Hedy Lamarr

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Hedy Lamarr in Algiers

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Hedy Lamarr in “Boom Town”

Hedy Lamarr Patent

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Georgia:

Inventor Hedy Lamarr

Episode sources:

1. “Hollywood’s Brightest Bombshell - The Hedy Lamarr Story”

2. “The brilliant mind of Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr”

3. Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr, by Stephen Michael Shearer

Karen:

Billie Jean King and the Battle of the Sexes

Episode sources:

1. “All In” by Billie Jean King

2. “Billie Jean King” (Billiejeanking.com)

3. “10 Years Since Katrina: When The Astrodome Was A Mass Shelter” by Florian Martin (Houston Public Media) 2015

4. “Battle of the Sexes” (Billiejeanking.com)

5. “Billie Jean King” (The New York Historical)

6. “WTA Honors the Original 9 and Gladys Heldmen on 55th anniversary of $1 contracts” (WTA) 2025

7. “When Billie Jean King won the ‘Battle of the Sexes’” (CNN Sports) 2023

8. “Black Star Inspiration: Billie Jean King - A tennis legend & champion for Women's Rights” (Bohten)

9. “Beyond the Court: Billie Jean King's Triumph in The Battle of the Sexes” by Eric W Jentsch (Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum) 2023

10. “May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel” by Alexandre Sokolowski (Tennis Majors) 2024

11. “When Billie Jean beat Bobby - the Battle of the Sexes that defined an era” (BBC) 2025

12. “Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court face off in first “Battle of the Sexes”” (History) 2009

13. “50 Years Ago Today: Virginia Slims Circuit Kicks Off” (WTA) 2021

14. “Billie Jean King's 'Battle of the Sexes' Win Reportedly Rigged” by Gio Benitez (ABC News) 2013

15. “Billie Jean King was told not to come out 45 years ago. She did it anyway.” By Lauren Rosenberg (Outsports) 2026

16. “Billie Jean King's legacy: How the tennis icon built her legend on and off the court” (Billie Jean King Cup) 2025

Billie Jean King playing in the Battle of the Sexes

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Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs at a press conference

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Bobby Riggs' entrance

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Billie Jean King's entrance

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Billie Jean King holding the winner’s trophy

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