasmine's piece here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AITAEa5BukSRKSAnkNYeRuvFtE7JV_nrjxUblNStHj8/edit?usp=sharing

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36min
November 22, 2020 Andrew Wiles
In today's episode, Amy Winder tells us about Andrew Wiles and how he solved the centuries old mathematical puzzle of Fermat's Last Theorem.

To find out more about Wakefield Litfest, find us on twitter @wakeylitfest or on Instagram @wakefieldlitfest or search for us on Facebook.
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28min
November 15, 2020 Bread and Roses
In today's episode, musician Isaac Boothman tells us the history of the union song Bread and Roses.

To find out more about Wakefield Litfest, find us on twitter @wakeylitfest or on Instagram @wakefieldlitfest or search for us on Facebook.
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28min
November 08, 2020 Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell
Today's episode is by Toni Stephenson, and it is about Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell of Thornes House, who was an author, philanthropist and community organiser.

You can find out more about Dream Time Creative at http://dreamtimecreative.org

To find out more about Wakefield Litfest, find us on twitter @wakeylitfest or on Instagram @wakefieldlitfest or search for us on Facebook.
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22min
November 01, 2020 Katherine Johnson
Our first episode is about Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who overcame racist and sexist barriers to help put the first NASA astronauts into space. Each episode in the series has been written and performed by a different creative, and today’s episode is by Lucy Crawshaw.
To find out more about Wakefield Litfest, find us on twitter @wakeylitfest or on Instagram @wakefieldlitfest or search for us on Facebook.
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18min

FAQs about Who Came Before:

How many episodes does Who Came Before have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.