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November 2, 2026 - Marie Curie: Two Nobel Prizes, Two Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi: The Man Who Moved an Empire With Salt
Marie Curie, barred from university as a woman, studied in secret in Warsaw, discovered polonium and radium in a drafty Paris shed, and became the only person ever to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. Then Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who forged satyagraha in South Africa, walked 240 miles to Dandi, and broke the salt law with a single handful. Inspirational true stories and emotional life stories: human kindness, conscience, nonviolence, and lessons in life about patience and truth.In this episode, Sarah and David explore Marie Curie's road from the Flying University to the Pantheon…
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