Josephine Baker: The Most Interesting Woman In The World
Singer, dancer, entertainer… but also civil rights activist and spy for France during WWII. Josephine Baker truly is the most interesting woman in the world.
Hear all about her amazing life, including her cheetah that would often escape its leash and (encouraged by the audience) menace the band and how she adopted 12 children of different races to form a “rainbow tribe”.
BTWs include:
- Celebrity nicknames
- Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction”
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
In our Moment Of Meta, Alex talks about one of the “commandments of enthusiasm” (or enthusiandments as he insists on calling them over Katie’s strong objections) namely that any topic can be fascinating when presented with enthusiasm.
Links
- Baker, Jean-Claude, and Chris Chase. Josephine: The Hungry Heart. New York: Random House, 1993
- Josephine Baker singing – J`ai Deux Amours (1953)
- Josephine Baker – Banana dance
- Josephine Baker at The March On Washington
- Article about Josephine Baker from The Guardian (1974)
- Eric Singer on dialects
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