Abraham Lincoln: The Greatest President and Sufferer of Melancholy

Abraham Lincoln contemplated suicide more than once in his life, he knew suffering and yet he is perhaps histories' greatest leader through a period of time where the nation also wept, the American Civil War.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Howard Hughes: A perfectionistic obsession to innovate

Howard Hughes was one of the most financially successful businessmen of all time, an engineer, a record setting pilot, film producer and philanthropist, his obsessive compulsive disorder drove his ability to stunningly innovate but ultimately it caused great suffering. Learn more about your ad-ch…

Marilyn Monroe: From Orphan to Iconic Movie Starlet

Marilyn Monroe had a traumatic upbringing, yet marketed herself into one of the worlds most famous actresses. Despite her many successes she longed to feel truly loved but never found her love adequately requited. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Ernest Hemingway: Hypomania Drove Writing Genius

Ernest Hemingway was one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th century and also one of the most colorful public figures of his lifetime, underneath that he suffered mightily from bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Unfortunately, the two were inexorably connected.  Learn more about your ad-ch…

Lenny Bruce: Laugh Till You Cry

Lenny Bruce invented the genre of satirical comedy against a back drop of depression, substance abuse and constant legal troubles for public obscenity. Original and innovative his diseases ultimately ended his life. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Marie Curie: The Discovery of Radioactivity Through Deep Depression

Marie Curie discovered two elements and radioactivity while enduring deep clinical depressions, even as the sexism of the time tried to deny her the 2 nobel prizes she won.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Matthew Henson: Courageous Discoverer Despite Racism

Matthew Henson is likely the first man to set foot on the north pole due to his deep curiosity, tenacity and unusal survival skills. The racism of the time may have robbed him of wide recognition but not the feat. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Muhammad Ali: A Study in How to Become "The Greatest"

Muhammad Ali remains one of the greatest boxers of all time, but he was also a principled pacifist, Muslim and important to the civil rights movement. What drove this colorful, larger than life man? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Henry VIII: When Biology Drives Paranoia and Thereby History

Henry VIII was considered amongst the most charismatic and consequential of Kings, marrying six times and establishing the Church of England, what explains his physical and mental downfall later in life? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Amy Winehouse: Painfilled Lyrics Foreshadow Death

Amy Winehouse was a grammy award winning pop, soul and jazz singer whose haunting voice and astonishingly emotive lyrics revealed her short, tumultuous, tempestuous and addiction permeated life. What led to her incomprehensible talent and insurmountable struggle? Learn more about your ad-choices …