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ILL REPUTE!
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ILL REPUTE! Is a deep-dive history podcast about women who lived audaciously, hosted by writer and comedian Sovereign Syre, and VR innovator and former librarian Ela Darling.
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Our final episode on Hedy Lamarr is out today!
@eladarling.bsky.social & @sovereignsyre.bsky.social discuss her inventions & her patent for Frequency Hopping

How is it that she never saw a dime from her invention? Because she happened to be a dime herself, of course:
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The person who invented the technology that brought us WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS never saw a dime. In 1942 actress Hedy Lamarr and her friend, composer George Antheil, invented a system called "frequency hopping" that is now integrated into every aspect of our lives.
November 20, 2023 at 8:35 PM
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Hedy Lamarr Pt 3:
What do people see when they look at The Most Beautiful Girl in the World?

Whatever you tell them to. Doesn't hurt to have razor smart intellect behind your doe eyed stare

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An AI artistic rendering of Ms. Hedy Lamarr in a jail cell, which is intended to represent the gilded confines of her first marriage to Fritz Mandl, munitions manufacturer and richest man in Austria.
November 7, 2023 at 3:04 AM
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This week, @eladarling.bsky.social & @sovereignsyre.bsky.social discuss the book Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover and what the Final Girl trope in slasher films tells us about how we feel about men, women, & violence

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Title card for Episode 11 of the podcast ILL REPUTE! titled "Men Women and Chainsaws: The Final Girl" Theimage is of a blond woman with a committed stare and blood running down one side of her face. She's backlit in blue with red lighting reflecting off her hair. At the bottom, it notes the platforms where the show is available: Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
October 31, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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This week on ILL REPUTE!, @sovereignsyre.bsky.social and @eladarling.bsky.social talk about the history of horror movies.

Don't forget to like and subscribe, and tell your smart friends to check us out!

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A promo image for the podcast, ILL REPUTE! designed like a vintage horror movie poster. There is a redheaded dame in the foreground with greyscale monsters in the background behind her. The text reads: From Nosferatu to the Final Girl... ILL REPUTE! A History of Horror Starring Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Out Now: Apple, Spotify, YouTube
October 23, 2023 at 5:46 PM